Good evening, fellow Pipers. I enjoy cruising the antique shops looking for old estate pipes. They seem to be harder to find. I walked into an antique store that I have been into many times before and there was an entire case filled with old pipes. They were really in terrible condition, but they were asking $10 per pipe. There were about 35 pipes there and I selected 14 of them at $10 per pipe. I fully expected that some of the pipes were beyond repair and restoration but I thought what the heck, I will at least learn some things as I attempt to fix them up. I watched lots of YouTube clips and did my research and ended up fixing them all up to be quite nice smokers. I don't think any of them are worth a lot of money, but they are all good smokers and more importantly I had a great time tackling their problems. Some of them had cake so thick I couldn't have stuck a pencil down the bowl. I thought I would share some pictures of my work. I am not a professional pipe restore, but I love the challenge of giving old things new life.
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