Quote Originally Posted by jrfoxx View Post
My ebay pipe order arrived today.
1 stem has some wear on the bit from teeth, one was in serious need of my new reamer, on one the stem end broke off in the shaft attempting to remove it for cleaning. Hoping to be able to carefully drill it out and get a new, cheap stem for it, and one was missing them stem, which was shown and mentioned in the add that I'll eventually get a cheap stem for. Only problem with the 2 needing stems is I have no clue on the make and model

All were clearly not regularly cleaned as the draw was super tight or nonexistent on all of them..
Ran some brushes soaked in 99% isopropyl alcohol through the 4 complete pipes, and filled the bowl half way with it, let it sit, then plugged the bit and let it sit full of alcohol.

All 4 are now fully functional. Even at that, i think i got a decent deal on 4 complete and functional pipes.

A couple could use a good wipe down with water to see if they clean up/rehydrate, if not, I can sand off the current stain (assuming there is any vs just being the natural color of the wood and it just needs some wood polish), and restain them to my liking.

The label on the bottom of the cob bowl is almost completely worn off, but the shank i.d. measures 6.5mm, so hopefully I'm able to find a stem based on the measurement.

May require some conversation with various companies selling stems to see if they can find a match based on the i.d. of the shank.

All are clearly old, drugstore pipes, but for the pice, I'm still happy, and that's what matters.





I friggin love tobacco!
You can find bits for that cob for just a few bucks.

https://corncobpipe.com/product-cate...-bits-filters/


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