Karl Erik Compact

I like it!

Al, Mkelaw, or Lonestar can offer some excellent advice... Guys?

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Those are 3 great choices Lawrence, might I add Ejames, very knowledgable. The old cajun

Just remember to soak the stem in bleach and re-polish It, and use pipe cleaners to get in the stem and pipe, other than that it sounds like you're on the right track!!

Unless you want to do the salt & alcohol method?

Very cool.

It looks to be a pretty clean pipe, probably doesnt need much heavy cleaning. If you're planning to smoke Lats I wouldnt worry too much about ghosts unless its had heavy aromatics smoked through it. I think the Latakia will dominate any other flavors with a few bowls.

The stem doesnt look like it needs bleach from your picture. I use bleach to take out heavy oxidation, but I would probably soak this one in alcohol. The bleach will pit the surface somewhat so you need to follow up bleach with a complete resanding through several grits and a final buffing. To me, thats adding a lot of work thats just not necessary unless you're removing oxidation. The alcohol will sanitize it, just be sure to run several bristled pipe cleaners through the stem and shank with alcohol until they come out clean then run a few dry ones through afterward. I also scrub the outside on the mouthpiece with alcohol soaked cleaners to rub off any accumulated junk where it will go in your mouth, then let it soak some more.

Let the pipe rest for a few days or a week if you've soaked it with alcohol. I like to give it plenty of time to dry out completely before lighting up.

Its a fine looking pipe for sure, congrats.