Ok, I know a lot of you have gorgeous pipes in your collection, custom made and other high grade pipes, but I seem to be stuck in the opposite end of the spectrum right now. Part of this is by choice, the less expensive pipes are interesting to me right now, and I can't afford the really nice pipes anyway.
So here's my latest pipe adventure. I bought 3 old pipes off ebay for less than $10, and have been having fun restoring them. This is the first, an old Filter King, which was in poor condition all around. The stem fitting was damaged, and so the silver stem marker was on the wrong side, and the finish was poor, as well as having a bad burn on the outside bowl rim. I couldn't get the metal threaded tenon to turn around using the usual techniques, so after sanding the end of the shank to even it our, I employed a spacer to make the stem fit correctly. The spacer is actually a faucet washer sanded and reamed to fit on the tenon. I topped the bowl some to address the burn, but not wanting to make it too short, I opted to bevel the outside edge of the bowl to remove the rest of the burn. After sanding and polishing, I was surprised it had no fills.
Now I know these are not the best choices for pipe repair, but it was a cheap pipe, and I actually like the was it looks now compared to the original, and it was fun!
Going to try smoking it this afternoon to see how it smokes. Cheers!
So here's my latest pipe adventure. I bought 3 old pipes off ebay for less than $10, and have been having fun restoring them. This is the first, an old Filter King, which was in poor condition all around. The stem fitting was damaged, and so the silver stem marker was on the wrong side, and the finish was poor, as well as having a bad burn on the outside bowl rim. I couldn't get the metal threaded tenon to turn around using the usual techniques, so after sanding the end of the shank to even it our, I employed a spacer to make the stem fit correctly. The spacer is actually a faucet washer sanded and reamed to fit on the tenon. I topped the bowl some to address the burn, but not wanting to make it too short, I opted to bevel the outside edge of the bowl to remove the rest of the burn. After sanding and polishing, I was surprised it had no fills.
Now I know these are not the best choices for pipe repair, but it was a cheap pipe, and I actually like the was it looks now compared to the original, and it was fun!
Going to try smoking it this afternoon to see how it smokes. Cheers!
