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Mar 30, 2014
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After only 10 hours of work, I've successfully turned a $1 pipe into a $5 dollar pipe. That's quite a profit margin.
I acquired this piece of firewood in an estate lot with several other pipes. I was going to throw it into the pipe parts box, but decided to make it my nightshift project for last week. While most of the guys at work sleep or watch movies all night, I work on pipes.
This is an Italian stamped Whitehall Thermofilter. I have an English and American made Whitehall but have been looking for an Italian made for sometime.
The button was completely missing and it had several deep gashes in the briar.
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I started out by sanding the bowl with 400 grit. Then after topping,I beveled the rim. After beveling the rim I now have a new found respect for all the pipe carvers that shape pipes by hand.
Next up, the stem. This is the biggest stem rebuild I've done so far. I had no idea what the original looked like so I wanted to make it look like the turn of century rounded buttons. I used my old Loewe & Co. pipe for reference because of the similar shape and size.
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It took 4 or 5 applications of Ca & charcoal to get a rough shape of what I was going for.
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scrooge

Lifer
Apr 24, 2015
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Thanks for saving it. She's a bute. an for $5 send it my way! LOL seriously Great Job.

 

huntertrw

Lifer
Jul 23, 2014
5,223
5,350
The Lower Forty of Hill Country
Dave:
Once again you have made the proverbial silk purse out of a sow's ear. I especially like your transformation of the button, top-notch, Sir!
Shall we expect to see you soon on late-night infomercials touting the benefits of your "get-rich-slow" program? I can see the testimonials now: A.G. of West Virginia says, "Restoring old pipes paid my daughter's way through beauty college." K.G. of Florida says, "Dave's methods enabled me to afford the purchase my own server, and the rest is Internet history!" And last, but not least, W.R. of Pennsylvania says, "Soon I will have made enough in profits to start my own small tobacco company. I couldn't have done it without the GRS program. Thanks, Dave!" :)

 

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,433
Beautiful job. Five dollars my ass. Put it on ebay with a starting bid of $1,100 and see what happens. It's as pretty as some at that price. (I'm kidding, but just.)

 

wyfbane

Lifer
Apr 26, 2013
5,117
3,517
Tennessee
That was exceptionally good work your referb of the stem was just awesome. Good work and keep doing what you do and posting photos. I love to see it.

 

jkrug

Lifer
Jan 23, 2015
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Another amazing restoration. Most including myself would have tossed it into the trash! Well done. :clap:

 
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