CPF Bent Meerschaum with case

xrundog · Nov 1, 2014

I just finished this one. It's a medium size pipe. The rim has some minor dings. What really attracted me to this pipe is that the top rim is completely smooth. Rim caps are usually pretty well pounded. My guess is it dates around 1910. Nice cherry Bakelite stem and some nice jewelry. The cap and band are probably plated with an alloy to mimic gold. There was very light tarnish. I think I detect a slight copper hue. The flowers are silver. The case logo reads CPF Best Make.

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ravenwolf · Nov 1, 2014

Looks amazing! Very well done. I'd like to hear how it smokes for you. Screw tennon?

xrundog · Nov 1, 2014

Yes, bone screw tenon. The tenon was tight so I drilled it out a bit. These pierced style bents have a pretty good S curve airway. Forget passing a pipe cleaner. Getting the bottom end clean is always the hardest. But in the end I have a good open airway. The maiden smoke was really very good. This one is going in the rotation for now.

tbradsim1 · Nov 1, 2014

Beautiful pipe.

terrygoldman123 · Nov 1, 2014

Yes, an absolutely magnificent pipe.

xrundog · Nov 2, 2014

I wet sanded it lightly and then polished with Micromesh cloth.

condorlover1 · Nov 2, 2014

Now that is a very nice pipe. The early 20th century went through a phase of putting these very pretty reliefs on pipes much in the same way they added those fake tin corn-icing to the tops on NYC buildings before World War One. It is so nice to see a good pipe case as the majority of cases tend to suffer and often don't survive or are held together with a rubber band. Again the fact that all the threads on the pipe are in good condition and everything fits tightly together makes this pipe an absolutely super find. I have a couple with red Bakelite stems from 1905/1907 and they really are very forgiving stems providing you use the modelling pipe cleaners as recommended by Dave Shain whose simple suggestion revolutionized the care of vintage meerschaum pipes and is so much better than bird feathers.

johnnyreb · Nov 2, 2014

The cap & the band really work with the cherry Bakelite to set off the meerschaum coloring! Nice pipe!

beefeater33 · Nov 11, 2014

How do you know the stem is Bakelite, and not amber? I just bought a similar pipe, the seller listed the stem as amber, but it looks just like yours. Its a CPC pipe also.

xrundog · Nov 11, 2014

I can pretty much tell the difference by looking. I have and have had, a lot of these pipes. I have never seen red amber. Amber, orange, orange swirl, but not red. Plus, amber or anmberoid is more fragile. It alsmost always has chips or crazing. Bakelite is tough stuff that, besides tooth marks, it is usually defect free.

voorhees · Nov 11, 2014

Very nice work on the scratches. Came out lovely.

cortezattic · Nov 11, 2014

That's a wonderful pipe! It has sort of a celebratory appearance -- like a gift that commemorates something noteworthy.

Nice clean-up job on it too! :clap:

Thanks for all the pix. They're always appreciated.

ejames · Nov 11, 2014

Nice restoration on a beautiful pipe!

aimus1 · Jul 17, 2016

Awesome!

I just picked up something similar to this as well. Case also reads cpf best make.

Would you mind sharing what you use/process for wet sanding? did you wax afterward and if so...would you mind sharing your waxing process as well?

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