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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a 1982 Dunhill Cumberland 4 square 1241.- xrundog
- Post #1,606
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Cleaning a Rusticated Rim?
Lot of good suggestions here. I have a couple comments. If it’s soot buildup, you can soak it with a damp rag to soften it. Then use dental tools to gently pick and scrape it out of the texture. Dental tools are inexpensive. You will probably still have to re-stain. If the finish, like...- xrundog
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a Ferndown Bark Antique.- xrundog
- Post #1,570
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a Radice.- xrundog
- Post #1,518
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a Morgason hefty billiard.- xrundog
- Post #1,498
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Do you keep a journal of your work on pipes?
I have a couple notebooks tracking the pipes I’ve bought, what I paid and some particulars. 2 or 3 lines usually. And then later if I sold it, for how much. More than that and it would be taking up a lot of space.- xrundog
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a Jesse Jones blue Cumberland.- xrundog
- Post #1,473
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I consider it interesting but not desirable at that price.- xrundog
- Post #4,788
- Forum: British Pipes
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a 1982 Dunhill Cumberland 6101.- xrundog
- Post #1,456
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Peterson Silver Band Repair
That makes more sense than what I said. And I have indeed crushed a silver band taking it off. I got it round again, but it’s a mistake I won’t repeat. Maybe use a wooden toothpick to just carefully pick the excess glue away? I took a partially split silver band to a silversmith once to see...- xrundog
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a CPF French Briar Bakelite.- xrundog
- Post #1,379
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Peterson Silver Band Repair
Looks like little jagged flash maybe. Heating with a heat gun will probably allow removal. I’d file the jagged end off with a fine jeweler’s file, use a high grit paper to get rid of the marks and polish it. Or once it’s in your hand it might not look bad.- xrundog
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in a Lane era Charatan panel 652 DC.- xrundog
- Post #1,352
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Sanding vulcanite stems. still learning
Clean and black!- xrundog
- Post #46
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
OJK in the Chacom D-Day commemorative Army mount.- xrundog
- Post #1,312
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Some Real Progress With Invisible Stem Repairs
I use the 5 minute stuff. Seems okay. Plug it with epoxy and cover with CA. Maybe your mix ratio is wrong. More hardener. I took pics of a Kaywoodie stem I did. Indoors you can barely see the fill. Outdoors in the sun, the CA reflects differently so it jumps out. Gee, enlarged it looks...- xrundog
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Some Real Progress With Invisible Stem Repairs
I find epoxies suck unless I am plugging a hole.- xrundog
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Some Real Progress With Invisible Stem Repairs
I used to use StewMac colored glues, but they didn’t blend great. I have settled on Loctite clear for acrylic, colored Bakelite and amberloid. It dries nice and hard and once blended the stem color simply shows through. The Bob Smith rubber formula is black. It dries hard, blends well and...- xrundog
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Some Real Progress With Invisible Stem Repairs
That looks good. I too am used to two or three tries to get a stem the way I want it. I get pretty good results on acrylic stems with CA glue. Which makes sense. I’ve been using Bob Smith’s rubber formula CA glue on rubber stems. Results vary depending on the type of rubber. I’d rate them...- xrundog
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***
3Ps in a Kharitonov mammoth tusk pot.- xrundog
- Post #1,205
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion