Official Hall of Shame Thread

[mikethompson]

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we could post up some pics of ads / listings / auctions that just make you scratch your head.

Case in point,



That's a lot of coin for a dead pipe IMO

 

[bent1]

Wonder how many bowls after the pipe was split? Maybe it was hit with an axe.

 

[Infantry23]

Wonder how many bowls after the pipe was split? Maybe it was hit with an axe.

Lizzie Borden's pipe

 

[Lawyer66]

Idk why I am laughing so hard at this. I just keep thinking of all the times I have ever read about pipes being used as clubs.

 

[cossackjack]

It's a 4-panel pipe...gotta problem with that?

 

[jvnshr]

Those are for ventilation purposes.

 

[Lawyer66]

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we could post up some pics of ads / listings / auctions that just make you scratch your head.

Case in point,

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That's a lot of coin for a dead pipe IMO

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All jokes aside for me, can anything actually be done with a pipe that gets this bad? Genuinely curious here.

 

[samuelgawith01]

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we could post up some pics of ads / listings / auctions that just make you scratch your head.

Case in point,

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That's a lot of coin for a dead pipe IMO

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Windshield pipe gone bad.Maybe an apprentice pipe?

 

[mikethompson]

All jokes aside for me, can anything actually be done with a pipe that gets this bad? Genuinely curious here.

I think this is too far gone to be saved. Maybe a little crack can be repaired with a band of some briar dust and glue, but not anything this severe.

 

[guylesss]

A delightful idea for a thread--thank you mikethompson! At least from what I've seen on Ebay in recent months, I suspect Dunhill is going to be the hands down winner for incinerated, well-chewed wrecks covered in fowl smelling filth presented as rare collectibles in auctions with ludicrously high opening bids, or let us say optimistic buy-it-now prices.

My own favorite is this sad case, a dark root 1936 pot missing its stem:

VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Of course what makes it potentially interesting--at least for a master restorer such as georged--is that it appears to have a Vernon tenon with all four of its prongs that might be salvaged to repair another pipe. This even if this one is both stemless and totally toast.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I think this is too far gone to be saved. Maybe a little crack can be repaired with a band of some briar dust and glue, but not anything this severe.

Briar dust, epoxy, and a meerschaum insert.

 

[Chasing Embers]

A delightful idea for a thread--thank you mikethompson! At least from what I've seen on Ebay in recent months, I suspect Dunhill is going to be the hands down winner for incinerated, well-chewed wrecks covered in fowl smelling filth presented as rare collectibles in auctions with ludicrously high opening bids, or let us say optimistic buy-it-now prices.

My own favorite is this sad case, a dark root 1936 pot missing its stem:

VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Of course what makes it potentially interesting--at least for a master restorer such as georged--is that it appears to have a Vernon tenon with all four of its prongs that might be salvaged to repair another pipe. This even if this one is both stemless and totally toast.
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That one can be re-stemmed and plugged.

 

[samuelgawith01]

A delightful idea for a thread--thank you mikethompson! At least from what I've seen on Ebay in recent months, I suspect Dunhill is going to be the hands down winner for incinerated, well-chewed wrecks covered in fowl smelling filth presented as rare collectibles in auctions with ludicrously high opening bids, or let us say optimistic buy-it-now prices.

My own favorite is this sad case, a dark root 1936 pot missing its stem:

VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VTG USED DUNHILL PIPE 352 MADE IN ENGLAND, as is hole at bottom no stem at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Of course what makes it potentially interesting--at least for a master restorer such as georged--is that it appears to have a Vernon tenon with all four of its prongs that might be salvaged to repair another pipe. This even if this one is both stemless and totally toast.
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Mike,I thought we talked about using those hard flame lighters!?

 

[guylesss]

Briar dust, epoxy, and a meerschaum insert.

An alternative strategy might be to emulate the Japanese method for the repair of shattered porcelain called "Kintsugi"--

 

[mikethompson]

Mike,I thought we talked about using those hard flame lighters!?

Haha!

From another thread, but even $5 for this seems too much:

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I really came to this thread, hat in hand, thinking that someone must have collected all of my posts. Ha ha!

 

[Chasing Embers]

An alternative strategy might be to emulate the Japanese method for the repair of shattered porcelain called "Kintsugi"--

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Or another Japanese tradition.

 

[mikethompson]

Well the one with the hole in it has the drainage figure out

 

[stokesdale]

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we could post up some pics of ads / listings / auctions that just make you scratch your head.

Case in point,

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That's a lot of coin for a dead pipe IMO

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But the white dot is still visible, that alone should be worth at least $1,000 premium...that's what they upcharge their new pipes for the white dot.

 

[mso489]

You wonder how destroyed a pipe would be before no one would try to sell it. Put it on the railroad track? Tie it to a stick of dynamite? Flatten it with a sledgehammer? Someone would sweep together the leavings and require $85. Or Dunhill somewhat more.