Description: Revised listing information, thanks to a very knowledgeable fellow ebayer who happens to own 8 of these pipes. What a beauty! A truly epic restoration! Sandblasred Ehrlich Old Briar Special, Stirling Band. Bent diamond shank with saddle stem. The stem has "France" stamped on it. Though the pipe itself may have been made in the US but cannot be confirmed. The pipe was originally sold as the "Old Briar Special" and was offered for $7.50, though the price went up quite a bit as the supply of these diminished. It was made between 1910 and 1913 and is one of a batch of identical pipes found by Ehrlich's in their cellar when they moved from their original shop at 207 Washington St. to a new location at 32 Tremont St. (Boston). At that point, all had been carved but not fitted with the stems or silver bands. I believe it may have been George Bushee, Ehrlich's last repairman, who finished them. Ehrlich eventually stopped production in 1968. It has been fully cleaned inside and out. Reamed, restained, buffed, and waxed. All teeth marks removed and stem deoxidized. It's used but ready to be smoked again. It still has many years left in it. I try to take good pictures from many angles. If you require more pictures on a pipe you're interested in, just ask. I don't usually take measurements, but if you are curious about measurements, then shoot me a message, and I will get it for you. 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: 115 USD
Location: Staten Island, New York
End Time: 2024-08-15T01:01:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: ehrlich
Body Shape: bent
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Filter Size: non-filter
