I posted a while back about an old Meer I found on EBay.
Original post can be found here http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/help-identifying-an-ebay-purchase
I sent it off to Ric at Briarville after calling him to inquire about his services. He was very informative and after blessing my heart for breaking the bone tenon I felt that I had found the right person to tackle the job.
He called me after he received the pipe to go over the job at hand. He needed to bore out the old pieces and would do whatever he needed to make the pipe whole and smokeable. He wasn’t sure until he had the old tenon out if it would be a push tenon, replacement bone tenon, but he assured me it would be usable.
When I received the invoice a short time later I was sure he had made a mistake. I called him to tell him he’d grossly undercharged me or hadn’t done the other restoration work.
He assured me the tenon was replaced and he had sanitized the pipe fully. He didn’t like to hit anyone over the head with extra charges. I was a little skeptical.
All I can say is that when I received the pipe back I realized that Ric is a master at his craft. He did exactly what was needed and sent me a pipe that was perfectly functional, sanitized, polished and still retaining the patina that gives this pipe it’s charm.
I will post an after pic, but in reality there is no great change to be seen. The internals are clean and there is a new bone tenon.
More than finding a cool old pipe on EBay I found a great pipe restoration service.
Original post can be found here http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/help-identifying-an-ebay-purchase
I sent it off to Ric at Briarville after calling him to inquire about his services. He was very informative and after blessing my heart for breaking the bone tenon I felt that I had found the right person to tackle the job.
He called me after he received the pipe to go over the job at hand. He needed to bore out the old pieces and would do whatever he needed to make the pipe whole and smokeable. He wasn’t sure until he had the old tenon out if it would be a push tenon, replacement bone tenon, but he assured me it would be usable.
When I received the invoice a short time later I was sure he had made a mistake. I called him to tell him he’d grossly undercharged me or hadn’t done the other restoration work.
He assured me the tenon was replaced and he had sanitized the pipe fully. He didn’t like to hit anyone over the head with extra charges. I was a little skeptical.
All I can say is that when I received the pipe back I realized that Ric is a master at his craft. He did exactly what was needed and sent me a pipe that was perfectly functional, sanitized, polished and still retaining the patina that gives this pipe it’s charm.
I will post an after pic, but in reality there is no great change to be seen. The internals are clean and there is a new bone tenon.
More than finding a cool old pipe on EBay I found a great pipe restoration service.
