Before Smoking an Estate Pipe

[Qwerty53]

Title edited for caps and brevity. Original:
"What you do before smoking when pipe not brand new from store"


I bought a pipe. They say its brand new but it is from ebay. What would you do before smoking it? How about it it was officially used?

Thanks

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I would do nothing, but then again, I grew up drinking from a hose in the yard, spending most of my childhood barefoot, and sharing coke bottles with friends. Parents used to intentionally give us chicken pox. I wasn't raised all molly coddled and germ free.
But, if you were worried, you could wipe it down with an alcohol wipe.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

I would do nothing, but then again, I grew up drinking from a hose in the yard, spending most of my childhood barefoot, and sharing coke bottles with friends. Parents used to intentionally give us chicken pox. I wasn't raised all molly coddled and germ free.
But, if you were worried, you could wipe it down with an alcohol wipe.

Same raising here. Like I said in previous posts: I was lucky to inherit a small fortune. I do miss running in the fields around our cottage though. Can't run anymore haha.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Regardless of new, estate, direct from factory or artisanal pipe, I flush it with hot water, and dry it prior to my first smoke,

 

[Briar Lee]

I bought a pipe. They say its brand new but it is from ebay. What would you do before smoking it? How about it it was officially used?

Thanks

At a minimum clean it with Everclear.

Then look at it. This is not a priceless collectable, it’s another pipe.

Ream it out if it needs it. Start fresh with a clean bowl.

If there’s cheap old varnish on it get that off, using steel wool if necessary.

Old pipes like grapeseed oil and beeswax.

Obsidian oil (or mineral oil if you can’t spare $15) restores stems.

Make it as nice as your other pipes.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Same raising here. Like I said in previous posts: I was lucky to inherit a small fortune. I do miss running in the fields around our cottage though. Can't run anymore haha.

Oh, an English cottage.....? Do you have a cottage where you live now, and can you share the location?

 

[jpmcwjr]

At a minimum clean it with Everclear.

Rubbish. No need for alcohol unless a major mess is involved.

Then look at it. This is not a priceless collectable, it’s another pipe.

Ream it out of it needs it.

If there’s cheap old varnish on it get that off, using steel wool if necessary.

Sounds like the pipe doesn't suffer from the above.

Old pipes like grapeseed oil and beeswax.

Grapeseed will turn rancid, unlike mineral oil. Carnauba is superior to beeswax.

Obsidian oil (or mineral oil if you can’t spare $15) restores stems.

Make it as nice as your other pipes.

Both Obsidian Oil and mineral oil will cover a lot of oxidation, and may make the stem look like new. But it restores only the look, not the underlying oxidation.

 

[Qwerty53]

At a minimum clean it with Everclear.

Then look at it. This is not a priceless collectable, it’s another pipe.

Ream it out if it needs it. Start fresh with a clean bowl.

If there’s cheap old varnish on it get that off, using steel wool if necessary.

Old pipes like grapeseed oil and beeswax.

Obsidian oil (or mineral oil if you can’t spare $15) restores stems.

Make it as nice as your other pipes.

This is the pipe. Advertised as new. It is kinda collectible. and the stem is natural pone

 

[kcghost]

If you are going to smoke it, then smoke it. If you feel it needs a little cleaning then give it an alcohol rub with a soft cloth.

 

[Briar Lee]

This is the pipe. Advertised as new. It is kinda collectible. and the stem is natural pone

From the photos all it needs is cleaned.

Some use water, some use booze.

Doesn’t look to need oiling, waxing or reaming, or old dead varnish stripped.

A chunk of beeswax should keep that looking new and help it season.

Carnauba wax is what the factories use, it’s best.

Beeswax is easy for pipe owners to use. Heat pipe, rub block of beeswax on pipe, polish with a rag. No buffing with a wheel needed.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

Oh, an English cottage.....? Do you have a cottage where you live now, and can you share the location?

I have a house now. I'm living in Indiana in the US. Couldn't agree with the politics in England.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ah, I see. I love the thought of an English cottage, with, of course, a caretake who knows and loves what he or she is doing.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

A week's soak in a 50/50 mix of bleach and turps, minimum.

 

[jpmcwjr]

A week's soak in a 50/50 mix of bleach and turps, minimum.

Most of us will get the humor. This note in case a newbie might take it seriously: Rubbish!

 

[Qwerty53]

Thank you guys! Love how friendly everyone is in this forum. Other forums (of different subjects) a newbie is attacked (until they find out that the newbie is a subject matter expert). Here I AM real newbie. Thank you for all your help. Hope the bone stem doesnt kill me . I am just kind of person that has to have something unique (no I dont think 5K dunhills are unique ) I'll lie you know how it smokes and will send a pic.

 

[bayareabriar]

Thank you guys! Love how friendly everyone is in this forum. Other forums (of different subjects) a newbie is attacked (until they find out that the newbie is a subject matter expert). Here I AM real newbie. Thank you for all your help. Hope the bone stem doesnt kill me . I am just kind of person that has to have something unique (no I dont think 5K dunhills are unique ) I'll lie you know how it smokes and will send a pic.

These guys here are absolutely the best. Full of wit, intelligence, history, and apparently chickenpox. But just wait until the honeymoon is over.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

Ah, I see. I love the thought of an English cottage, with, of course, a caretake who knows and loves what he or she is doing.

I still own one back in England that I holiday at during the spring. It's a small 2 bedroom one loo cottage. I love being there around my family. My parents still live in their cottage on the outskirts of Oxford. Mine is not too far.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

Most of us will get the humor. This note in case a newbie might take it seriously: Rubbish!

You know I didn't think of that. To confirm to the OP, please do not do as I said, as has been pointed out, total rubbish