My 1st Estate restoral attempt

barkar

Lifer

Apr 17, 2012

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Attached is a pic of my first attempt at estate restoral, the 4 estate pipes shown in the pic were in what looked like pretty bad condition when I started. They actually don't look to bad now and I'm looking forward to smoking them.
1) Unknown made in Italy

2) Amphora bulldog

3) Dr. Plumb straight billiard.

4) Kola Deluxe

 

bubblehead33

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Mar 17, 2012

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• May 13, 2012

• #2

great job barkar! hope they smoke well for ya.

 

steyrshrek

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 1, 2012

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• May 13, 2012

• #3

Very nice!

 

photoman13

Lifer

Mar 30, 2012

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• May 13, 2012

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Careful the process of restoration can be addicting.

 

scotrob

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jul 24, 2011

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• May 13, 2012

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wow, great job for first time
and indeed- restoring can become addictive...it is very satisfying to work on a pipe for a while and restore it to its former glory, shiny black stem and polished bowl...i use micromesh on the stems at the moment and a hand held engraver with small buffing wheel to polish the bowl with carnauba....but i am at the point where i am now thinking about scaling up and trying some Tripoli polish as micromesh is very time consuming and needs a lot of elbow grease

 

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lab1dobie

Might Stick Around

Mar 11, 2012

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Great job!!

 

colorduke

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 5, 2011

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• May 13, 2012

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Looking good Barker.

 

matchstickman

Lifer

Jul 15, 2011

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• May 13, 2012

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Those are looking pretty sweet! Great job on those. I can attest that the process of restoration is very addictive. I went from 10 pipes to 50 in a matter of months because it is so addictive.

 

mp31guitar

Lifer

Jun 28, 2011

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• May 13, 2012

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Looks like a great clean-up to me.

 

ichbinmuede

Part of the Furniture Now

Feb 17, 2011

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• May 13, 2012

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Damn fine work I'd call it! Now the can of worms has been opened and PAD has a much wider range.

 

jameral

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Nov 29, 2011

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San Mateo

• May 13, 2012

• #11

Those all look great! Good job!

 

dervis

Lifer

Jan 30, 2012

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Hazel Green AL

• May 13, 2012

• #12

I would call this attempt a huge success. Way better than my first few.

 

martiniman

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Apr 6, 2012

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• #13

Well done Sir

 

rcstan

Lifer

Mar 7, 2012

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Sunset Beach NC

• May 13, 2012

• #14

Very nice! Love the looks of the bulldog.
Any machinery involved or just hand work?

 

barkar

Lifer

Apr 17, 2012

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• May 13, 2012

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all by hand...did the stem as per pipenovelist method.

Bowl did the salt and alcohol.

no tools required, just man power...lol

 

cynyr

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Feb 12, 2012

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Tennessee

• May 13, 2012

• #16

Good work, barkar! I really like the looks of that bulldog.

 

barkar

Lifer

Apr 17, 2012

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• May 14, 2012

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Thanks everyone...I was a bit nervous working on these because it was something totally new for me.

But I enjoyed it very much. Its not difficult but requires a certain amount of focus which is a nice

distraction for every day events.

I wouldn't even have tried doing this without all your help.

 

kennerth

Can't Leave

Jul 30, 2011

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• May 14, 2012

• #18

Great job! Very satisfying work, yes?

 

barkar

Lifer

Apr 17, 2012

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yes

 

waznyf

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Apr 24, 2012

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• May 14, 2012

• #20

Great job they look awesome!