Greetings all.
After all the kindly offered information on my previous related post, I thought I would share with you the results of my amateur efforts in the clean up of my recent Charatan acquisitions. The rims were pretty badly blackened a caked up and I initially considered topping them slightly. I eventually decided against this in difference to their age, and the fact that I'm not into (not to mention capable of) the NOS look. I like old pipes to show their age with some patina.
It's wonderful what a bit of warm black coffee and patience can do and the grain that emerged on the rim of the DELUXE made it clear that it deserved it's higher grade. You can get an idea of their original condition as they appeared on the auction site in my previous post here:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/recent-charatan-aquisitions
I'm rather happy with the end results, since I got the pair for a shade under the equivalent of 40$:
The SPECIAL:
The DELUXE:
After all the kindly offered information on my previous related post, I thought I would share with you the results of my amateur efforts in the clean up of my recent Charatan acquisitions. The rims were pretty badly blackened a caked up and I initially considered topping them slightly. I eventually decided against this in difference to their age, and the fact that I'm not into (not to mention capable of) the NOS look. I like old pipes to show their age with some patina.
It's wonderful what a bit of warm black coffee and patience can do and the grain that emerged on the rim of the DELUXE made it clear that it deserved it's higher grade. You can get an idea of their original condition as they appeared on the auction site in my previous post here:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/recent-charatan-aquisitions
I'm rather happy with the end results, since I got the pair for a shade under the equivalent of 40$:
The SPECIAL:
The DELUXE:
