Is it wrong...?

[TheTraveler]

Originally Posted by Ethelred Alim

it will be. how can you give a used pipe to your friend . its better to get it back and buy a new one for him. because most of disease spread through saliva .

I've found quite a few pipes in antique stores and rummage sales that were very nasty and gunked up. A good cleaning (sometimes two cleanings ) was all most of them needed. One of them turned out to be damaged beyond use once I got the gunk removed but under the funk on the other ones lived pipes just waiting for a second chance.

A good cleaning with the right products will leave you with a sanitized pipe.