The best Pipes for your Money

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rekamepip
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Need help filling in the gaps
New Pipe recommendations for Prices versus Value

Here are a few suggestions to get started

Less than 50 bucks
Kaywoodie/YB/Medico
Rossi Vittoria
Brigham

50 to 80 range
Still hard to top the kaywoodie
Falcon setups
Rossi
I was going to add the Tsuge Tasting series but just noticed the price went up considerably
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Hard to go wrong with an estate Grabow (vulcanite stem) off the 'Bay.

I realize you were asking new. For my money it is the Rossi Vittoria.
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I'd say the rossi piccolo (because right at the $50 mark they hit my size and weight preference)

Also the ropp etudiant line gets fantastic reviews everywhere and again fits that little light category at $50
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Mr Beardsley wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:06 pm I'd say the rossi piccolo (because right at the $50 mark they hit my size and weight preference)

Also the ropp etudiant line gets fantastic reviews everywhere and again fits that little light category at $50
Forgot about the Ropp pipes I had a couple Etudiant pipes in the past and they were good little pipes

I might also need to try one of those Rossi Piccolo pipes soon
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rekamepip
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Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:00 pm Hard to go wrong with an estate Grabow (vulcanite stem) off the 'Bay.

I realize you were asking new. For my money it is the Rossi Vittoria.
I’ll be interested to see what Dr Grabow offers for their mail in offer for POY - those have had vulcanite stems the last few years
Guess it should be time to contact them and see what and when it happens
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wvss has a line of aged briar pipes they bought and sent to Bill at Kaywoodie to finish off.
Reasonably priced, bought a couple and they seem to smoke well but I don’t have a ton of bowls through them just yet
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For my money it has been Mark Tinsky pipes. Smoke as good or better than anything I have had in any price range.

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I’m really happy with my Rossi Sera 8320. It’s about $70-$80, depending on where you get it from.
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Kaywoodie , Yello Bole and Medico ... easily the best deal in the pipe world .

A Falcon setup is 50 bucks for stem and bowl ... theyre really great too

Ive had some outstanding Velani pipes . Like really really fantastic
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rekamepip wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:12 pm
Mr Beardsley wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:06 pm I'd say the rossi piccolo (because right at the $50 mark they hit my size and weight preference)

Also the ropp etudiant line gets fantastic reviews everywhere and again fits that little light category at $50
Forgot about the Ropp pipes I had a couple Etudiant pipes in the past and they were good little pipes

I might also need to try one of those Rossi Piccolo pipes soon
I haven't tried either one yet but I'd like to remedy that soon
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