ePipeMods Fully Custom Made Wood E-Pipes - Part 2

[MistBusterMatt]

 

[dirquist]

Love your new background. Pipes look fantastic as always!

 

[Vapor2112]

Anybody know of a good pipe mouthpiece that will fit on a Penelope?

 

[CigarCylon]

Nargh. My last epipe order hasn't even arrived yet and now there are MORE BEAUTIES to want. This is like a Pokemon addiction.

 

[MistBusterMatt]

New pipes and dragons are up!

 

[shooter445]

If i didnt just buy a billard of the classys, i would be all over that rusticated rhodesian, but the billard was a good buy for my FIRST pipe cant wait till it gets here

 

[siampumpkin]

Love the Dragon's. Hoping to sell my Reo Mini to finance the purchase of one of those beauties.

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[Fesso]

Feeling like Popeye! post-Sandy sailing on Lake Ontario!

 

[shooter445]

Got a pipe up for grabs in the classys.

 

[LSVap]

Damned, missed out on the Dragon in classifieds... If anyone happens to know who got this one:

I would have a right arm to trade for it

 

[siampumpkin]

Check out one of the new Dragon's unless you want the original bottom feeders

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[LSVap]

I want original big battery with the old style switch.... I´m picky

 

[siampumpkin]

I want original big battery with the old style switch.... I´m picky

Nothing like the original classics.

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[Sundrinkr]

Hello -- being new to the epipe rage, I find myself drawn to the more classic looking pipes with a bent shank. I notice that all of the pipes for sale are shankless. Is there a reason for this? Are more pipes going to be made with bent shanks? Can someone please educate me on the benefits/drawbacks of each? Thanks for your time....

 

[BluSwatch]

Hey Sun!!! Good to see ya.

 

[Sundrinkr]

Hey Sun!!! Good to see ya.

Hi Blu -- I am stalking the site lol.

 

[BluSwatch]

I was also ... I got a pipe a couple weeks ago.
(ignore the Kicklet ... I took it off, too big)

 

[CigarCylon]

I bought a shankless (still in the USPS post-hurricane queue), my 2nd epipemod, due to the benefit of shorter overall setup for more stealthy and portable use. The atomizer/cartomizer/tank/clearomizer etc. acts as a shank - add a driptip or pipe stem and that adds to the length.

My main device is a bent shank epipemod which I primarily use with an Ego Mega B atomizer plus shorty dripping stem or long churchwarden, but even when I do bring it out, I find it awkward to use it on the go. I expect that the shankless with the Phoenix atomizer tank might be pocketable and stealthily-or just much more conveniently-vapable.

BTW, the corn cobs are super-cute and come with either bent and straight shanks. I'd get one - if it were shankless

 

[Sundrinkr]

I bought a shankless (still in the USPS post-hurricane queue), my 2nd epipemod, due to the benefit of shorter overall setup for more stealthy and portable use. The atomizer/cartomizer/tank/clearomizer etc. acts as a shank - add a driptip or pipe stem and that adds to the length.

My main device is a bent shank epipemod which I primarily use with an Ego Mega B atomizer plus shorty dripping stem or long churchwarden, but even when I do bring it out, I find it awkward to use it on the go. I expect that the shankless with the Phoenix atomizer tank might be pocketable and stealthily-or just much more conveniently-vapable.

BTW, the corn cobs are super-cute and come with both bent and straight shanks. I'd get one - if it were shankless

Thanks for taking the time to answer!

 

[dirquist]

Hello -- being new to the epipe rage, I find myself drawn to the more classic looking pipes with a bent shank. I notice that all of the pipes for sale are shankless. Is there a reason for this? Are more pipes going to be made with bent shanks? Can someone please educate me on the benefits/drawbacks of each? Thanks for your time....

Only Matt can really answer this but Ill give you my observations. What I think I saw happen was the original single battery pipe had a two piece design to accommodate the original button style. This button style required the pipe too be larger in size and thus used more material. He pretty much had shanks on almost everything at that time.

Then he came out with a V2 where it was a one piece design, which allowed a smaller pipe to be produced. I think removing the shank combined with not having to cut the top to accommodate the V1 button design allowed him to sell them at a huge discount while simultaneously increasing production time. More pipes per block of wood combined with less hours in production equaled a very affordable pipe.

Now that said, these are available to get into the ePipeMod door so to speak. There is a freehand pipe section where he puts up pipes with the new button design and much of the time with shanks. These ones tend to be more artistic with more exotic materials. They also cost much more.

I think he wanted to be able to make a pipe for everyone whether you had the big bucks or not.

I think CigarCylon noted the practical user benefits and drawbacks. I like both myself