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  1. W

    Cleaning up a $30 Estate Savinelli

    Nice work on that one. Labor of love turned out great.
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    The No Name French Surpise

    i agree. The first picture is AFTER iso Murphys and iso alcohol. I could have used acetone but was rather wary. Next time it’ll be some water soluble paint remover. It’s good stuff. Smells a bit citrusy. For a no name yard pipe it might smoke okay. Hope so. It took a while to remove the urethane.
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    The No Name French Surpise

    Sometimes they really do fight back. This was originally a yard pipe, lightly smoked. I had no idea why. I scrubbed the pipe with Murphys, and after a two day soak in alcohol the finish was untouched. I couldn’t figure out what I had and reached out to some restorers. It was urethane. That’s...
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    A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do?

    The journey so far. Sanded out a lot of divots. Getting there.
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    A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do?

    Good idea for the plaster John. I may go with a light coating of JB Weld, then plaster of Paris. Then a bowl coating
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    An English "Select Grain" #133. A Little Pipe. A Lotta Work

    Awesome job. I have some thin black glue, mix that with vulcanite dust to thicken it. Just a suggestion. I’ve repaired these with little piece of card with scotch tape on it. Slide into the stem. shim it up with a little more card. I learned the hard way and glued pipe cleaners into the stem...
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    A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do?

    Your right on all counts. The weight I think is the sheer amount of briar. There’s big ovals of briar on either side of the stummel. The stem was in good shape. I’ve taken some briar off. It’s a good pipe to mess with. I’ll be adding a bowl coating on top of the JB weld. The bowl is just fricken...
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    A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do?

    Done! And thanks much for the instructions.
  9. W

    Cellaring: How Much is Too Much?

    Me too Gervais. Except Im 70. I don’t think tobacco will be banned any time soon. I have 10 pounds. Enough for me.
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    A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do?

    I did a trade with a Brigham collector for a bag of old pipes. I wanted to make some vulcanite and briar dust for refurb. I found a couple of pipes that had promise. One is a old meer lined Grabow. The liner had failed a long time ago. The pipe was thick with varnish, and the stummel was...
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    Reimagining a Stanwell.

    Thanks @captpat I agree. The best pipe shop close by just handled Stanwells, and Butz. So when that’s all you have, I tended to buy them. The drilling was also solid, I never minded the shapes. But today, I don’t find a lot of them.
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    Reimagining a Stanwell.

    Sorry. @romaso I did not. I’m learning to take a before picture. This Stanwell I did not. It was just black.
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    Reimagining a Stanwell.

    I’ve fallen down the restoration rabbit hole, picked up a dremel and changing a few things with my Stanwell Collection. I never liked black pipes, and love to see grain. This Stanwell was black with heavy cuts of rustication. I decided to sand down the higher rustication on this pipe. After an...
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    Meerschaum routine cleaning

    My experience after much reading. 1. you may clean your Meer with alcohol. Favourably 99%. No problems there. 2. since meerschaum draws liquid like a sponge, please stay away from water. The meer block absorbs water and becomes softer. 3. caring for the outside of the bowl. A wet cloth, or...
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    Quest for a pipe polish

    Good point on Decatur. Sometimes you want a polish that is just neutral and doesn’t change the color. Mineral oil darkens are well. Quite a bit actually. I’ve used it to darken some briars that were really light. Ive done some more reading in older threads, and it seems that Kiwi neutral shoe...
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    Quest for a pipe polish

    I’m going to have a go with that And see if I can get some. I’m wondering as you mentioned if there’s not a bunch of products that are similar to Paragon and Halcyon II, and there just named differently. There appears to be a shortage at almost all the etailor Guys. Smoking Pipes is out, Fine...
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    Quest for a pipe polish

    I’m hearing Paragon and Halcyon II. But I’m having trouble sourcing, at least on google. Some etailors appear to be out. I can source renaissance. Lots of pictures of Paragon jars but can’t find any.
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    Pipe Mud question

    JB weld from one pro restorer. Insert a pipe cleaner, mix up a batch and slowly drip some to the bottom of the bowl up to the level that you want. JB is very heat resistant, and is inert when dried. After its set good and hard, you can round out the bottom a bit with a dowel and sand paper, or...
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    Quest for a pipe polish

    What’s everyone using for pipe polish without power tools. there used to be A great product from Walkers that was soft, you could apply with your fingers, let sit for a few minutes, then buff with a soft cloth. I do realize there’s Carnuba wax is very hard, you need a dremel or high speed...
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    Bowl Coatings….Why!?

    Brigham coatings are the worst, followed by Peterson. If it really bothers one, you can easily make a bowl coating to spread on the existing. Also one can coat an older estate bowl. Stanwells sometimes had some stain in there bowls. Plain yogurt, and powdered charcoal works like a charm, also...
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