take a look at this pipe....

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:19 pm

Take a look at how much grain this pipe has! It's like 95%-5% in favor of grain on most views... wow. Huge pipe too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 28835&rd=1

Brendhain · Post by **Brendhain** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:13 pm

And with just £2,500 (circa $5000) the pipe is yours!!

I corresponded with the guy who put it up on eBay.

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:16 pm

Brendhain wrote:And with just £2,500 (circa $5000) the pipe is yours!!

I corresponded with the guy who put it up on eBay.

Corresponded about buying it?

magruder · Post by **magruder** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:12 pm

That's a remarkable piece of wood for sure.

It's nice to see Rob didn't over buff the stem on this one.
He consistiently has the nicest pipes on Ebay - I just wish he wouldn't
"restore" them so much. I've seen some pretty rounded edges on some of tthe stems of pipes he sells. Hard to get over it, if it is a pipe by some great carver. Especially since he generally gets ALL the money for his stuff.

sagiter · Post by **sagiter** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:10 pm

I wish he didn't recoat the bowls.

Neil

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:48 pm

sagiter wrote:I wish he didn't recoat the bowls.

Neil

Why's that bad? Covering possible flaws or something?

magruder · Post by **magruder** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:34 am

I strongly doubt that he would hide flaws or otherwise mislead bidders.
I concur w/Neil about the coatings. It's just that much more alteration of the original. I prefer to get an estate pipe unmolested.

Why's that bad? Covering possible flaws or something?