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Subject: Addition for the Guide

Steve,

Here's a name to add to the Guide:

Bill's Pipe Repair
Restorations a Speciality
P.O. Box 44021
Oklahoma City, OK 73144-1021

Bill Braddock has been doing pipe repairs in the OKC area for a while. He
does quality work at a very reasonable price.

He has repaired two pipes for me. The first is a Playboy pipe. An
inexpensive, but good smoking pipe. The stem was loose and badly
discolored. Bill banded the cracked shank and fitted a lucite stem. This is
now my "dress" pipe. The second pipe is a Caminetto Business in the Poker
shape. I had broken the tenon. Bill wasn't sure that he could match the
original stem. It had a slight bend at the mouthpiece. Instead of trying to
match it, he installed a new tenon in the old stem.  It's impossible to
tell that the pipe has been repaired.

Disclaimer: Bill is a friend of mine, however, I do not have a financial
stake in this business.

Regards,

John Haldeman

[ Thanks, John!  BTW, I'm of the opinion that pipe repairs by mail
might be a good option for those trying to take refuge from the rat
race, if they could find a willing teacher. -S. ]


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