Talbert Pipes- Catalog updates

[Trever Talbert]

Hello all!  This is a notice for the folks on my mailing list that a few new 
pipes are posted.  There are two new Talbert Briar sandblasts and two new 
Talbert Morta sandblasts.  I hope to email again in the next few days with 
news of the first Ligne Bretagne Yule pipe pics.  The Yule pipes will again 
be sold through Pipe & Pint in the US, though I may keep a couple of them 
here if there is any EU interest.

In other news, I've taken some measures in concert with Pair networks to 
guard the mailing list against future virus attacks like the one that 
happened recently.  Let's all cross our fingers!  Also, according to BBC 
today the dollar has yet again hit a new record low against the euro, with 
further significant falling expected.  I can recall back in 200 when the 
dollar first began to drop, a number of collectors I spoke with believed it 
was just a temporary flux, and planned to hold off on buying European pipes 
for a few months until the currencies came back into closer parity.  Now, 
two years later, there are probably a lot of folks who wish the dollar was 
at $1.10 to a euro again!  It's unlikely that the US deficits will be 
improving any time soon, so the situation will probably continue and likely 
get a good bit worse before it gets better.  I can certainly offer my 
sympathies to US collectors who have watched their favorite European pipes 
increase in cost by a third.  If it's any consolation, no one on this side 
of the pond is happy about it either, and I expect a lot of EU pipemakers 
are seeing a big business challenge in this, given the size of the US 
market.  Unfortunately, my best advice today is to buy quickly if you see a 
European pipe that you like, because it almost certainly won't get any 
cheaper as the next couple of years progress...

Thanks for your time!
Happy smoking,
Trever Talbert
http://www.talbertpipes.com