I just wanted to share my first restoration attempt. I can't really take credit for any of the information, that goes to all the folks on this forum who have done this numerous times.
A special thank you to Pruss (Pat)for being patient with all my inane and no doubt, foolish questions that I badgered him with. He's probably left the country or changed his forum name.
Anyway, I managed to buy a pipe off of Ebay - A Canadian made Brigham Sportsman.
It was to my eyes, in pretty rough shape.
All these pictures are before.
Here is what I used/did
Soaked the stem in 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 cups of warm water for 2 hours.
While I was waiting for that I reamed out the bowl. Once I was satisfied with my reaming efforts with a Senior Reamer, I did a retort.
I then went to work on the stem. There was a tiny tooth indentation on the underside of the stem that I filled with a small amount of KB weld and let cure.
I then began the sanding polishing process.
I first sanded the build up of KB weld with some 250gr sandpaper and then went to work with the Micromesh starting with 1500 grit.
The small indentation that I repaired with the KB weld disappeared as I sanded it and feathered out the edges.
I worked my way all the way up to 12000 grit and then used Obsidian oil to polish it.
Here are the results.
Finally, after cleaning everything up with q tips, rubbing alcohol and I polished the smooth upper part with Paragon wax and the rusticated bottom part with Halcyon wax. All I had was a soft cloth and just buffed it by hand.
I think it looks good.
Will smoke a bowl of G.L. Pease Odyssey tonight and let you know how she smokes.
Anyway that's all I got.
Chris in RD AB
A special thank you to Pruss (Pat)for being patient with all my inane and no doubt, foolish questions that I badgered him with. He's probably left the country or changed his forum name.
Anyway, I managed to buy a pipe off of Ebay - A Canadian made Brigham Sportsman.
It was to my eyes, in pretty rough shape.
All these pictures are before.
Here is what I used/did
Soaked the stem in 2 tablespoons of bleach and 2 cups of warm water for 2 hours.
While I was waiting for that I reamed out the bowl. Once I was satisfied with my reaming efforts with a Senior Reamer, I did a retort.
I then went to work on the stem. There was a tiny tooth indentation on the underside of the stem that I filled with a small amount of KB weld and let cure.
I then began the sanding polishing process.
I first sanded the build up of KB weld with some 250gr sandpaper and then went to work with the Micromesh starting with 1500 grit.
The small indentation that I repaired with the KB weld disappeared as I sanded it and feathered out the edges.
I worked my way all the way up to 12000 grit and then used Obsidian oil to polish it.
Here are the results.
Finally, after cleaning everything up with q tips, rubbing alcohol and I polished the smooth upper part with Paragon wax and the rusticated bottom part with Halcyon wax. All I had was a soft cloth and just buffed it by hand.
I think it looks good.
Will smoke a bowl of G.L. Pease Odyssey tonight and let you know how she smokes.
Anyway that's all I got.
Chris in RD AB
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