Description: Orlik De Luxe L83 with Saddle Stem. Made in England. Weight-32.42g / 1.14" Bowl height- 40.0mm / 1.57" Bowl width- 35.7mm / 1.40" Chamber depth- 34.9mm / 1.37" Chamber width- 18.3mm / 0.72" Wall thickness- 7.6mm / 0.29" Shank length- 26.3mm / 1.03" Stem length- 63.1mm / 2.48" Overall length- 128.1mm / 5.04" This pipe was a rescue mission. Someone else attempted a restoration and failed miserably. They sanded the rim and stained the pipe a ridiculous red color. They buffed the stem without removing the oxidation. The pipe was a mess, to say the least. The first thing I did was remove the hideous red stain. It has been fully cleaned and sanitized inside and out. I decided not to restain it because i figured it's been through enough. I buffed it to let grain be the star of the show. All teeth marks have been removed, and the stem deoxidized and rebuffed. It's used but ready to be smoked again. It still has many years left in it. I try my best to take good pictures from many angles. But, since I am not a professional photographer, the pipes always look better in person. If you require more pictures on a pipe you're interested in, just ask. I try very hard to get the "ghosts" out of every pipe. This is usually possible, but occasionally, no matter how hard I try, and with every method exhausted (salt & alcohol, Everclear & cotton balls, retort with Everclear, ozone treatment), it just isn't possible. It's the nature of the beast, I suppose. God knows what some people smoked and how much of it. I hand sand and polish all my pipe stems rather than on the buffing wheel. It's just my preference. I also always ream the bowls down to briar. I do not leave any cake. I follow it up with an organic food grade bowl coating. If bowl coatings aren't your thing, then it's easily removed with a damp paper towel. I very rarely use tenon expanders on loose stems. Most of the time, bees wax does the trick just fine. I prepare all my pipes to my preferences. If they aren't your preferences, I'm sorry but you don't have to buy any. This is how I prefer it to be done. You don't have to agree and again, you don't have to buy any. If any significant repairs were done, then it will definitely be stated in detail. All pipes that I sell as refurbished, refreshed, repaired, restored, etc. will be in ready to smoke condition. Just add your tobacco of choice, and you're ready to go. The prices I ask for my pipes are a reflection of the work that went into them and the materials/supplies used. This is not a cheap process and can be very time-consuming. I offer my services on pipes so anyone interested can contact me for more information. I also buy pipes. It can be 1 pipe or many. Just contact me to work it out the details.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Staten Island, New York
End Time: 2024-11-23T02:30:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: orlik
Body Shape: apple
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
