A Little Pipe Story...

[Jerry144]

Hi All. I bought a beater Barling off of ebay. It is pretty rough, and the bowl was choked down to about 1/4 inch bore.

Why did I buy it? I bought it because it makes me happy to revive an old pipe. That pipe was obviously important to its previous owner - he smoked it a ton. And I am partial to workingman's pipes. I think Barling is generally in that category - anyway - this one is.

It was a pain. I worked and worked with the reamer - barely a dent. So I got a 13/16 drill and just made it happen. Then sanded the green stem. A little more (lot more) clean up, and a bit of buffing, and it was ready to smoke.

I filled it with Orlik Golden Sliced.

Anyway - Today was the very FIRST bowl that I smoked all the way down to ash. It was really good! I think I finally understand what a 'great smoker' pipe is... It was a good day!

 

[ashdigger]

Excellent. I love saving pipes. I’m especially attracted to pipes that have been smoked hard.

 

[mso489]

That was a labor of love. That is likely a pipe you will always keep.

 

[sablebrush52]

Nice job of cleaning up that pipe!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looks great.? Sandpaper will take cake like that out with no sweat and a damp paper towel will make short work of that rim build-up.

 

[FurCoat]

Great job. Glad to see a good pipe back in service.

 

[OzPiper]

Great job - should give years of service yet.
You got yourself a pipe that has already been well seasoned.
Enjoy !

 

[samuelgawith01]

You did a great job.Your pipe will thank you,also.

 

[JimInks]

Congrats on keeping a life time of smoking continuing on.

 

[niblicck]

You never know how one's going to smoke before purchasing but the odds increase when it's a Barling for me. Very nice clean-up job on that one.

 

[Jerry144]

That is likely a pipe you will always keep.

I think you are right about that! Thank you all

 

[dochowl]

Well done. Looks great.

 

[carolinasmokes]

Good job, looks good!

 

[LikeDadDid]

Nice bro. Good looking pipe and a good story.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yay! Another good pipe saved! Nice work.

 

[RookieGuy]

Great job breathing life back into an old classic!

 

[jeepnewbie]

Very nice looking pipe, congrats!