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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 564410" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>This could very well be in a Charatan thread.  I don't know why I didn't think about this before now, but eh, the obvious sometimes eludes us (or at least, it does me).  My second or third pipe (I'd have to check my manifest) was a Charatan X-out with double comfort stem.  I handled quite a few brand new Charatans around that time.  While the stems were black and new with a glare, they did not have a glassy, glossy shine.  Matter of fact, they had a perpendicular quasi-brushed finish across the vulcanite; almost like a matte look.  You weren't going to check your teeth for lunch residuals with them.  Dunhills were a lot shinier.  If you're in search of that like-new look, it's something to keep in mind with Charatans.</p></blockquote><p></p>