@Svangorder821, I wouldn't want our replies here to leave you thinking that these are sub-par pipes. They aren't. They're respectable pipes. For most of us credible pipe accumulators, this range of pipe constitutes the center-of-gravity of our personal rotations. So please don't hear us saying that your grandfather had poor taste in pipes -- not at all -- these are the sort that most of us smoke.
What we're saying is that nobody's going to retire on these mid-range factory pipes. I hope that my children and grandchildren display my pipes (if they aren't pipe smokers themselves) as a way of remembering me, my love for them, any good advice I gave them, etc.
Where I'm from, some of these pipes might sell for something like $40-50 each,
if they were in really good shape and refurbished nicely. In their current state, they'd go for less than that.
The reason you're getting a little pushback here is because many of us would dearly love to have a pipe from a grandfather. That would be very meaningful to us. Most of us don't have a heritage like that, so when we see somebody trading in such a special token (which we wish we had), it doesn't feel right.
I hope that makes sense to you. We certainly wish you the best.
