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  1. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Since I do full restoration and restaining I don’t really sweat it to much. I always assume I’m gonna find a dumpster fire underneath a heavily caked rim that needs to be repaired. Having said that, out of the hundreds of pipes I’ve used carbon off on, I’ve only had two or three that had to have...
  2. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    No, it’s got none of the same chemicals as oven cleaner and does not require heat.
  3. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    I got it to restore antique waffle irons and just tried it on a pipe one day. Been using it ever since. It’s basically just jellied ammonia.
  4. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Finished product.
  5. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    The nickel plating on these CPF bands if VERY thin, so it was just polished up with a jewelry cloth. Then the whole pipe was buffed, polished, and waxed.
  6. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Sanding de-greening. I used 320g, 600g, & 800g followed by a soak in mineral oil. All sanding was done wet with a backing board, no rounded corners or sanded off nomenclature.
  7. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Stem: first I reamed the stem with a 02 pin reamer to clean and funnel it. This removed a lot of the crud in the stem. Then I funneled back the burnt up tenon tip with a sharp 60 degree countersink by hand. Then I put an alcohol soaked pipe cleaner in it to soak for a few minutes. This...
  8. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Rim & Shank First I applied some carbon off to the rim to get rid of the lava. After a few minutes it just wipes off. I scraped the rest with a hotel key card used as a card scraper. Then I reamed the draught hole with my airway reamer. Then started scraping out the mortise with a flat...
  9. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    Reaming: I started out with a tri-blade scraper to get the bulk out. Next I moved to a shaped oak dowel rod with 80g emery cloth. I finished up with a couple of quick passes of my Cooks compass reamer. Back to bare briar.
  10. RustiePyles CPG

    Resto of a C.P.F. Chesterfield

    I thought I’d do a little write up of a light resto I did on a turn of the century C.P.F./KB&B Chesterfield oval shank billiard I did. I got this pipe for a song on eBay. C.P.F. Are somewhat uncommon and this one was made sometime between 1898 and 1920ish. The before…
  11. RustiePyles CPG

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    The mold was probably carved from wood, thus leaving a carved impression.
  12. RustiePyles CPG

    ISO: The GBD St Cluade Story (book)

    I'm looking for a copy of the 1976 J.W. Cole book The GBD St Claude Story if anyone has a copy they'd like to let go.
  13. RustiePyles CPG

    Hello

  14. RustiePyles CPG

    Repairing a Broken Pipe Case.

    I thought I had won, once... 😆
  15. RustiePyles CPG

    Repairing a Broken Pipe Case.

    🤔 I've never won an argument with my wife... 🤣
  16. RustiePyles CPG

    "Silver Eskimos" photos. Please repost in that thread. ,

    It's not bone, its meerschaum.
  17. RustiePyles CPG

    Repairing a Broken Pipe Case.

    There was a guy named Max Capps who made some really fantastic cases for his pipes, he also made some really fantastic pipes was well. Unfortunately he seems to have stopped making pipes.
  18. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    Edgeworth Sliced in a Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Dublin w/saddle bit.
  19. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    RLP-6 in a large sandblasted 1930’s KB&B Yello-Bole Chesterfield system pipe.
  20. RustiePyles CPG

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    B10
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