Cutty Before/After Restoration

[danielplainview]

This is a shape I’ve never seen in my many years of hunting LHS. I was pleasantly surprised to find some decent grain under all that dark stain and grunge. The rim was charred and beat up. That was all the excuse I needed to add a slight bevel.
1926 patent era LHS Purex shape #84.

 

[seanv]

Amazing work. I hope you enjoy it for a long time

 

[scloyd]

Wow! That is amazing for sure. Very nice!

 

[mikethompson]

Incredible work! Looks like a keeper for sure.

 

[donjgiles]

Beautiful job, beautiful pipe!

And a killer shape, I love a nice cutty.
Don

 

[craiginthecorn]

Quite a transformation! And one really bizarre cutty.

 

[npod]

My Precious. Great work.

 

[dottiewarden]

Great work indeed! Love the before and after pics. Thanks for posting.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Wow, another one!
Are those marks on the left side of the bowl (3rd photo down) indentations? Perhaps it was gripped by a vise or pliers? In any event, sanding a bunch?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Weeeeeird, ive never seen another one.

Mine is a LHS Londonderry.

Tremendous job on the refurb btw

 

[mau1]

Great job on that. Beautiful grain is right.

 

[danielplainview]

Thanks everyone. It’s a keeper for sure. Feather light too.
@jpm,
Yes those are dents. Looks like the shank was used to knock out the ashes quite a few times. I managed to remove most of it. Some were very close to the stampings so I left good enough alone.
@brian

Now I’ve seen 2. Very cool!

 

[davet]

Once again a beautiful restoration but you're starting to make these transformations look like the norm. :worship: Love that shape as well :clap:

 

[mso489]

I never tire of seeing these miracle transformations of chewed-up stems. Someone enjoyed that pipe for a long time, and now will again. That canted bowl would worry me, but obviously it's a smoker, and just fine thank you, with gorgeous grain.

 

[voorhees]

Fantastic work. I love it.

 

[bluegrasspipe]

What a great job! :clap:

 

[redglow]

Man, If pipes could talk.......... I'll bet that one has a few interesting stories to tell.

 

[weezell]

I LIKE it!Cutty, MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... :D

 

[ssjones]

Not sure how I missed this one, fabulous work. Man, that briar has some depth!

 

[patiobum]

Great before and after pictures !!
Very nice job !!