Pipe Polish?
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I use mineral oil, but don't consider it a polish. For that, wax, and carnauba is the best. However, if you don't have a buffer, a lot of work. Therefor, Halcyon or similar is the ticket.
And IIRC, linseed is likely to leave a dull film.
And IIRC, linseed is likely to leave a dull film.
Some like oil, polish, and wax of various kinds. If you have a buffer, or spend a lot of elbow grease, you can get a new-pipe shine, but you can also get left with a residue that can require a lot of cleaning and polishing in itself. Oil or wax them if you must, but a good polishing with a soft cloth can maintain a pipe in good shape and appetizing to look at for years. Many of us have enough pipes we are not fighting serious wear or deterioration.
Paragon is the other good product for an easy wax. Apply a tiny amount with finger tips or hands, let dry and then buff with a soft cloth. Neither products I mentioned require elbow grease.
I've heard only good things about Halcyon and Paragon waxes. Both are available online from the usual suspects. I have a jar sitting in the checkout cart waiting for the next round of TAD.
Both those are good and effective, but in my experience, the luster they create doesn't last long.
Honestly, if you don't want to invest in a buffer or someone to buff your pipes periodically with a lower speed buffer and carnauba, I recommend learning to love the patina a pipe gets over time.
Then there is the old trick of using the oil between your nose and your cheek.
Works for me! :
:
Mike
Works for me! :
:Mike
Sans buffing wheel, these work out pretty well for me; Halcyon and Paragon waxes. I use an old (clean) sock to buff off the wax after applying and allowing it to dry. I drop the pipe into the sock and rub away. It allows the sock to absorb the wax. Then, after each subsequent smoke, I drop the pipe I happen to have smoked into the sock for a quick buff and it emerges quite shiny!
Nose wax, oil, grease*. All good stuff, but too soft for a high shine.
*Which of those it is depends on the viscosity. Or the preference of he who speaks it.
*Which of those it is depends on the viscosity. Or the preference of he who speaks it.
I still don't want someone's nose grease all over something that close to my face, but to each their own Bill 
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