My girlfriend had wanted to go to a thrift store just to kill some time and dragged me along. Whenever I go to thrift stores, I'm sure like many of you, one of my main objectives is to find pipes and pipe related things. On this particular day, the shop we went to had a few pipes. There were a couple of bowls without stems, leather pipes, a really beat falcon pipe (almost bought it, but it really seemed to be beyond repair), and the only good looking pipe was this straight apple. Had the stamp "LOCOR IMPORTED BRIAR" on it. Stem was oxidized to hell, but still in decent condition. Briar was clean with no scratches or nicks. Bowl wasn't caked much, if at all. For $5, figured I'd buy it to try my hand at restoring pipes, as I want to buy estates in the near future.
I was looking to buy some supplies today to start it. I'm already looking at Kosher salt and some high proof alcohol (whisky might be my preferred option since I can't get everclear in California) for the alcohol treatment. Maybe some Oxyclean to deoxidize the stem. I saw a youtube video about those magic erasers to use for after the oxyclean. What should I get to put that shine back in the briar and stem? Anything OTC? When I see people say that they put Olive Oil on their pipes, is that used for that purpose? Also, this pipe came with an evaporator on the stem. Will that cause any issues?
Aside from those questions, how'd your first ever pipe restoration go?
I was looking to buy some supplies today to start it. I'm already looking at Kosher salt and some high proof alcohol (whisky might be my preferred option since I can't get everclear in California) for the alcohol treatment. Maybe some Oxyclean to deoxidize the stem. I saw a youtube video about those magic erasers to use for after the oxyclean. What should I get to put that shine back in the briar and stem? Anything OTC? When I see people say that they put Olive Oil on their pipes, is that used for that purpose? Also, this pipe came with an evaporator on the stem. Will that cause any issues?
Aside from those questions, how'd your first ever pipe restoration go?