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Post by stone on May 9, 2019 7:30:06 GMT -5
I received this yesterday in a lot of three I bought from Tim West. It's 7 1/2 inches long and totally hand carved 100% wood and it's cool! It is a grainless white wood and light as a feather!
Including shipping I paid $16 for the three pipes and the other two were a new MM cob which looks unique and a Kiko Block meerschaum 1/2 bent so...... I got nothing invested in this pipe! 
1. I could leave it as it is and use it as conversation piece? 2. I could sand it and clean up the lines a little bit, stain it, and then use it as a conversation piece? 3. I could smoke it although it needs about 1/4 inch of mud in the bottom first?
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Post by elric on May 9, 2019 8:31:33 GMT -5
Cool pipe. What's it carved from?
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 9, 2019 9:06:43 GMT -5
Grainless wood?? You sure it isn't meer? Sounds like it...better check and the tenon looks like it was for a meer...but I could be wrong.
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Post by stone on May 9, 2019 10:04:29 GMT -5
It is definitely wood, and there is no visible grain.
I think Tim said it was from China but I am not 100% certain on that.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 10, 2019 3:49:36 GMT -5
You've enough pipes that you could keep this as an ornament... But then again, it's a pipe; it should fulfil its purpose.
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Post by stone on May 10, 2019 5:39:47 GMT -5
You've enough pipes that you could keep this as an ornament... But then again, it's a pipe; it should fulfil its purpose. True enough! I guess I'm wondering how a simple wood pipe will smoke? For all I know, it may have been made solely for an ornament |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 15:19:31 GMT -5
There have been several threads in the past on the toxicity levels of non briar woods of Chinese manufacture.
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Post by Spartacus on May 10, 2019 15:43:11 GMT -5
Sit it on a shelf and leave it. I don't trust pipes that I am not sure of the wood.
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Post by roadsdiverged on May 10, 2019 17:23:05 GMT -5
Crushed and pressed Asbestos?
Really, I have no idea. These days I prefer to know what I'm smoking out of.
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Post by Mac on May 10, 2019 17:30:31 GMT -5
Yes, for me it's a shelf dweller.
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Post by blackmouth210 on May 10, 2019 17:38:24 GMT -5
There have been several threads in the past on the toxicity levels of non briar woods of Chinese manufacture. This is my thinking too. I wouldn't even think about smoking a pipe of unknown wood species no matter where it was made...having been made in China makes it even scarier. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 11, 2019 4:40:12 GMT -5
A good point has been made about the toxicity of unknown wood. Best to leave it as an ornament.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 7:39:02 GMT -5
It is definitely wood, and there is no visible grain.
I think Tim said it was from China but I am not 100% certain on that.
A fiberglass pipe made in China, I wouldn’t smoke it. My friend from Long Island purchased a pressed Meer made in China. He stated the 3 times he used the pipe the aroma was of a burnt resin. Just a warning to the wise!! |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 8:31:12 GMT -5
I would probably toss it. Too many briar pipes to store already. I wouldn't smoke it, that is for certain.
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Post by stone on May 11, 2019 8:46:24 GMT -5
Its wood
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 8:53:22 GMT -5
I have seen material like this recently. A very fine grain white wood. Can you say IKEA, yes, broke down a unit to reuse the material the structure was similar.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 9:07:37 GMT -5
China manufactures pipes from wood with fiberglass resin added.......smoke at your own risk. As for me I would not take the chance. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 9:21:51 GMT -5
It is too damn ugly to smoke save that for Frosty the Snowman come Winter.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on May 11, 2019 17:40:30 GMT -5
China manufactures pipes from wood with fiberglass resin added.......smoke at your own risk. As for me I would not take the chance. Wood alone can be dangerous.
Some woods are potent allergens.
Don't want to die of anaphylaxis in your living room.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 17:50:37 GMT -5
You can only repeat yourself so many times. If he wants to drink the Kool Aide, let him.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 19:04:49 GMT -5
China manufactures pipes from wood with fiberglass resin added.......smoke at your own risk. As for me I would not take the chance. Wood alone can be dangerous.
Some woods are potent allergens.
Don't want to die of anaphylaxis in your living room.
Very true. Dusts and resins from some woods are quite toxic. |
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Post by stone on May 12, 2019 8:43:43 GMT -5
It will become some sort of adornment in my man cave. LOL
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Post by stone on May 14, 2019 17:34:14 GMT -5
I'm curious. You guys mentioned some Chinese pipes that were wood and fiberglass? Are these molded? Cast? Formed? Since Tim West assured me wine was 100% wood and it's pretty easy to tell when you hold it that it is carved wood; I am curious what the wood/fiberglass might be? I don't want to drink any Kool Aide! But I appreciate people looking out for me  |
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Post by joeman on May 14, 2019 17:38:14 GMT -5
No disrespect to any Chinese members at all. Every China-made pipe I've ever gotten in a lot has been poor quality crap. Don't smoke it...just look at it.
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Post by trailboss on May 14, 2019 17:39:53 GMT -5
The Chinese have no regard for public health, and will sell anything to make a buck.
They even know how to screw up a Czech tool, while stamping “Made in Czechoslovakia” on it.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on May 15, 2019 10:16:55 GMT -5
The Chinese have no regard for public health, and will sell anything to make a buck. They even know how to screw up a Czech tool, while stamping “Made in Czechoslovakia” on it. I once found a pipe tool that didn't slide quite right and it turned out to be stamped "Made in Czeom" instead of "Made in Czech" |
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Post by briarbuck on May 15, 2019 10:24:47 GMT -5
You can make it an art project...  |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Nov 15, 2019 22:58:27 GMT -5
Leave that pipe be just as it is. I really feel it's doing just what it's supposed to do
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Post by monbla256 on Nov 15, 2019 23:51:20 GMT -5
It's a shelf decoration! Just look at it once in awhile ! 
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 9:32:23 GMT -5
If it were mine I'd throw it away because it has NO esthetic value what so ever nor smoke ability. Just my opinion  |
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