Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY

mfarre03 · 05-15-2011, 12:22 PM

So I think I finally found the place I'm gonna go to. They have a website and I guess the owner makes pipes. Anyone hear of Brian Kalnitz? Pipes look very nice.

mfarre03 · 05-16-2011, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mfarre03

So I think I finally found the place I'm gonna go to. They have a website and I guess the owner makes pipes. Anyone hear of Brian Kalnitz? Pipes look very nice.

I have yet to meet this man but some of you may be interested in his pipes.

http://www.smokershavenwny.com/brian_kalnitz.htm

Bill86 · 05-16-2011, 01:55 AM

I have no experience whatsosever with pipes but do you mind explaining his unorthodox design in pipes?

They do look pretty interesting.

mfarre03 · 05-16-2011, 01:51 PM

I have no clue either, LOL. I will have to visit his shop and check them out up close and personal.

cobra03 · 05-16-2011, 11:50 PM

Hmmm interesting. I dont smoke pipes but i drive by that place almost everyday. I guess i will have to stop in and check it out.

mfarre03 · 05-16-2011, 11:59 PM

I have bought cigars from him in the past when I was living in SBLO, he wasn't too expensive but of course with JR and CI I wasn't going to buy boxes from him. If I was going golfing and the humi was empty, I would stop in. He actually has a pretty good size walk in for as smaller shop.

cobra03 · 05-17-2011, 12:32 AM

Yeah i hear you on that i dont buy boxes anywhere around here. Way to damn expensive. (unless im on the reservation. mmmm love me some tax free cigars). I will have to stop in and have a look around then.

mfarre03 · 05-17-2011, 02:10 AM

I usually hit Smokin Joes out near me, his boxes are pretty comparable to online. I def pick up sticks while I'm there getting gas.

nate560 · 05-17-2011, 09:48 AM

He made a copy of a Balleby pipe I have and did great job on it at the right price. His work is very good and for a hand made pipe the prices are very good. I think some of his style comes from Ed Burbank of the Connisuers pipe shop formerly of New York city. He also has one of the best Chartan collections I have seen and have tried on many occasions to pry one away from him but no luck. He is in the shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays stop in and say hi. He also does pipe repairs. We live about 60 miles away so I only get there when me and the wife go to the dentist which is not far from his shop or we go to Buffalo.

mfarre03 · 05-17-2011, 02:16 PM

Ok, very cool, good to know, I will have to stop in and say hi. So...you travel 60 miles to the Dentist??? LOL, That must be one GREAT dentist, where is he located, maybe he should be my Dentist.

nate560 · 05-18-2011, 09:32 AM

Its the closest peridontis to where we live. So I always stop at the shop when we go. My wife gets her teeth cleaned every 3 months and I go 3 times a year and with trips to Buffalo I get there about 15 times a year.

mfarre03 · 05-18-2011, 02:51 PM

That actually sound like a dentist that I should probably see. Is he pretty reasonable? Where abouts in Buffalo is he/she located?

05-15-2011, 12:22 PM	#1
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY So I think I finally found the place I'm gonna go to. They have a website and I guess the owner makes pipes. Anyone hear of Brian Kalnitz? Pipes look very nice.

05-16-2011, 01:55 AM	#3
Bill86 Snob Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Bill Posts: 6,704 Trading: (67)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY I have no experience whatsosever with pipes but do you mind explaining his unorthodox design in pipes? They do look pretty interesting.

05-16-2011, 01:51 PM	#4
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY I have no clue either, LOL. I will have to visit his shop and check them out up close and personal.

05-16-2011, 11:50 PM	#5
cobra03 Adult Babysitter Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 1,880 Trading: (15)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY Hmmm interesting. I dont smoke pipes but i drive by that place almost everyday. I guess i will have to stop in and check it out. __________________ "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know Skittlebrau?https://www.facebook.com/thebuffalobeerleague

05-16-2011, 11:59 PM	#6
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY I have bought cigars from him in the past when I was living in SBLO, he wasn't too expensive but of course with JR and CI I wasn't going to buy boxes from him. If I was going golfing and the humi was empty, I would stop in. He actually has a pretty good size walk in for as smaller shop.

05-17-2011, 12:32 AM	#7
cobra03 Adult Babysitter Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 1,880 Trading: (15)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY Yeah i hear you on that i dont buy boxes anywhere around here. Way to damn expensive. (unless im on the reservation. mmmm love me some tax free cigars). I will have to stop in and have a look around then. __________________ "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know Skittlebrau?https://www.facebook.com/thebuffalobeerleague

05-17-2011, 02:10 AM	#8
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY I usually hit Smokin Joes out near me, his boxes are pretty comparable to online. I def pick up sticks while I'm there getting gas.

05-17-2011, 09:48 AM	#9
nate560 Just in from the Storm Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: steve Location: new york Posts: 44 Trading: (5)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY He made a copy of a Balleby pipe I have and did great job on it at the right price. His work is very good and for a hand made pipe the prices are very good. I think some of his style comes from Ed Burbank of the Connisuers pipe shop formerly of New York city. He also has one of the best Chartan collections I have seen and have tried on many occasions to pry one away from him but no luck. He is in the shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays stop in and say hi. He also does pipe repairs. We live about 60 miles away so I only get there when me and the wife go to the dentist which is not far from his shop or we go to Buffalo.

05-17-2011, 02:16 PM	#10
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY Ok, very cool, good to know, I will have to stop in and say hi. So...you travel 60 miles to the Dentist??? LOL, That must be one GREAT dentist, where is he located, maybe he should be my Dentist.

05-18-2011, 09:32 AM	#11
nate560 Just in from the Storm Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: steve Location: new york Posts: 44 Trading: (5)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY Its the closest peridontis to where we live. So I always stop at the shop when we go. My wife gets her teeth cleaned every 3 months and I go 3 times a year and with trips to Buffalo I get there about 15 times a year.

05-18-2011, 02:51 PM	#12
mfarre03 Never pet a burning dog.. Join Date: Apr 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Lockport, NY Posts: 280 Trading: (3)	Re: Smoker's Haven in Buffalo NY That actually sound like a dentist that I should probably see. Is he pretty reasonable? Where abouts in Buffalo is he/she located?