Sasieni Four Dot "Regent" Pat No Restoration

[ssjones]

Lucked into this Regent on Ebay, surprised to see that it is a Patent Era pipe, after it was delivered. This is my favorite Sasieni shape, after the Ashford, and at 45 grams, the perfect size. A fairly simple restoration, the pipe was in surprisingly good condition.

Full restoration details are here at the Reborn Pipes site:

Sasieni Four Dot Regent Patent Era Restoration

By Al Jones I was genuinely thrilled to open the package on this Sasieni. The Sasieni “Regent” is one of my favorite shapes from that maker, and it will compliment the “Ruff Root&…

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[ssjones]

And Finished. My poor camera/skills don't do this one justice. I'll get to smoke this one over the weekend.

 

[cshubhra]

Fantastic!!!

 

[scloyd]

Very nice - well done.

 

[f5rd2hy]

Great job!

 

[didimauw]

Oh man that's a great job! I really like that shape too! Looks like it was well loved at one point.

 

[mikethompson]

A good and experienced hand can make any restoration look easy Al. Very nice work as always, especially on the rim.

 

[ssjones]

Thanks guys! The bowl top did take some care, I was able to get it clean without needing any stain touchup, which is always a better outcome and victory! First smoke will be tomorrow AM.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Beautiful pipe.

 

[lightmybriar]

Well worth the job! Great work in a beautiful pipe!

 

[davidintexas]

Great job Al. Always love your write-ups. Love your pipes

 

[augiebd]

Nice work, the shape is really great and nice grain.

 

[ssjones]

Inaugural smoke was this AM with the Sunday paper and coffee (crisp morning here at 47 degrees).
A very good smoke, no ghost.
Here's the two Regents, side by side. You can see the tighter Four dot stem pattern vs the later model.
The Pat era pipe stem has slightly less bend, I may re-bend to match.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Sweet!