New Restorations (Pic Heavy)
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Lawrence
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All are well done!
I am particularly fond of the 'Mac Donald'.
I like that shape.
A kind of Dublin/Poker.
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Very nicely done!
If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.
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Thanks guys 
Not sure what I'm going to do with all of these yet. But they turned out great. Some of them were pretty gunked up.
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Great job! The grain on the Mauro Armellini 704 is incredible.
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good job man. really digging that danmore.
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Nice work, and gorgeous pipes. I think that calabash is a Pioneer, and would date back to the 1970's.
I base that on the ferrule and facetting of the stem. I had one that could pass as a twin for yours.
BTW, that ferrule is supposed to be permanently glued into the gourd -- but I don't know what kind of glue.
I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- Thoreau
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Nice work! They look like new. Great!
May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift. May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful, and may your song always be sung, May you stay forever young! Bob Dylan
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Can I have that MacDonalds one? What a great shape. (and I don't want fries with that)
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Seriously nice looking pipes. I am liking the Grain on the Mauro Armellini 704.
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Peter Piper.
Give me the weed, the fragrant weed, My wearied brain to calm; In a wreath of smoke, while I crack my joke, I'll find a healing balm.
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Their some beautiful pipes and a cracking job on the restoration. My favourites are both of the Mauro Armellini's.
So when can we buy some of these off you 
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Really nice work Bootleg !
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Great job on all of them. They look great!
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You're doing really great work bringing out the grain in these old beauties, boots. Bravo 
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Thanks!
Normally, I put up my restored pipes on Etsy, but Cyndi suggested offering them to y'all before they go anywhere else. Therefore, if you see one that you'd like, make me an offer. Unless something happens, the Danmore has been spoken for.
@ Cortez - I checked for that when I pulled the Calabash apart. There were no signs of glue at all in it and the ferrule screws in. Every piece on it fits really snug without any wiggle room.
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The basket pipe with all the horrible fills would be a perfect one for Jasongone' partial rustication.
As for me, I love Armellinis, but;
Must.........resist........temptation........
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This is lovely work.
Have you posted elsewhere about your process, tools, techniques, products used?
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I haven't posted up my process anywhere. Maybe that will come sometime later. If I can ever remember to get pics througout the restoration then I could, lol.
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That Kaywoodie is sweet! Great haul, great restorations, great pipes!
In a society that has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society.
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With those nasty fills I have had good luck making a putty of briar dust from sanding and epoxy. Then staining to match the fill.
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Please teach me everything you know... I got a bunch of estate pipes that need work.
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I ended up buying a lot of unsmoked pipes that according to the description, were all supposed to be Savinelli pipes with a couple of basket pipes. Ended up getting that one Oscar and all the rest baskets. They were all oxidized, so that was the major clean up on them. The Oscar just needed some tlc to brighten him up. He does have a couple of small fills, but none that really take away from the rest of the pipe in my opinion.
IF anyone doesn't go for those fellas, I might try my hand at rustication and then put them back up, lol. I know fills aren't something people like to see.
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Update: The Danmore, calabash, and the Armellini 302 have been claimed.
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wow... nice pipes... regards, daniel
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