Got a package today with this in it...all it's gonna need is a light cleaning...can't have been smoked more than a few times...looks almost new...I feel like I robbed somebody...Image

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Looks good. Do you like the drinkless system? I've only had one pipe with a stinger in it, and I pulled it out.
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I am assuming the stinger is the ball looking thing on the end of the stem? What purpose does that serve? (Never seen or heard of that before. Bit of a pipe noob, obviously :-))
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Nice score, I have the exact same pipe and I love it! I'm not crazy about the drinkless system, but it doesn't effect the smoke. I just wish I could run a pipe cleaner through it.
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Nice score Marc.

Alex, the drinkless system supposedly works as follows - when the smoke is drawn up into the stem the moisture condenses and collects on the ball and keeps it from reaching your mouth. Since I don't have a Kaywoodie myself, I don't know how well it works first hand and I've heard mixed opinions. Let us know what you think.
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Mine doesn't work. I've gotten juiced several times from wet smokes. I'd rather be able to run a pipe cleaner for sure, but I do love my Kaywoodie Zulu.
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Not sure if there is such a thing as a "vintage" Kaywoodie. However, hope it smokes well for you. But it is a nice looking pipe.

Get rid of the insert if is one in there, it smokes better.
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I can take it or leave it...they make good smokers...can't pull out a stinger on a Kaywoodie otherwise there would be no way to attach the stem to the shank...you'd have to hack it off with a saw, and that would ruin it for most Kaywoodie fans...

Well, this one dates back to 1950-1955...that's pretty vintage to me...can't take out the insert and in this case it's a 4-holer which would absolutely destroy the pipe...the metal does a pretty good job of trapping moisture and if it gurgles it's usually just a bit too wet at the end of the stinger...a pipe cleaner pushed up to that point will soak up some of it and solve the problem...
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This is why the good lord gave man the Dremel Tool. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzttt!

Superb looking zulu. Neur'cer.
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Yep, that's what I did to a very recent Kaywoodie Drinkless Prince as it was a cheap pipe...but not gonna even think about that for my 50's and 60's Kaywoodies...
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Nice 01 Marc! I've got 2 and like them both. I'm like you, I won't cut the stinger off of an older KW, but the few "newer" ones I have, 3 hole stingers, got neutered to I could run a cleaner through them.

If the guilt of buying that pipe so cheaply is killing you, I'll gladly take $40 to help you feel better. :-)
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Oh. Huh, well that's a pretty nifty idea. Thanks!
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Nice looking pick up... enjoy!!!
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Wow, that is a nice looking pipe. Great score.
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