Pipe Resto: Cure for winter boredom. PIC HEAVY

danielplainview

Lifer

Mar 30, 2014

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wv

• Feb 6, 2015

• #1

Here are a few pictures of some estate restorations I've done this winter.

 

tuold

Lifer

Oct 15, 2013

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166

Beaverton,Oregon

• Feb 6, 2015

• #2

Amazing work on saving those pipes! I'd like to see a video someday of how you do the great looking rustication.
Isn't it amazing how thick some guys will let that cake buildup get? I mean, at some point while filling up the bowl the average guy might think, "Hmmmm. Maybe I should ream some of this out."
Keep up the good work!

 

newbroom

Lifer

Jul 11, 2014

6,109

6,589

Florida

• Feb 6, 2015

• #3

OH.....MY.....GOD! Those are insane! They're not restorations, they're miraculous resurrections!

I don't think any of those pipes ever looked as good as they do now.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

15,147

7,638

Chicago, IL

• Feb 6, 2015

• #4

Well, this is just crazy good. Like newbroom says above, the restorations are certainly better than the originals could ever have been.

Great workmanship, great vision, and excellent taste! :clap: I guess you really can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

 

lifeon2

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 19, 2012

625

12

denver co

• Feb 6, 2015

• #5

Holy smokes that is freakin awesome!

 

ericthered

Part of the Furniture Now

Jul 29, 2014

511

2

Suffolk, VA

• Feb 6, 2015

• #6

Wow! Quality work! Are these for your own collection or will you be selling a few?

 

voorhees

Lifer

May 30, 2012

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939

Gonadistan

• Feb 6, 2015

• #7

I was thinking these were different pipes! Wow, what a transformation.

 

khartman

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jan 6, 2015

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6

• Feb 6, 2015

• #8

Absolutely amazing! +2 ericthered

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,099

11,051

Southwest Louisiana

• Feb 6, 2015

• #9

Stunning!

 

crusher47

Starting to Get Obsessed

Sep 29, 2014

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0

• Feb 6, 2015

• #10

Awesome work!!

 

stvalentine

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 13, 2015

808

13

Northern Germany

• Feb 6, 2015

• #11

This is top-notch work for sure! :worship: Would you let us know how you do your rustication work?

 

mephistopheles

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 14, 2014

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0

• Feb 6, 2015

• #12

Those are amazing transformations! :clap:

 

dmcmtk

Lifer

Aug 23, 2013

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1,685

• Feb 6, 2015

• #13

They all look GREAT!

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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456

• Feb 6, 2015

• #14

Impressive work my friend.

 

petes03

Lifer

Jun 23, 2013

6,212

10,653

The Hills of Tennessee

• Feb 6, 2015

• #15

Excellent work! Your rustication is fantastic!

 

pipebaum81

Part of the Furniture Now

Nov 23, 2014

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235

• Feb 6, 2015

• #16

There aren't colorful enough words to do your work justice. You work is phenomenal. Like everybody else, I have my eye on one in particular if ever you chose to part ways with these pipes...

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,399

109,163

• Feb 6, 2015

• #17

I could see those in the new pipes section. WOW! 8O

 

danielplainview

Lifer

Mar 30, 2014

2,853

78

wv

• Feb 6, 2015

• #18

Thanks fellas. Those pipes were a bag of firewood I picked up at an estate sale. Most were El Cheapo name brands. I'm keeping the Lorenzo Canadian and the LHS. I've already sold a couple of them. I'm working on sorting my collection to downsize. I'm going to offer some free pipes for some of the new pipers and fellas who need a couple fillers in their small rotation.

I don't like to hack up briar but for some of these, rustication was the only way to save them.

 

jmmize

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 19, 2014

124

0

• Feb 6, 2015

• #19

Your are very gifted at this work! :!:

 

homeatsea

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 6, 2013

509

4

• Feb 6, 2015

• #20

I couldn't even recognize half of them as the same pipe. Well done, sir!