Buffing, by the God's it shall be shiny!!

Sitting here enjoying a wee pipe. It is a Dunhill 107. I only know this because I have it written down.
I bought it as an estate and it smokes wonderfully. But the Piper before me was a buffer!! Apparently he liked to shave using the pipe as a mirror. Even the button has dang near been buffed away. I noticed as I was smoking it this morning I cannot read the nomenclature. It is a great smoker and I will never let it go.
But for buffers, my friends you want to polish and I understand, but when your removing wood and the bit to the point you cannot read the words and the bit is gone, your buffing too much!
To me that much buffing simply messes up any pipe. Mostly just an observation I came up with while smoking. Buffers are dangerous and be careful my fellow Piper's!!

If I came off as I do not appreciate the aesthetics of a pipe I did not mean to do so. I clean when they need it, I even use a fancy cloth to protect and shine. I would never own anything I do not use. Things are made to be used. I finds pipes to.be magical. Even a simple billiard can have an amazing simplistic beauty. It is hard for me to define "it" but if the carver misses "it" I and everyone else noticies they missed! Or there are Carver's that see things differently. I will never own one of those because I do not think I could smoke it and that's what a pipe is for lol.
I meant that by all means buff your pipe and make it shine if that is your way. But stop, please, please, stop before removing wood or wearing the button to a small blip. LOL.

Smokey has a point, once bought if the guy wants he can put it in his rectum and play it like a picallo. But we have to right to say that is weird. Just an opinion, tons on here. But I still say you buff a pipe like I said your doing it wrong. And they have the right to ignore me.

Hey Sable, as I have said before you have some amazing pipes and your damn right I would not smoke that set either. Bet you it would be difficult to find anyone who would. Those have history and beauty an amazing combination. To be honest when I wrote the post that type of pipe was not considered. I was talking about normal pipes of recent lineage. I did sorta cover amazing pipes like those with ". I will never own one of those because I do not think I could smoke it and that's what a pipe is for lol." I should add, for me
But I will bet all the money I have that Sable is not buffing the hell out those pipes. I am sure you can read every letter, the stem will have a perfect Barling symbol,and the buttons are not wore down to a nub on the bits!! Heck I can almost read everything in the Pic!!
And I agree if Sable wants to he can buff the heck out of them or use them for firewood, he owns them after all. But I assure you everyone even people who do not know pipes would, if they are an actual friend of Sable, be saying those a bad ideas, maybe you should think about this, etc, etc.
I will never argue that someone can do whatever they want with their property within the limits of the law. But I will stand up for others telling someone they are doing it wrong when they are doing it wrong by my morals and norms. Every human I have ever met seems to follow that standard. Some variation for weird POS third world countries, they can be interesting. But I digress.
The actual point I was going for is simple. If you over buff and are removing wood and stem to the point that you can no longer read anything, just smooth wood now, and the stem logo is gone and the bit is a bump, your doing it wrong.

+10 Sable!!!!
WPD, LMAO!!!!

I did say difficult to find someone to smoke them lol. I know people who would. 1907, 111 yrs old, heck steam was just replacing sail. That is 7 yes before WWI. Some poor bastard may have had those in his ruck in the trenches. Maybe a U boat crewmen, or a million other things. I respect Sable for the reason he bought them. Preservation of beauty and history is something I believe in. But if he says I am going to smoke one, I am 100% behind him on that also. Pipes are made to be smoked for me.
I keep going back to those pics, damn Sable those pipes, to me, are amazing! Blowing up the pic I can read much of the nomenclature for crying out loud lol!!

Hey George!!
I had never heard of that one!!! I will have to PM you on that one lol.