I know it’s early but the 2024 LE pipe is in the works. Without revealing too much info this year’s pipe is by a carver that quite a few of us have pipes from, and others will recognize the name. Cost will be somewhere between $250-300 depending on a number of factors.
Just for future reference, It’s getting harder and harder to find a carver that’s able to produce a handmade pipe for under $300, so next year we may need to save a few more dollars than this year.
One reason is that the price of briar has gone way up while the availability of “moderate to good briar” has gone way down. Because of the issues with Briar the carver this year would like to see if we can get a ball park estimate of how many people would be interested in purchasing a pipe now that we have a rough estimate of the cost. He’ll use the number to make sure he orders enough pieces of Briar.
If you’re interested, just let me know in this thread and I’ll get a complete count in a couple of weeks. At this time there will probably only be one finish offered, but if that changes let me know if you’d be interested in buying more than one pipe in different finishes. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Just for future reference, It’s getting harder and harder to find a carver that’s able to produce a handmade pipe for under $300, so next year we may need to save a few more dollars than this year.
One reason is that the price of briar has gone way up while the availability of “moderate to good briar” has gone way down. Because of the issues with Briar the carver this year would like to see if we can get a ball park estimate of how many people would be interested in purchasing a pipe now that we have a rough estimate of the cost. He’ll use the number to make sure he orders enough pieces of Briar.
If you’re interested, just let me know in this thread and I’ll get a complete count in a couple of weeks. At this time there will probably only be one finish offered, but if that changes let me know if you’d be interested in buying more than one pipe in different finishes. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.