How in the hell?

[Vox3l]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Ebay demands a good weather eye on pipes; plenty of beaten up stuff is sold by people who have no interest or knowledge in what they're offering. Beware the listings that have one blurry photo, two sentences of info (with bad spelling) and a "sold as is" somewhere in there. Them are the ones selling aromatic-soaked cracked briar and gnawed stems a lot of the time. Caveat emptor.

I like buying the pipes that require a bit of TLC before smoking! I think cleaning the pipes up and making them look good is a lot of fun! When I got this one, I was excited to find out what I could do to fix the stem (after thinking "who in God's name smoked this?"). One of these days I'll spend over $20 for a good new or nice estate pipe, but for now I'm happy getting my kicks from cleaning them and then sitting back, lighting up and enjoying my handywork!

[afilter]

Yours looks good compared to the Sav I recently purchased. Mine is worn completely through on the bottom. Best I can figured it that the previous owner liked to grind his teeth while smoking. Like the rubber bit idea. Otherwise the pipe cleaned up well.