Talbert Pipes- Talbert blast on ebay

[Trever Talbert]

Hello again to our subscription people!  This is an alert for those who 
may be interested that there is a very nice 2001 ring-grain Talbert 
Briar sandblast up on ebay now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330178136992

It's a beautiful piece for sandblast fans.  However, there is one odd 
niggle that leaves me perplexed.  In the photos of the rim, there 
appears to be what looks like a fill on the smooth rim.  Since I do not 
now, nor have I ever, used putty fills, this disturbs me a little, and 
I'm not sure what to make of it - My best guess & hope is that it's just 
a trick of the light or just a naturally-occurring briar 'pulp' spot.  I 
can't imagine anyone actually PUTTING a fill into a pipe, though I 
suppose it's possible that some flaw may have been uncovered if at some 
point the bowl was 'topped'.  Anyway, I'm a little disturbed since it's 
a matter of reputation, and I'd advise anyone interested in the pipe to 
ask about this first.  I've double-checked it against my original 
catalog archive photos, but they were old ones and don't show the rim 
well enough to make a firm judgment - though my original pic does not 
seem to show the flaw from the ebay pics.

In any event, I'm puzzled.

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Happy Smoking,
Trever Talbert
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