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Shadow · 05-26-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by xrundog

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Originally Posted by ÞShadow

Stem replacing is cheap. Depending on what type stem you need to replace it may cost between $8 - 12. I've had about a half dozen stems replaced over the years and the most expensive one was $10 for a stem on a meerschaum pipe.

Can a local tobaccanist replace a stem? Or is there a specialty shop? I guess if you have a valuable or antique pipe, you might want to keep the original stem if possible. Otherwise it doesn't matter. I suspect most of my pipes will be of the "doesn't matter" variety.

If the local shop doesn't do it on-site, they usually send it out to a shop that does. We're fortunate because J.M. Boswell is just up the road from us and we just send pipes to him for repair or to get new stems put on them.