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Old 02-22-2011, 12:12 AM   #17
Tyler
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Default Re: Show them to me, pipes that is!

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Originally Posted by cp478 View Post
Wow, that was a steal for that price. With that being real amber it is very old.
Does it also have the bone tenon?
No it has a metal one. I wish it had a bone one as those are really neat. I was told it was real amber but I don't know how to verify because of the metal tenon. Some of the tests I have read about are putting it in salt water, true amber floats, burning it, true amber drops like incense but this is a pipe stem so I won't be doing that haha, and wiping a solvent on it, true amber does not dissolve when in contact with most solvents, again this is a pipe stem so I don't want to harm it. If you know of any other way to tell I am all ears.
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