Dunhill Bulldog Reconditioning

[gloucesterman]

Last week I found this Dunhill Bruyere Bulldog (Group 3) at a reasonable price. What I thought would be a quick clean up turned out to be a bit more. All that carbon build-up on the rim hid some dings and scorch marks. The front had a crease and some dents and the shank was in several different tones. It would need to be stripped and the damage repaired. From the beginning I had wanted a darker pipe so it got re-stained as mahogany. To “Restore” is to return to original condition so I’ll call this one a reconditioning but it turned out to be just what I had been looking for.

 

[scrooge]

WOW! Very Nice Sir!

 

[jkrug]

Great job you did there. That pipe is very handsome with the dark stain. ::

 

[danielplainview]

Nice work! I like a darker stain on Dunhill's. Nice job fixing the out of round and the inner rim bevel looks great.

 

[fordm60]

gloucesterman, that is some damn fine work! I would swear they are not the same pipe.

 

[papipeguy]

Wonderful work on that. I like the new color. Happy smoke rings.

 

[texmexpipe]

Beautiful

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Fabtastic job, that bullie looks fabulous!

 

[ravkesef]

Fine piece of work. Enjoy!

 

[disinformatique]

WAs it just the lighting in the first one or did you really stained it darker? I was really digging the light stained photos.

 

[gloucesterman]

Sorry monk, it's now mahogany.

 

[disinformatique]

Woe is me Dutch, woe is me !!

 

[mawnansmiff]

Very fine job indeed. However I spied something a little worrying and it is that the diamond portion of the stem has its corners severely rounded compared to the before pictures where they are nice & crisp and 'square'.
Would that be due to buffing I wonder?
Regards,
Jay.

 

[mso489]

Another Dunhill re-booted for the next fifty years or more.

 

[mikestanley]

Now move 25 years (or more) hence. A question from a future pipe forum member. " I have this estate Dunhill bulldog I picked up. Everything seems ok but, the stain color, did I get a factory experimental pipe, maybe one a shop worker pilfered and stained himself? Lol. Nice rework.
Mike S.

 

[mayfair70]

I generally don't like changing much on old pipes, but the work you do is always striking and tasteful. I much prefer the "after" to the "before", great job!

 

[jerwynn]

Magnificent in every way!!!

 

[thomasmartin]

Very nice. I don't like the bulldog shape in general but that beauty I would like to own! I especially like the subtle tapering/rounding of the rim.