After my foray into restoring estate Peterson pipes, and a long time of fortnightly pipe smoking due to the fact I just started a PhD ... I decided to get my first "new" pipe, and so my search began!
After a few weeks of bidding on various pipes on eBay and cringing at exorbitant prices online, I threw in my gloves and decided that if I'm going to buy a pipe, it should be a decent one. I'd lost a few auctions on autograph pipes by a Mr. Polinski and found his website. After a dozen or so emails back and forth, this is the result of our discussions:
After a few weeks of bidding on various pipes on eBay and cringing at exorbitant prices online, I threw in my gloves and decided that if I'm going to buy a pipe, it should be a decent one. I'd lost a few auctions on autograph pipes by a Mr. Polinski and found his website. After a dozen or so emails back and forth, this is the result of our discussions: