I Gotta Stop This

[captainsousie]

I had a bit of money saved up for this summer and I decided to spend it on pipes. I went to eBay and since I only had a few pipes I decided to get a few estate pipe lots to flesh out my collection. Well, 33 pipes later I think I may have overdone it a bit. Now about 5-6 of them are unusable and a couple are beyond my ability to save at this time but that still leaves me with a lot to clean and restore. I have almost finished ten of them and I've gone through so much salt, everclear and pipe cleaners it's crazy. There is still a huge job in front of me and it might take me a few months to get through it all. I really think it's worth.
In short, PAD can be a terrible thing.

Sou

 

[kabong30]

And just think, the people at the store probably figure you for a salty food addicted alcoholic! Let me know if you have any Pete's you can't bear to restore.

 

[whimsyt]

The PAD bug that bit you is the same one that bit me! Oy! 8O

 

[captainsousie]

I don't have any Petes...yet. This one is one of the hardest repairs. The stem is very loose and I hope it's fixable as I believe it's amber. It is the coolest looking pipe I own.

 

[pstlpkr]

Beautiful Horn.

I would opt for beeswax on that stem.

IMHO.

 

[captainsousie]

For the beeswax, would you apply a thick layer to the screw until it fit well? Or is there a better way?
Thanks for the help. I really wanna smoke it.

 

[john218]

Do you have enough tobacco for all those pipes? Oops, TAD; here we go again!

 

[captainsousie]

At my current rate, it will take me at least 3 months to exhaust my supply of tobacco. The rate will go down in a week so luckily I should be able to stave off TAD...for a little while.

 

[ejames]

If the stem for meer screws in you might try some teflon plumber tape on the threads. You might also consider sending that one out to a pro for repair.

 

[gwtwdbss]

That is a sharp horn for sure!

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

If it is an amber stem I would wait until I could afford to send it out to be replaced with acrylic.

 

[lazydog]

PAD it is futile to resist.....Nice Nice horn.

 

[wolfie90]

It is hard to resist PAD with horrible thiings like that evil ebay lol. But very beautiful pipe.

 

[spartan]

The pipe reminds me less of a horn and more of an eel.
Still sexy though.

 

[cigrmaster]

Congrats on all the new pipes. That horn sure is cool looking.

 

[uberam3rica]

It is the coolest looking pipe I own.

I bet it is. That is an awesome pipe