Anyone else feel wierd about smoking an estate pipe?
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I need some of that in the cellar. Soft and supple, she is redolent of sandalwood and lingonberry. I’d lay her down for 3-5 years.
In an attempt to steer this thread back on track, I just want to say that mso hit the nail on the head way back when. Lots of fabulous new pipes, but there are many, many pipes of yesteryear that you will only find as estate sales, plus again, many estates have been really broken in well and smoke like a dream. Definitely.
I find more pipes I like and want on estate sale then I do in any new catalog, and I think Cosmic is right--- a lot of them might be from people who are just moving on to other pipes.
Sounds to me like most of you that don't like estates have just never bought one--- my first one had me creepy a bit too until I was sure there was nothing left of its former life. After that, I was home free. Time to give it a NEW life. :
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I've never purchased a "production" pipe, new or used, on-line or through a catalog. Now that I would be thoroughly uncomfortable doing.
I will ask, how much does a correct breaking in of a used pipe affect a pipe which has been thoroughly reamed and cleaned? Or do you leave the bowl as is, only cleaning the stem and removing cake as necessary? Most the restorations I've seen on the site attempt take the tobacco chamber to appearing new and not smoked.
I will ask, how much does a correct breaking in of a used pipe affect a pipe which has been thoroughly reamed and cleaned? Or do you leave the bowl as is, only cleaning the stem and removing cake as necessary? Most the restorations I've seen on the site attempt take the tobacco chamber to appearing new and not smoked.
The "estate find" above has been topped, enhanced with a petroleum by-product not natural to briar or humans, and possibly over-reamed. I prefer a much more natural fit and finish. 
And thank you, TMB and Warren, for on-topic posts!
And thank you, TMB and Warren, for on-topic posts!
I don't like estate pipes, simply because I try to be the only owner of things, and beat the piss out of them. My next vehicle will be brand new, and I will keep it as long as possible, same with my guitars. That way all the character on them is all mine.
Sorry to be the wet blanket. Everything was going swimmingly and I mucked it up. Still, I would like an answer to the question: "Doesn't a refurbed pipe need to go through a "break in" if it is restored to "like new" condition?"
Another question: Does a pipe which found it's way to "estate" status because it was a poor smoking pipe suddenly become a great smoker after refurbishing because it was a used or "estate" pipe? I know the answer, just had to ask it. Purely rhetorical.
Another question: Does a pipe which found it's way to "estate" status because it was a poor smoking pipe suddenly become a great smoker after refurbishing because it was a used or "estate" pipe? I know the answer, just had to ask it. Purely rhetorical.
Yes! Because the pipe fairy then comes and blesses that pipe, sprinkling magic briar dust on it and then hopping about on one foot, in circles, while waving his arms about like a rubber banded armed person, while shouting, "Diggy diggy ding pop Ooooeeep Ooooeeep peeeeooooo gogglehelm!"
Warren I always remove all of the cake . While not a fan of any kind of reamer , I am a fan of sandpaper . Reamers have done more damage to pipes than anything I can think of ,well that and washing them in the sink after every smoke . A pipe is only new until you smoke it the first time .There are many people here who know the joys of old briar . There is something magical about a 50 or 100 year old pipe .
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