Practice Restoring Pipes

Let me begin by saying that I'm new to the world of smoking pipes. I am very curious about all aspects though. I friend introduced me to it and like a moth to flame, I dove in.
Awhile back I pick up a lot of estate pipes on eBay. My plan was to introduce a few friends from my home town when I visited. So buying a few estate pipes in what ever condition seemed like a decent way to let us all smoke at once. The plan worked great other then having to relight their pipes every few minutes.
Now I'm left with an assortment of pipes. None look like they will every be worth much but they may serve as good practice for restoring. Even if they never turn out perfect whats the harm in making your mistakes on these pipes?
My first victim in the attempt to resurrect the fallen is a Yellow-Bole. (I'll upload some detailed pictures later)

But be warned that at first glance, at least in my opinion it seems helpless but like I keep saying, what's the harm?
FIrst real question here is. How do I go about sanding down the outside?

There seems to be no deep dents, just worn of finish.
Second. What about reaming the bowl?

This is the part that worries me. It looks terrible, I don't know if its heavy cake or what. I have never een a pipes with heavy and I'm not sure I could describe cake to anyone. Remember I'm still new?
Third, and least important. How, if possible, do I shine up the stem?

I have seen a few other pages about this that I plan to check out but I'm throwing it out there anyway.
Thank you for taking the time to read this! I would appreciate any feed back. I plan to keep posting pictures to keep those interested up to speed.
Once again thank you!
Mctygart.

Well the hours i have spent since first posting having been spent with the pipe I spoke of. It has been a journey so to speak.

The sanding started out fine the old finish was coming of nicely but I wasn't sure I was really getting deep enough to show of any grain the wood might have. Growing up with a carpenter for a father, I always wanted to sand a little deep to find the beauty. Well that thought mixed with carless ambition led to my grabbing the Dremel and a sanding wheel. LESSON ONE! I learned very quickly how deep that Dremel would take me.

In hopes of making the best of a bad situation. I decided if i can't put it back, the rest must come off. So much of the last two hours was spent smoothing it out. Eventually I was back with sand paper in hand to bring me back where I had been. But it wasn't long before I was back a it with the Dremel, this time with a polishing wheel. All was going great! It brought out this dark rich redish brown. But then I slipped and pressed just a bit to hard. Leaving a little black burn mark in the wood. Once again resorting to my previous thinking. I began to randomly place these black marks. I have seen pipes with this sort of finish but It hadn't been my intention to purse this look.

After that I began a string of polishing then sanding, polishing then sanding, so on and so forth.
My next step is to find an actual finish and apply it. Of course this will be after i bore it out.
I know i keep promising pictures but I havent taken them off my camera yet.

Well the hours i have spent since first posting having been spent with the pipe I spoke of. It has been a journey so to speak.

The sanding started out fine the old finish was coming of nicely but I wasn't sure I was really getting deep enough to show of any grain the wood might have. Growing up with a carpenter for a father, I always wanted to sand a little deep to find the beauty. Well that thought mixed with carless ambition led to my grabbing the Dremel and a sanding wheel. LESSON ONE! I learned very quickly how deep that Dremel would take me.

In hopes of making the best of a bad situation. I decided if i can't put it back, the rest must come off. So much of the last two hours was spent smoothing it out. Eventually I was back with sand paper in hand to bring me back where I had been. But it wasn't long before I was back a it with the Dremel, this time with a polishing wheel. All was going great! It brought out this dark rich redish brown. But then I slipped and pressed just a bit to hard. Leaving a little black burn mark in the wood. Once again resorting to my previous thinking. I began to randomly place these black marks. I have seen pipes with this sort of finish but It hadn't been my intention to purse this look.

After that I began a string of polishing then sanding, polishing then sanding, so on and so forth.
My next step is to find an actual finish and apply it. Of course this will be after i bore it out.
I know i keep promising pictures but I havent taken them off my camera yet.

Here are some before and after shots of the yellow-bole and one of the bowl it self.
Note that it is not finished yet!

Here are some photos after sanding with a 600 grit sand paper.