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JustTroItIn

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If you follow the "What's in your bowl" thread, you have seen I am cleaning up a few estate pipes. One in particular is a Savinelli Roma 603. This pipe was in pretty nasty condition when it arrived. I got as far as reaming, salt treatment, and spit shine but found that there was still old wax in the rustication. This morning I got the wife's hair dryer out, heated up the bowl, and went at it with a tooth brush to get rid of the wax. While monotonous, this was working. This also forced me to take a much closer look at the pipe and when it caught the light, I saw this crack in the bowl.



The inside of the bowl is in rough shape, but I can't really tell if the crack goes all the way through.



So what do you think? Is this pipe a shelf queen/parts or should I finish it and smoke it?
 
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Since it was 90% done anyway I went ahead and buffed it with Carnuba along with the other two. Here is how they turned out.

Kaywoodie Fineline
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Five-Nine-Teen Seattle 124. This one turned out real nice but I still want to try a lemon juice soaked pipe cleaner in the stem to try and get rid of more tar stain.
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Savinelli Roma Rusticated 603
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