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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 9, 2018 16:48:51 GMT -5
Is there an easy way to tell whether a stem is plastic, acrylic, vulcanised rubber etc?
If I'm looking at a pipe are there any telltale signs to watch out for?
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Post by monbla256 on Aug 9, 2018 16:58:06 GMT -5
Bite it. Acrylic is harder than vulcanite and has no "give" that vulcanite has. If your looking at a pipe that you can't bite ask the seller. ! Plus vulcanite even when polished doesn't "shine" the way acrylic does in my experience.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 17:00:26 GMT -5
The best grades of vulcanite/ebonite have a slight 'give' to them, imo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 17:14:22 GMT -5
Both of the above are very true! If you purchase a pipe online always ask the retailer your purchasing the pipe from👍
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 10, 2018 1:46:49 GMT -5
Cheers.
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