This Is a Horrible Stem Replacement on eBay

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samcoffeeman

Can't Leave
Apr 6, 2015
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Already contacted the seller about the so-called "Dunhill-tight" "original" stem, where the shank was obviously sanded to fit the poor fitting stem and the dot is also wrong, too close to the end of the stem. Too bad, it was a really nice looking blasted ODA Tanshell.
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georged

Lifer
Mar 7, 2013
5,491
13,920
Why???????? would you do that..... :crazy:
Why would a pipe's owner do that? Either because he didn't know anything better was possible, or to save a buck.
Why would a (so-called) repairman do that? Because he couldn't DO any better. (And therefore shouldn't have even tried. There is no rewind button in the repair biz.)
That was a fairly rare ODA, too. Easily worth hundreds.

 

jazz

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 17, 2014
813
65
UK
What a shame. I can't imagine the mind of a person who looked at that and thought it was alright. Hideous.

 

jpmcwjr

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Staff member
May 12, 2015
24,565
27,065
Carmel Valley, CA
Here it is! Whoa!
It could have been done better by continuing the rustication down the shaved portion. But still very wrong- just a bit less wrong....
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jpmcwjr

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May 12, 2015
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Carmel Valley, CA
If I were gifted that pipe, all I could think of is putting a silver repair band to cover the "workmanship".
Also, I sometimes can't distinguish between a blast and a rusticated stummel. Can someone point out what makes it which on the above?

 
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