My only issue was not starting to smoke a pipe soon enough to get in on this.
INFO! Badger and Blade 2020 LE Pipe : Askwith Pipes
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Are these still available?
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There will also be one in the auction...starting Oct. 19
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Shoots do I need to set that up?
If you plan on putting it in the auction yeah
Me thinks someone would remind you
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Yep I have it all safe and sound.
oooohh . . . so you're saying there's a chance.
Well, there is always a chance. My best advice, bring your big boy billfold and don’t look back.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Its for charity, bring it up to what you can afford and want to pay, lose anyways then contact Mr Askwith to make you one similar for a little more than we paid but a lot less than what you would have to bid to win it.
To quote a line from The Graduate: "Plastic, my boy . . . plastic."
It is a very nice pipe and we got it for a steal...it is worth much more then the group price we got. Go forth and be charitable!
As I said elsewhere . . . I'm a giver.
Very glad to hear the positive feedback.
@Bakker1964 I am sorry you missed out on this. As Kent has said I am not unfortunately able to make another official POY for you, but (I hope this is an acceptable "advert") I can make you a pipe to the same specs without the official stamps etc.
@Bakker1964 I am sorry you missed out on this. As Kent has said I am not unfortunately able to make another official POY for you, but (I hope this is an acceptable "advert") I can make you a pipe to the same specs without the official stamps etc.
I am aware, @caskwith . . . and no worries. I did not take up the hobby until very recently, so there would have been no reason for me to even notice the "deal" when it occurred. It's all good.
I will take my chances with the auction, but I can see a day you may be getting an e-mail from me for a pipe.
I will take my chances with the auction, but I can see a day you may be getting an e-mail from me for a pipe.
Please consider making 2 pipes. One around 100 usd and one around 200 usd. I am sure you can find a good artisan making a pipe around 100 usd. Thank you!No it was a one time deal. There will be another LE come next year.
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Thanks for the input! Price is usually not a consideration when doing the LE, meaning a shape and style is decided on and the chosen Artisan gives us a price. I certainly didn’t set out to do a Chris Askwith pipe at the outset as his pipes normally start at way above the cost of this year’s pipe, but as fortune and circumstances played out we were blessed with an Askwith Morta this year.
The philosophy behind an LE is to have an item of high quality, uniqueness and of good value. If a 100.00 LE can fulfill all those parameters then who knows?
As an outsider looking in, the circumstances of the purchase (a couple dozen pipes?) truly seem like a "win-win".
Buyers get a quality purchase from a known artisan at a significant discount off the retail price point. Using the $200.00 figure mentioned, that would represent a 1/3 discount off of this year's Maker's normal price. As someone who has family in the "Artisan community", that is a huge price break.
The artisan gets their product into the hands of many more buyers than might otherwise "find" them and, though making less profit per pipe, they have the security of a large order to keep them going. Further, you have goobers like me, who are counting their shekels and saving up for their own purchase, even if it won't be a LE.
Perhaps a "finished" vs. "unfinished" option might be a possibility, but I am personally in the "if it ain't broke" camp.
Buyers get a quality purchase from a known artisan at a significant discount off the retail price point. Using the $200.00 figure mentioned, that would represent a 1/3 discount off of this year's Maker's normal price. As someone who has family in the "Artisan community", that is a huge price break.
The artisan gets their product into the hands of many more buyers than might otherwise "find" them and, though making less profit per pipe, they have the security of a large order to keep them going. Further, you have goobers like me, who are counting their shekels and saving up for their own purchase, even if it won't be a LE.
Perhaps a "finished" vs. "unfinished" option might be a possibility, but I am personally in the "if it ain't broke" camp.
AimlessWanderer
Remember to forget me!
I think if you double the number of pipes offered each year, you might simply halve the number of takers for each one. Looking on purely as a spectator (I don't envisage ever joining in), I think you're all doing the right thing already.
As Bakker said, the maker sells pipes to smokers that they otherwise might not, and the buyer gets pipes at a lower price than they otherwise might.
The only "losers" are those like me who stay in the shallow end of the pool, and catering for us would just diminish (cheapen) what would normally be offered to the bigger spenders, with no guarantee there'd be enough shallow end paddlers to make such a move worthwhile. I for one would be unlikely to participate even if a £50 pipe was offered, as I am far too particular in my tastes, to be likely to be caught up in the excitement.
Keep aiming high, Gents.
As Bakker said, the maker sells pipes to smokers that they otherwise might not, and the buyer gets pipes at a lower price than they otherwise might.
The only "losers" are those like me who stay in the shallow end of the pool, and catering for us would just diminish (cheapen) what would normally be offered to the bigger spenders, with no guarantee there'd be enough shallow end paddlers to make such a move worthwhile. I for one would be unlikely to participate even if a £50 pipe was offered, as I am far too particular in my tastes, to be likely to be caught up in the excitement.
Keep aiming high, Gents.
