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?Identifying amber stems?

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Bulldog Bruce




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PostSubject: ?Identifying amber stems?   Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:30 pm
A friend of mine, cigar smoker, has decided to try the pipe. He hopped on ebay and bought a 'well used old meer'. Came in today, and he gave me a call, gonna sample him some tobac. that I recieved in the same fashion. Anyways, he says "I may have got took, this pipe looks like well aged wood". I asked him if it had any grain, and he said naw, just a few nicks. Laughing Laughing Laughing . Anyway, he described the stem as dark rootbeer that you can kind of see through. How do we tell if its vulcanite or amber, anybody have a clue? Of course, we don't want to damage or discolor it

Thanks in advance

Bd

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PostSubject: Re: ?Identifying amber stems?   Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:48 pm
Only way I know is to stick it with a hot pin and smell it. If it smell like plastic it is, if it smells like pine it isn't. Probably not the way he wants to go though. Laughing
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PostSubject: Re: ?Identifying amber stems?   Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:42 pm
There's something about static electricity and amber, but I can't remember what it is.

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PostSubject: Re: ?Identifying amber stems?   Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:22 pm
Rub it with a cloth a few times. If it will pick up dust/lint/ashes, it's amber.

Amber will also be glassy hard. Brittle.
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PostSubject: Amber stems   Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:12 pm
Thanx men, think we will stick with the static method Jason. Laughing

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