Re: Bjarne Pipes

In article <1128048382.421381.206560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Larry Luffman" <ncguy6@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> About 20 years ago a fella who ran a smoke shop outside Detroit talked
> me into buying one.It cost me 30 bucks.I'm still smoking it.It smokes
> as well as some of my pipes that I paid much more for.Any one have an
> opinion of these pipes.Did I just get lucky,or are they good pipes?
>
> NCguy

I think Bjarne's are decent pipes but not the best value. I have had a
couple of mid-priced Bjarnes: one has two pretty obvious fills and has
trouble passing a pipe cleaner without a firm twist. I should have
noticed both faults when I bought it but didn't. The other was OK but
both pipes are on the heavy side and are not as comfortable in the
mouth... I prefer light weight pipes and thin mouthpieces.

Even though the Bjarne's are hand made, I think they are inferior to
machine made Stanwells and WO Larsens and even Georg Jensens, all in the
same price range as Danish pipes go.
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traveler
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