The next pipe on the worktable I found on the online auction block in December of 2017.  I was drawn to the pipe by its unique shape and deeply carved rustication which could almost pass for an ‘extreme’ blasted surface.  As often is the case with online sellers, the pictures don’t always tell everything, and the seller’s description may offer some truth but not the whole truth.  Here’s a few pictures of what I saw that caught my attention. The seller from Glenhead, New York, gave the description, “Mouthpiece has slight crack.  Overall Good Condition.”  I could see the ‘crack’ in the stem in the picture above – barely, and began to deduce that the stem might be acrylic.  My bid was sufficient to add the pipe to the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY! collection and when the pipe arrived in the mail, I put it in the ‘Help Me!’ basket…