About That 9004 From My Wife

[Chasing Embers]

Seems our prodigal bard 'as made himself know. In rare form no less. Bravo Jay. :worship:

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

:clap: Jay, I freakin' love it when you do that! One of these days we need to get all those in one place. Every single one of them is a masterpiece. :clap:

 

[balkisobrains]

Looks good, Duane, sounded like a lot of labor!

 

[ukbob]

Nice job there Duane.

 

[cigrmaster]

It always amazes me at how you guys turn a pig into a swan. Well done Chasing, I hope you enjoy how it smokes.

 

[mso489]

Impressive. Beautiful pipe.

 

[georged]

One question...wouldn’t the amount or depth of the oxidation be the same, regardless of what you used to remove it?

Yes

Or is that the point of your post, to say that by using the things you did, you were able to fine-tune and pinpoint the exact amount of material to remove, and avoid any unnecessary removal?

That gets complicated.
If you remove ONLY the green---which is NEVER evenly distributed---you end up with an out-of-shape, lumpy, weird-ass-looking stem.
The stem must be entirely re-cut to its original proportions. How much reduction is involved? To where there's no green left... (every case is different)
Here's a realtime, no-edits video demonstration of the most efficient method I know of:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFwwtvtKlXW8nWQ-E9oO-YwMqCWuvBHDE

 

[smittyd]

Great info thanks for the post!

 

[lightmybriar]

Thank you, George! Excited to watch those!

 

[mrenglish]

Excellent work. I might try your plan on a few stems I have.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Love the yellow fingers George, mine look the same everytime. :mrgreen: The only thing different I do normally is start with a higher grit of sandpaper or micromesh. Usually around 1000 grit. I was afraid to do that with the stem from the OP because I couldn't see any black from the start.

 

[drydock]

Hey--great looking restoration, beautiful pipe! I've used the aptly named Magic Erasers on fragile stems too--my dad's old danish pipe looks new now. It's definitely a "slow and steady" wins the race affair. And for my slightly abrasive paste, I use a high-shine car buffer. Worked wonders. Love seeing these 9004s!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Hey--great looking restoration, beautiful pipe!

Thanks! Here's a better shot minus the glare.

 

[mso489]

Chase, I believe you now have the world market on 9004's cornered.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'm trying! The current production 904s are safe, but the discontinued 9004s and discontinued lines of 904s are always being watched for! :mrgreen:

 

[wyfbane]

Great job! That pipe looks fantastic. I have a giant backlog of pipes to do this to. Sigh.

 

[Chasing Embers]

A cleaner before and after.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have a giant backlog of pipes to do this to. Sigh.

Me too. I put that one at the top of the list since my wife bought it for me. :mrgreen:

 

[mnewb1]

That cleaned up very nicely and is a beautiful pipe

 

[bnichols23]

"ust saw your signature Bill. Love it!" -- Tnx, Duane! I owe Anthony for the pic. :worship: A little resize & bada-boom, done. You know me -- a little oddball, combined with a perverse sense of the absurd for humor, topped with a little semi-false humility due to being the FNG on the ship, & the frigate's resident jester is born. [appropriately subservient bow]