Dock
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Last week I purchased a brand new Stanwell shape 186. It arrived this weekend. Aside from the expected fills it was a pretty presentable pipe. It's a Legend model and represents a slightly higher grade Stan as opposed to a Majestic and thus costs a bit more. It's got a higher gloss finish than I've seen on any of the Stans that I've owned. When I looked at it I could see that the bowl coating was very uneven at the rim and that high gloss finish was clearly visible under the missing coating. It seems that Stanwell as Peterson does dip stains and likely dip varnishes the pipes then applies the coating. Two bowlfuls was enough to tell me that I don't much care for the taste of varnish and stain in my pipe's bowl. I sanded it all down to bare wood as much was possible. The problem now seems to be corrected and it smokes as well as any of my Stans now.
Just a warning folks, you may want to do the same thing on any new highly polished Stans that you purchase....
Just a warning folks, you may want to do the same thing on any new highly polished Stans that you purchase....