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Post by Plainsman on Dec 29, 2020 18:49:58 GMT -5
A Stanwell Royal Danish from ebay. Handsome, I think. Seems like a good smoker, too.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 29, 2020 18:59:52 GMT -5
A nice one, it looks like a Va. flake pipe to me.
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Post by taiguy66 on Dec 29, 2020 20:40:20 GMT -5
Won bids on many EBay estate pipes and haven’t had a problem except for one. The one exception coming from Italy and it arrived a month after its due date. The only thing about EBay is due diligence and set a limit on how much you’re willing to spend. It’s easy to get caught up on the hype and bidding war.
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Post by puffy on Dec 29, 2020 21:49:18 GMT -5
Nice Pipe...It looks like it's in great shape.
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Post by slickshooter on Dec 29, 2020 22:26:00 GMT -5
Looks like a fine pipe! Congrats
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Post by kxg on Dec 30, 2020 0:22:11 GMT -5
Nice pipe! Beware the estate pipe rabbit hole. So many great deals that you wake up one day with 80 pipes. Ask me how I know...
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 30, 2020 0:41:11 GMT -5
That's really sweet...back in the early eighties, when I was buying a pipe every payday, The Tinder Box had three new lines from Stanwell...Royal Danish, like yours, Royal Guards, which were half rusticated freehands, and I can't recall the third.
I picked out one of the Royal Guards and liked it so much I followed with another , but the second was an estate ,and set me back almost twice what I paid for the first.
The first pipe ,and indeed all three lines sold for twenty eights bucks, right out of the display case.
What I wouldn't give for a time machine!!!
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chasingembers
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Post by chasingembers on Dec 30, 2020 3:08:59 GMT -5
Good looking piece. A bit of oxidation, but no difficult task to remove. Great find!  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 30, 2020 4:05:55 GMT -5
I agree with the above...that's a superb find. The shape and design is lovely. Give it a wee polish up and let us all know how it smokes!
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 30, 2020 9:33:41 GMT -5
Thanks, gents. What’s the best way to remove the slight oxidation?
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Post by oj on Dec 30, 2020 11:24:09 GMT -5
That's great pipe, that's all I buy is estate pipes, usually older Petersons (with exclusion to JM Boswells pipes)
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Post by sparks on Dec 30, 2020 13:43:07 GMT -5
When I first started into pipe smoking, I decided I had to find something to "collect". Stanwell Royal Danish is what I settled on. At the time I had no particular shape, or size preference, so the variety, slight difficulty in finding them, and the "unique" factor made them a great choice. Eventually I found my niche and parted with the ones I had collected, but they are great pipes.
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Post by briarbuck on Dec 30, 2020 13:52:01 GMT -5
Thanks, gents. What’s the best way to remove the slight oxidation? A little toothpaste or a magic eraser works great. Lots of videos out there how to re-furbish estate pipes. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 30, 2020 14:16:54 GMT -5
Thanks. Yep, I found a ton of instructions. This’ll be fun!  |
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