GBD Century 701 Cleanup Pics

[burleyboy]

Recently I scored and cleaned up an old GBD pipe from the Bay. It looked rather bad, but came out nicely. Here are some pics.

Before.






After.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Awesome restore!

 

[tobefrank]

Wow, I almost can’t believe it is the same pipe.

 

[cortezattic]

Oh my! What a remarkable rescue! You definitely hit that one outta the park!

Thanks so much for the before and after pix. Greatly appreciated.

 

[mikethompson]

Cleaned up nicely is a bit of an understatement!

Very nice work on that pipe!

 

[burleyboy]

Thanks for all your kind words, guys. Without the knowledge, I gained in this forum, I had never dared buying and cleaning up such a pipe. It is fascinating how far you can go when it comes to restoring pipes with little gear.

 

[ormazd]

Nice work!

 

[scloyd]

Well done! It looks amazing.

 

[ssjones]

Awesome work and outcome!

 

[trouttimes]

You definitely have skills! Great save. Good to see an old warrior have a second life.

 

[cshubhra]

Fantastic work!!!

 

[burleyboy]

Thank you all! Since I’m reading here, the restoring became a big part of the pipe hobby for me.

 

[upnorth1]

Amazing job! How many of these gems in the rough do we pass by? You picked a winner and gave her the restore she deserved. ?

 

[mau1]

Omg, I thought that stem was a yellowed-white colour. Great work!

 

[Casual]

Wow!

The last owner really smoked the bejeezus out of that thing. Looks like @didimauw ’s Grabow.

 

[augiebd]

Great transformation! I hope it smokes as well as it looks!

 

[didimauw]

The cake in that thing really makes me smile! One for the photo album! Nice job on the cleanup!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Wunderschöne pfeife,congrats on this one Julius

 

[burleyboy]

Thanks a lot, fellows! That thing was that much caked up, that I could not fit my pinkie finger in the bowl... And it is a group 3 size pipe.

 

[python]

Great job on that restoration!