TEN GUINEAS FOR A PIPE.
Thirty years ago a Cambridge undergraduate asked his tobacconist to procure for him a pipe the grain of which ran uniformly in the same vertical direction as the bowl. Such a thing is a freak among pipes, and out of 1000 turned out there may be only one with this peculiar characteristic; it is usually the result of the heart of the briar root happening to be exactly at the base of the bowl when the latter is fashioned out of the rough wood.
The tobacconist at length found such a pipe, which he sold to the student at the ordinary price. The latter Js friends, however, were so struck with the novelty that they overwhelmed the dealer with orders for "straight grainers." The demand for this kind of pipe grew .steadily, and the makers set them aside whenever they appeared as rarities capable of realising fancy prices.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3182, 6 January 1928, Page 5
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153TEN GUINEAS FOR A PIPE. Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3182, 6 January 1928, Page 5
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