Hello all,
About a year ago I bought a set of three Statesman estate pipes. They all had the same finish and were in rough shape. They have just been sitting so this week I decided to tackle the one in the worst shape. Here are the pictures of the result.
I thought I had taken some before pictures, but unfortunately I had not. I can tell you that it was in the worst shape of the three. The cake was so thick I had to cut away a ton before I could even get the smallest reamer in the bowl. The char was very thick and needed a lot of work to get off. The stem and finish were, well, just yucky. While I don't have the before pics, I can show you one of the 3 in slightly better than this one was in before I started working on it.
About a year ago I bought a set of three Statesman estate pipes. They all had the same finish and were in rough shape. They have just been sitting so this week I decided to tackle the one in the worst shape. Here are the pictures of the result.
I thought I had taken some before pictures, but unfortunately I had not. I can tell you that it was in the worst shape of the three. The cake was so thick I had to cut away a ton before I could even get the smallest reamer in the bowl. The char was very thick and needed a lot of work to get off. The stem and finish were, well, just yucky. While I don't have the before pics, I can show you one of the 3 in slightly better than this one was in before I started working on it.
