Cleaning up a $30 Estate Savinelli
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Very nice! Got one of those a couple weeks back. Mine is smooth, tho.
Great job, but didn't anticipate you having a 904 relapse.
Incomplete listing of a Punto Oro for $30 and winning the bid by $1 was icing on the cake.
Wow, quite the transformation.
How do you get the stems so black on these uber-oxidized pipes? I have a friend with a number of solid and interesting English estate pipes that he may want to restore.
I use a lighter and a wet paper towel to remove the oxidation and then thumb buff them with toothpaste to bring them back to a mirror finish.
Sort of a variation on this technique.
A BIC lighter and Oxidation
Blog by Rob Hardy and Steve Laug Thanks to a serendipitous discovery by a friend of mine, Rob Hardy (incoinnu on Smokers Forums), who also does refurbishing as a hobby we have worked out a very dif…
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I've also never seen a vulcanite army mount on a Punto Oro.
Nice job! When did Sav switch to acrylic stems? All the ones I look at new are acrylic, or maybe it's just certain lines.
You really bring these Lazarus pipes back to life. That stem would have put me off even at $30. It's hard to believe all that shape and shine are hidden in there under all those tooth marks and oxidation. Great job.
It really helped keep the price down that Punto Oro wasn't included in the listing. A photo of the stamping was my only clue to what it was as the stem photos didn't reveal the brass dot under all of the oxidation. The heat of the flame lifted all of the tooth marks like they were never there. Fixing the scuffed stain on the front of the bowl was fun. I pressed a pinch of Kodiak against the scuff and set the color with a flame.
I think it was in the early '90s. They have a couple of specialty lines with vulcanite stems but even their Artisan and Giubileo d'Oro lines now have acrylic.
Very nice job, especially on that stem.
Was going to ask if you used the flame method, outstanding,I use a lighter and a wet paper towel to remove the oxidation and then thumb buff them with toothpaste to bring them back to a mirror finish.
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Sort of a variation on this technique.
A BIC lighter and Oxidation
Blog by Rob Hardy and Steve Laug Thanks to a serendipitous discovery by a friend of mine, Rob Hardy (incoinnu on Smokers Forums), who also does refurbishing as a hobby we have worked out a very dif…
@brian64
I've also never seen a vulcanite army mount on a Punto Oro.
I’ve had success with removing oxidation but can’t seem to get that shiny black finish - more of a semi-matte black.I use a lighter and a wet paper towel to remove the oxidation and then thumb buff them with toothpaste to bring them back to a mirror finish.
View attachment 177255
Sort of a variation on this technique.
A BIC lighter and Oxidation
Blog by Rob Hardy and Steve Laug Thanks to a serendipitous discovery by a friend of mine, Rob Hardy (incoinnu on Smokers Forums), who also does refurbishing as a hobby we have worked out a very dif…
@brian64
I've also never seen a vulcanite army mount on a Punto Oro.
How long do you spend on the toothpaste buffing? Stem on or off? Any tips would sure be appreciated!
My efforts usually involve obsidian oil or mineral oil at the end but it never gets that mirror finish!
Hell of a score! That will go very nicely with all your other.....
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Absolutely amazing Embers. Im astonished
Hard to believe that is the same pipe. Master class shit right there.
Nice job! Is that the shape you said is your favorite?