OKay So I posted looking for help dating two Dunhills I picked up for $10 a piece. One was chewed by a mouse (expensive taste), the second looked as if it had sat in some water for some time, There also was a Savinelli Punto ORO in there with the same water damage.
So starting with the Water damaged pipes I tried cleaning with some alcohol, No dice...so I busted out some leather dye and gave them a quick brush..Turned out nice, polished them up and buffed the Stems, They turned out amazing.
The Dunhill with the teeth damage was a different story, looked like someone took a bite out of the side like a apple. So I pulled out the dremel, and put a small grinding tip on and just tried my best to bring the bottom chunk and side to look like the rest, I have never built a pipe before, so I though what the heck...I mixed a bit of brown and black leather dye to make a "dark brown" just used a q-tip to put it where I dremeled and the polished it to a shine same with the mouthpiece. Turned out great I think, sure its not perfectly balanced, but for $10 I'll take it.
Below are some pics of the process of the mouse chewed pipe and the finished other two. Enjoy.
So starting with the Water damaged pipes I tried cleaning with some alcohol, No dice...so I busted out some leather dye and gave them a quick brush..Turned out nice, polished them up and buffed the Stems, They turned out amazing.
The Dunhill with the teeth damage was a different story, looked like someone took a bite out of the side like a apple. So I pulled out the dremel, and put a small grinding tip on and just tried my best to bring the bottom chunk and side to look like the rest, I have never built a pipe before, so I though what the heck...I mixed a bit of brown and black leather dye to make a "dark brown" just used a q-tip to put it where I dremeled and the polished it to a shine same with the mouthpiece. Turned out great I think, sure its not perfectly balanced, but for $10 I'll take it.
Below are some pics of the process of the mouse chewed pipe and the finished other two. Enjoy.