So I frequent antique stores, pawn shops, yard sales, etc., looking for pipes and other oddments. I see a lot of junk pipes and once in awhile find something decent but today I found the deal of the century, probably one of the best pipe finds I've had antquing. I got two pipes for $25. The first I got a Manx African Meerschaum for $5. It is an English company that made their meers out of Tanzanian block meer. It is in super shape, barely smoked, with a brass band. Stem needs cleaned and de-oxidized but $5 bucks. Second pipe I got was a very nice Nording. I looked at the tag which said Nording $20, I couldn't believe it, I was like this can't be a Nording, but it is. And it has a sterling band. It is also lightly smoked. It has a lucite bit so a little cleaning and it will be good as new. I'll probably sell the Meer to cover my costs once I get it cleaned. And if you made a purchase the guy had a whole stack of Pipes and Tobacco magazines, and you could take one for free, so I chose the one with the LOTR article, I'm a LOTR junkie as you can see from my quotes. Here is a pic of what I scored.
