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  1. J

    Killer Straight Grain Barling Re-stem

    Leave it to George - his stems are always an improvement over OEM! Great job George!
  2. J

    Estate Falcon Crack in Airway

    Second for JB Weld...
  3. J

    Cleaning a Nasty 1890's Horse Head Meerschaum

    You might want to hold of on the Jojoba oil until the repairs are complete... The Jojoba oil could interfere with whatever adhesives you might need to use.
  4. J

    Tilshead Saddle Stem Dublin

    You done good!
  5. J

    Briar Stem Issues

    You could soak it in a Danish Oil finish and then let it cure - that will stabilize the briar. Then maybe a food safe urethane finish to seal it.
  6. J

    White Spots on Meerschaum- What?

    They're called "white spots"... <grin> Don't worry, each piece of meerschaum is different!
  7. J

    Comoy Rescue

    Nice!
  8. J

    Should I Pull the Plug on this Andreas Bauer?

    You're not by any chance the seller?
  9. J

    Coloring Progress Over Time/No of Bowls in one Meerschaum Pipe

    It has nothing to do with Altinay. Each block of meerschaum will color the way it wants to! It really is the luck of the draw - the only way to find out how a particular block is going to color is to make a pipe out of it and smoke it. It doesn't matter what carver got your particular block -...
  10. J

    Stem Restoration - No Sandpaper

    It went over a lot of people's heads...