I wanted to share a before and some afters of an estate pipe I recently picked up. It is a Digby 501 made in London England. I understand, after some help from here and a little bit of research, that the Digby is a GBD second. When I got the pipe it was very dirty and the stem was almost brown. I gave it the cotton ball and alcohol treatment followed by swabbing of the shank and an oxyclean soak for the stem. The pipe looked black but when I cleaned it and buffed it some color started to show through like I had hoped it would. I think I may dedicate this pipe to a certain genre but I'm not sure what yet. Enjoy the pics.
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Me trying to be artsy with my iphone and stove light.
Before
After
Me trying to be artsy with my iphone and stove light.