Help Identifying Pipe

[milk]

Thanks for a very amusing and informative thread about some consequences to buying without having a clue about what you're doing.

Start here: Pibe-Dan - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Pibe-Dan
Then keep searching other sources.

The butchered stem was an obvious clue that something was rotten in the state of Denmark. The intent was to buy it and flip it, thalidomide stem and all? Really? That stem isn't competent enough to be incompetent.

Japan is home to some of the world's finest carvers. Are you sure that there's no pipe repair in Japan? Maybe check with Nomura in Tokyo.

Yes I’ve read the pipedia and pipephile entries. I don’t think there’s a record of Pipe Dan being stamped like this anywhere. Maybe it was just an anomaly. Yes, it was a silly buy. I admit it and yes it’s embarrassing. I should have known the stem was ridiculous. It’s the second time I’ve done something pretty dumb like this. Let’s see if I learned a lesson finally. I can check around about the stem but I’m skeptical that they do the service here. It may end up being too expensive in Japan. They want more than 100$ to band a pipe here. Nomura is not easy to contact and would probably not even answer or say he’d no if he did. Japan is small. There are pipe smokers here but everything costs more and this kind of thing is less convenient. The world’s finest carvers are not interested in making replacement stems.

 

[BarrelProof]

Yes I’ve read the pipedia and pipephile entries. I don’t think there’s a record of Pipe Dan being stamped like this anywhere. Maybe it was just an anomaly. Yes, it was a silly buy. I admit it and yes it’s embarrassing. I should have known the stem was ridiculous. It’s the second time I’ve done something pretty dumb like this. Let’s see if I learned a lesson finally. I can check around about the stem but I’m skeptical that they do the service here. It may end up being too expensive in Japan. They want more than 100$ to band a pipe here.

Who cares? It’s a pipe. Don’t be so hard on yourself and certainly don’t take what anyone here says to heart.

It caught your eye and now you own it. Either send it down the road or touch it up and smoke it. Life’s too short to get upset about a pipe purchase - for all you know, someone on here is buttering you up to try to snipe it. Breathe. It’s just a pipe.

 

[milk]

Who cares? It’s a pipe. Don’t be so hard on yourself and certainly don’t take what anyone here says to heart.

It caught your eye and now you own it. Either send it down the road or touch it up and smoke it. Life’s too short to get upset about a pipe purchase - for all you know, someone on here is buttering you up to try to snipe it. Breathe. It’s just a pipe.

Thanks man. It’s got a wild sandblast.

 

[BarrelProof]

Thanks man. It’s got a wild sandblast.

Yep, plus if you do actually smoke it, I bet it’ll create some wild optical illusions with having that giant stack front and center.

Think 3D glasses - they’re all the rage, kids.

 

[condorlover1]

Are you sure is not a very rare 'halfdan' pipe?

 

[milk]

Are you sure is not a very rare 'halfdan' pipe?

I wonder who would know? ‘Halfdan’? Well, it’s after 2am in Japan. I guess my job is done. All in a day’s work!

 

[telescopes]

By the way, do you know if I can get a standard shape/freehand vulcanite replacement or do I need to get a hand cut one and what’s the difference between block, rod and SEM ebonite? Anybody?

I can answer that. Hand block is when the carver is matching a funky shape for which there is no match otherwise in the precut shapes. The difference is $70. In your case that would be wasted money.

 

[telescopes]

Below is my Pipe Dan Shape Reformed purchased from Reborn Pipes for $55.

 

[milk]

I can answer that. Hand block is when the carver is matching a funky shape for which there is no match otherwise in the precut shapes. The difference is $70. In your case that would be wasted money.

Thanks so much! And before going to bed, from Pipe Dan catalogue (I just wish the stamp was identifiable):

 

[telescopes]

I was inspired to get my purchase after seeing @alaskanpiper smoke his while watching the aurora.

 

[telescopes]

The stamp may be more visible after it arrives. I had a hard time photographing mine. It was very light.

 

[milk]

Below is my Pipe Dan Shape Reformed purchased from Reborn Pipes for $55.
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That’s catching! Very handsome. You know, from the pictures of mine, I can’t tell the proportions at all. I wonder how small it is. Huh. Yours looks quite light actually. Well, mine was about the same price so I guess I shouldn’t cry about it too much. Except for the stem. Cheers!

 

[telescopes]

That’s catching! Very handsome. You know, from the pictures of mine, I can’t tell the proportions at all. I wonder how small it is. Huh. Yours looks quite light actually. Well, mine was about the same price so I guess I shouldn’t cry about it too much. Except for the stem. Cheers!

I am fairly certain yours had a broken stummel. The S looks to be the first part of the word shape. It looks like a "repair". A longer stem and you'll have a better pipe.

 

[milk]

S = sandblast

 

[telescopes]

S = sandblast

Mine is sandblasted. No S for sandblast.

 

[telescopes]

http://www.danishpipemakers.com/pdf/pibedan_61_62.pdf

Try this link. It has much more information.

 

[mso489]

Oddities (in pipes) that are also beat up are a long shot bet to make money on resale, but I admire your optimism in bidding on this, and your savvy in not paying much. If you don't do a few crazy things, in a minor way, you haven't lived. Clean it up, try smoking it with a few kinds of cuts, and don't be afraid to just throw it out. Put the pipe market out of its misery, or fool us all by finding it the perfect match for some blend.

 

[milk]

I am fairly certain yours had a broken stummel. The S looks to be the first part of the word shape. It looks like a "repair". A longer stem and you'll have a better pipe.

Wow. That would be ironic if true. It would be the second time I bought a pipe that had the shank horribly marred.

 

[milk]

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Mine is sandblasted. No S for sandblast.

You’re right.

 

[milk]

I am fairly certain yours had a broken stummel. The S looks to be the first part of the word shape. It looks like a "repair". A longer stem and you'll have a better pipe.

Wow. I’m really kicking myself. This is the second time I did the exact same thing! How is this possible? OK. I am committing to not bidding on pipes anymore. I need an intervention. I will only buy from reputable dealers from now on. Yikes! It’s not a lot of money, but I’m going to ask them to refund it and not send the pipe. If it’s been broken and sawed off then I think I will try to cancel this deal. I do feel, again, partially responsible for not realizing. A replacement stem would not have been that big of a problem for me but a marred shank? Sigh. My second public flogging.