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<blockquote data-quote="jefe1037" data-source="post: 582563" data-attributes="member: 2290"><p>Those screw in shanks are brutal. I picked up a shoe-box lot that had a bunch like this. I reamed out what I could and got my polish on for the stems that were worth it. Out of the lot of 20, I got 2 good smokers. </p><p></p><p>I am not a pipe snob by any means, but some of these old drug store brand pipes aren’t worth it unless you want a beater pipe for your tackle box</p><p></p><p>Personal opinion is that the expense of getting these pipes fixed up would outweigh the expense of replacing them with ready to smoke estate pipes. (I’m a math brain: if someone charged you $20 a pipe for cleaning and polish, would you rather have a brand new pipe or 2 ready to smoke “name brand” estate pipes for the same price… or 10 cobs direct from Missouri meerschaum)</p><p></p><p>I am not a pipe snob by any means, but some of these old drug store brand pipes aren’t worth it unless you want a beater pipe for your tackle box…. But again, I’d still rather have a cob for that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jefe1037, post: 582563, member: 2290"] Those screw in shanks are brutal. I picked up a shoe-box lot that had a bunch like this. I reamed out what I could and got my polish on for the stems that were worth it. Out of the lot of 20, I got 2 good smokers. I am not a pipe snob by any means, but some of these old drug store brand pipes aren’t worth it unless you want a beater pipe for your tackle box Personal opinion is that the expense of getting these pipes fixed up would outweigh the expense of replacing them with ready to smoke estate pipes. (I’m a math brain: if someone charged you $20 a pipe for cleaning and polish, would you rather have a brand new pipe or 2 ready to smoke “name brand” estate pipes for the same price… or 10 cobs direct from Missouri meerschaum) I am not a pipe snob by any means, but some of these old drug store brand pipes aren’t worth it unless you want a beater pipe for your tackle box…. But again, I’d still rather have a cob for that [/QUOTE]
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