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klause
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This pipe was VERY well used, but gently handled. There was a very good cake, but only a small, and even, rim darkening - no tar deposit on the bowl rim.
However, the owner didn't know what a pipe cleaner was. I soaked the stem in oxyclean for about 2 hours (minimal oxidation indicating a good quality stem), and then tried to run a cleaner through it. A thick stiff sausage of tar, the length of the stem, was extruded from the draft hole - never seen anything quite like it.
The shank was rank - and took me 3 days to clean - on and off - 2 rolls of toilet paper, a box of Q tips, a packet of pipe cleaners, a quarter bottle of bells whiskey, and 4 salt and bells baths. It is now spotless.
The briar is gorgeous - nothing remarkable, but flawless, and substantial - amazing shaping, and fits the hand superbly.
The stem is diamond tapering to a faceted curve and then to a simply sublime round draft hole.
I fell in love with this pipe the moment I held it. Now it's clean and ready to go, I know, for an absolute certainty, that it will smoke this a lot. It's simply superb.
However, the owner didn't know what a pipe cleaner was. I soaked the stem in oxyclean for about 2 hours (minimal oxidation indicating a good quality stem), and then tried to run a cleaner through it. A thick stiff sausage of tar, the length of the stem, was extruded from the draft hole - never seen anything quite like it.
The shank was rank - and took me 3 days to clean - on and off - 2 rolls of toilet paper, a box of Q tips, a packet of pipe cleaners, a quarter bottle of bells whiskey, and 4 salt and bells baths. It is now spotless.
The briar is gorgeous - nothing remarkable, but flawless, and substantial - amazing shaping, and fits the hand superbly.
The stem is diamond tapering to a faceted curve and then to a simply sublime round draft hole.
I fell in love with this pipe the moment I held it. Now it's clean and ready to go, I know, for an absolute certainty, that it will smoke this a lot. It's simply superb.