Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:04 pm
I visited that shop one time , I think back in 92 . I thought the guys there were a little stuffy . Im sure theyre talented , unlike 4 noggins , but the place wasnt inviting . I'd pass on their logo zippo
LJ Piretti is no Iwan Ries. I think it has to do with location. Anyone can walk into Piretti's at the corner of Boston Common, so they get a lot of college parent looky-loos wasting their time, while, at Ries you have to take a secret elevator in a crummy building under the El tracks to get to their shop----people who step off the elevator are already committed. Plus, Piretti is more a tobacconist blender than a pipe shop.
I went to LJ Piretti's shop probably 4 dozen times in four years. Every visit was strictly a business transaction. I can't complain about that. I was there to transact business, after all, buying what they were selling. I got my tobacco and I own a two Piretti house pipes that are two of my favorite pipes in my collection. The Piretti staff and I were never pals and I don't feel any affection for the store. I never made a personal connection with the guys I saw every time I visited. Who cares? That who cares attitude is an LJ Piretti trademark. I can't say that I find it endearing but I respect it. They do what they do.
Even with my longer history and association with this historic pipe and pipe tobacco shop, I'm going to pass on their commemorative zippo. I cannot imagine someone being so much of an LJ Piretti fan that they would spring $33 for a branded zippo. There must be someone but that someone isn't us.
I'm awful suggestible when it comes to buying tobacco.
