Estate K&P Peterson with P-Lips / Stem Cleaning w/ very simple tools

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pufferissimo

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Jan 20, 2012
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Dear Fellas
Today was probably one of the most exciting day of my pipe-smoking experience journey. Spend this day to meet a local flea market seller. My heart skipped a beat when he showed me a bent pipe - of which I knew it was a p-lip Peterson!
It has a pretty deep rustication/sandblast and heavy oxidation, here is the picture when I got home :
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Very hard to remove the stem, rearrange all my mum's groceries and smuggle this ol' pipe in the freezer for 15 minutes and then dismantle the stem :
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Here is the p-lip, notice the heavy oxidation and greenish stem :
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Yucky-murky backside of the stem : (I'm an idiot, I know earlier that oxidized stem tasted bitter but I didn't know that this Petey would be THAT bitter) :mrgreen:
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Scrub-rub-a-dub with that sponge-thingy 1200 grit Norton, lubricated with Singer oil for smoother abrasion effect for about 15 minutes.

(Wasn't paying much attention of what I'm doing because I was watching TV...which also explains that I didnt take pics of the scrubbing process with loads of awful brownish stuff removed from the stem):
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I was stunned! Geez, it works!!

The shiny stem, cleaned with very basic stuff!
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It smokes like a dream! :puffy:

@marmalade : pics resized, thx !

 

bentmike

Lifer
Jan 25, 2012
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Yes it looks like deep sandblasted grain to me too. That is a cool little System! What a great find.

 

spartan

Lifer
Aug 14, 2011
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From SmokingPipes.com:
Sandblast

A finishing technique in which the softer wood in the grain is blasted away, leaving the harder rings standing out.
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Rusticated

A finishing technique in which the outside surface is decoratively roughed up.
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*Edit*
Here's a good read for SAND BLASTING from pipedia for a little more understanding.
Here's a good read for RUSTICATION from pipedia for a little more understanding.

 

bailey331

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jan 24, 2012
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I love bringing life back to a lost little gem like that. Both my Peterson came to me in the same way. After a little hard work they looked as good as new. Good job.

 

pufferissimo

Might Stick Around
Jan 20, 2012
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@ Lab, lifeon2 : thanks fellas. Wish i had a carnauba wax to shine this beauty even more.
@ Bailey331 : I fell in love with Peterson's System.

This is my favorite pipe at the moment and I'm having very severe K&P Peterson Standard System PAD.
Need to have another one..quick.. :crazy:

 
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