Just Found Out I am Restoring the Pipes of a Convicted Murderer

[Jwebb90]

The title is not clickbait. I have recently picked up a number of pipes at a local antique shop. I went back today to get the remaining few I wanted and the owner gave me a little backstory on the lot. She picked them up from the estate of a high profile Atlanta attorney who was recently convicted of killing his wife... Sure enough, I plugged in a search on Google and he popped right up. With all that being said I am getting the restoration process started on three of the pipes this evening. The first is a Ben Wade shape 65. The second is a Savinelli Oscar shape 514. And the third pipe is a London Made GBD shape 9436. So far I have the stems in an Oxyclean soak and the stummels have been reamed, as well as scrubbed with a toothbrush and warm water. I am excited to see how these turn out and also a little weirded out!

 

[verporchting]

Well he seems to have murdered the rims on those pipes too ?

Not just dumping the ashes, he looks to have beaten the shit out of them afterwards.

Hopefully those aren’t the murder weapons....

Okay, all joking aside - yeah, that would freak me out more than a little bit too. It’s not the pipe’s fault but ... yikes. Makes you wonder what was going through his mind whilst smoking those pipes. Please think kind and happy thoughts when you smoke them! They had a hard life.

 

[BROBS]

Bad juju.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Don't think I could do it. Unless of course it were some kind of S. Bang they had for $20. Then maybe I'd look the other way.

Seriously though, that's eerie as hell.

 

[BROBS]

What if they weren’t ghosted, but instead were demonized?! ?

 

[tbradsim1]

Got a Grenci in a trade with a buddy. His Uncle in the CIA bought it from Grenci himself, went nutso and cut her up and wound up in bags in dumpster. Told wife when I start smoking this one a lot you'd better straighten out!

 

[olkofri]

What if they weren’t ghosted, but instead were demonized?! ?

I actually know this can be a real possibility. Won't say anything else as per the forum rules, except that I'm now doubly glad I don't buy estates.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I actually know this can be a real possibility. Won't say anything else as per the forum rules, except that I'm now doubly glad I don't buy estates.

?

 

[weezell]

Hell of a deal! Hope they don't smoke Hot and Bite... ?

 

[Kozeman]

I heard he got her by soaking his pipes in arsenic and having her smoke a bowl. ?

 

[scloyd]

You must be able to find out where the attorney/killer is incarcerated. Send him a letter and see if he responds...like a pen pal. A few letters along with the pipes would definitely make an unusual collection. Plus, you may be able to find out if he actually owned those pipes. Antique dealers and used car salesmen will say anything to make a sale. Just saying....

 

[donjgiles]

Hope you got a killer deal...

 

[samuelgawith01]

Very creepy.You have your work cut out for you.Please post images when finished.

 

[3rdguy]

Attorney killed his wife. I could never smoke a pipe from that low down dirty dog.

But the murder part doesn't bother me that much.

 

[kg.legat0]

Just because that dude was awful doesn't mean the pipes should be punished I hope they smoke great and this guy misses them dearly. Definitely a conversation starter, as if smoking a pipe itself isn't already!

 

[bullet08]

Hope he wasn't smoking *cough crack* anything other than tobacco in those pipes.

 

[orobusto]

We don't know the history of the majority of our estate pipes. I'm sure we all have at least one estate that belonged to an unsavory type. I'm sure the people that get my estates will think that Enjoy them and can't wait to see them cleaned up.

 

[smokeyweb]

See if the convicted murderer would like to buy them back! Of course, being contraband, that would mean you would have to smuggle them in using your “prison wallet!”

 

[BROBS]

See if the convicted murderer would like to buy them back! Of course, being contraband, that would mean you would have to smuggle them in using your “prison wallet!”

They would prefer more useful pipes like MM Freehands and extra long shanked Canadians.

 

[3rdguy]