Hello all,
A friend of mine wanted me to post to Facebook pics of a complete restoration so I decided why not. I scoured Ebay for a good candidate and found a no-name little pipe that I picked up for $0.99. Here it is as received it.
Those dark spots you see on the wood are not texture, it is dirt and grime. The stem was so clogged nothing would pass, I was like it was a solid tarry mass. This little thing was in pretty bad shape, but it had character so I went to work on it. Here are a couple of after shots.
Over all, I am happy with the way it turned out. It is now a nice clean useable pipe with tons of character. I am putting this one up for sale, think I will put it back on eBay just to see what happens. If you would like to see the complete album of the restoration you can see it at
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153413038633275.1073741829.540763274&type=1&l=2c1b40027a
Hope you like it,
Wes
rebuiltbriars.com
A friend of mine wanted me to post to Facebook pics of a complete restoration so I decided why not. I scoured Ebay for a good candidate and found a no-name little pipe that I picked up for $0.99. Here it is as received it.
Those dark spots you see on the wood are not texture, it is dirt and grime. The stem was so clogged nothing would pass, I was like it was a solid tarry mass. This little thing was in pretty bad shape, but it had character so I went to work on it. Here are a couple of after shots.
Over all, I am happy with the way it turned out. It is now a nice clean useable pipe with tons of character. I am putting this one up for sale, think I will put it back on eBay just to see what happens. If you would like to see the complete album of the restoration you can see it at
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153413038633275.1073741829.540763274&type=1&l=2c1b40027a
Hope you like it,
Wes
rebuiltbriars.com
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