Give me your opinion on these flaws (see pics)

[RustiePyles CPG]

The long one is a result of the shank having been sanded to close to the daft hole during shaping.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I've seen pipes that I wanted BAD, and had less dire looking issues that the pipe pictured.
I passed on them.

 

[SBC]

The long one is a result of the shank having been sanded to close to the daft hole during shaping.

That is insightful, @rustiepyles -- thank you!

 

[doctorbob]

If this is an HGB, I would pass. They are out there in much better shape.

 

[steinr1]

I'm a bit late to the party, but here's my tuppenceworth.

A favourite pipe of mine is a Ropp Flammee. Bought estate with a slight mark much like the that on the shank of the proposed puchase across the rear of the bowl.

Lovely smoker for a couple of years and then general incompetence led to me dropping it out of my mouth onto concrete. Disaster! The mark became a crack that radiated out to the rim of the bowl. A total loss.

Or so you might have thought. A drill, some fine steel wire, and a bit of ingenuity saw its rebirth. Leaking of smoke through the cracks soon reduced to virtually nothing by the cake build-up. Still a fovourite and good as "new".

Long live Frankenpipe!

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Not even a hose clip would fix that shank and I have seen that done before, no really!

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Nah everyone knows you need a pipe clamp for a pipe