Can I get rid of these marks...?

[Old_Woodsman]

Hi everyone, although I started smoking a pipe many years ago, I am only recently picking it up again. As such, I recently bought I 'job lot' of pipes and this was amongst them - I believe it's called a Dr Plumb 'Peacemaker'? Question is having restored it somewhat I would like to do something about the chatter marks on the mouthpiece, is that possible? It looks like they had it halfway down their gullet by the looks of the marks!! I have heard that heat can help, but don't want to do anything without taking advantage of all of your collective wisdom!

Thanks again!

Tony

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Lol what on earth.
I imagine hitting it with some micro-sanding pads would clear up the chatter.
Probably be a cheap fix if you want to send it off instead of doing it yourself.

 

[Old_Woodsman]

Lol what on earth.
I imagine hitting it with some micro-sanding pads would clear up the chatter.
Probably be a cheap fix if you want to send it off instead of doing it yourself.

I know, odd isn't it? Can you sand nylon? I assume it is nylon?

 

[sablebrush52]

That looks like Vulcanite. Someone dropped the pipe on a rough surface, by the looks of it. You can try raising tie divots with gentle use of a heat gun, then use micromesh pads to smooth down any apparent chatter and polish up the stem to a high gloss.

 

[anotherbob]

I would never trust a pipe that was given to a dog as a chew toy.

 

[craig61a]

It's most likely some sort of plastic. Heat may or may not raise those indents. I would be careful to avoid heating the area near the branding, as it may raise those and basically erase those.

Sanding is a an option, as the indents don't appear to be all that deep.

 

[verporchting]

Whack it a few more times (gently) with a meat tenderizer or a sharpened golf cleat and call it artistic stem rustication?

 

[Old_Woodsman]

Can I get a replacement for this maybe?

 

[Old_Woodsman]

It's most likely some sort of plastic. Heat may or may not raise those indents. I would be careful to avoid heating the area near the branding, as it may raise those and basically erase those.

Sanding is a an option, as the indents don't appear to be all that deep.

Thanks, once sanded how do you polish?

 

[craig61a]

I would start out with a 220/320 grit, and mineral oil. You don’t want bear down on it too hard.

If you can secure the piece to a bench or in a vice. I use old leather belts and small vice when I do this kind of work.

Thin strips of sandpaper and work it side to side. Use an automotive sandpaper which has grits that are of the same size, as opposed to just general quality which has grits that are of various sizes.

General purpose sandpaper will leave striations, and those wil have to be progressively sanded to get to a smooth finish, you’ll end up removing more material. There’s a limit to what you want to remove because there’s an airway hole under there, and you don’t want that material to be paper thin.

A finer polish can be done with finer grits, a buffing wheel,, or even using rouge, Rottenstone sprinkled onto a microfiber or terry cloth towel.

 

[crusader]

I have used black super glue from hobby stores or Amazon to fill chatter and then sand with fine grit until polished.

 

[Old_Woodsman]

I have used black super glue from hobby stores or Amazon to fill chatter and then sand with fine grit until polished.

Nice little job for the weekend then, thanks!

 

[bullet08]

It's like a fine watch. Gently used with some mark of taking tumble one too many nights at a local bar. Keep it as it is!

 

[ThermionicScott]

A couple of my pipes from eBay are like that, tooth marks all over the place. Just means the previous owners weren't all fussy about clenching the pipe the same exact way each time. Sometimes it's just about getting the pipe into your mouth any old way to free up your hands for a second. Rather than attempting to get those stems perfectly smooth again, I just leave them as-is and give myself the same permission to not overthink it.

 

[Old_Woodsman]

... I just leave them as-is and give myself the same permission to not overthink it.

Brilliant! Although restoring is what I do, clocks, watches, old motorcycles, women .....tho I fail repeatedly with the latter!