Barling's Make Clean-Up and Restoration

[mikethompson]

Some of you may remember when @scloyd found a Barling at a local junk shop for a few bucks. If you don't, member scloyd found a Barling at a junk shop for a few bucks.

Found A Barling at an Antique Shop :: British Pipes

Thanks Jesse. You're a wealth of Barling information. Thanks! And, some of my info is actually correct!

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Generous guy that he is, he has sent it my way in an effort to bring it back to the land of the living.

Here are some photos of how it is right out of the box.



The markings are very faint and hard to read. But I would agree with what Scott wrote in his initial thread, and the Bard of Barlings himself has dated this from 1947 through early 1962.

If the stem is a replacement, I think it's very well done. It fits in there nice and snug.

This should be an interesting one to clean up. Thanks Scott!

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Some of you may remember when @scloyd found a Barling at a local junk shop for a few bucks. If you don't, member scloyd found a Barling at a junk shop for a few bucks.

Found A Barling at an Antique Shop :: British Pipes

Thanks Jesse. You're a wealth of Barling information. Thanks! And, some of my info is actually correct!

pipesmagazine.com

Generous guy that he is, he has sent it my way in an effort to bring it back to the land of the living.

Here are some photos of how it is right out of the box.

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The markings are very faint and hard to read. But I would agree with what Scott wrote in his initial thread, and the Bard of Barlings himself has dated this from 1947 through early 1962.

If the stem is a replacement, I think it's very well done. It fits in there nice and snug.

This should be an interesting one to clean up. Thanks Scott!

Looking forward to the renovation. ?️

 

[scloyd]

Have fun with it Mike. Looking forward to seeing it when your done.

 

[kcghost]

Your first two sentences are hilarious.

 

[OzPiper]

Pics of the finished job please

 

[mikethompson]

Your first two sentences are hilarious.

Wait until you read my last two.

Pics of the finished job please

I just got it the other day! I will post pictures as I go along with it.

 

[mikethompson]

@sablebrush52 - any idea what the original stem would have looked like Jesse? Fairly similar?

 

[sablebrush52]

@sablebrush52 - any idea what the original stem would have looked like Jesse? Fairly similar?

Definitely something similar. If you can wait until the weekend I can go through some of my material to see if I can find a picture of one with an original stem.

 

[mikethompson]

Definitely something similar. If you can wait until the weekend I can go through some of my material to see if I can find a picture of one with an original stem.

Much appreciated Jesse, just out of curiosity.

 

[sablebrush52]

@mikethompson
As promised, here’s an image of your pipe model from the 1962 Barling catalog.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Mike, after the plastic aliexpress saga and the idea pipe scandal, I vaguely remember you stating you wanted to let your heat gun loose on some old britwood. Do we have a potential candidate?

 

[mikethompson]

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As promised, here’s an image of your pipe model from the 1962 Barling catalog.

Very interesting! Thanks so much Jesse for going through your catalogs!

 

[mikethompson]

Mike, after the plastic aliexpress saga and the idea pipe scandal, I vaguely remember you stating you wanted to let your heat gun loose on some old britwood. Do we have a potential candidate?

Haha, no you have me confused with some other heat gun wielding 'scientist'.

 

[mikethompson]

Everyone always likes these shots. There is more cake in there, but my reamer can only get so much out. I may try using some sandpaper inside the bowl.

 

[mikethompson]

The bowl exterior cleaned up pretty well. I still have some work to do on the rim, but the grime seems to be coming off relatively easy.

 

[scloyd]

Looking good. Did you get the broken stem out of the shank? If so, how?

 

[mikethompson]

Looking good. Did you get the broken stem out of the shank? If so, how?

That's proving to be a little difficult.

 

[scloyd]

That's proving to be a little difficult.

Yeah, I saw the other thread asking for suggestions. Good luck.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

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Everyone always likes these shots. There is more cake in there, but my reamer can only get so much out. I may try using some sandpaper inside the bowl.

That is a really neat photo.

I'm no art expert, but I like everything about the photo. Kind of like a pipe rorschach test.

The color, or lack thereof, negative space and framing is wonderful. You could probably design a series.

 

[jhowell]

I have a set of left-handed drill bits that I have used successfully in removing broken tenons.