First Purchase/ Dr.Grabow.

[iowamike]

turned out real fine.

 

[johnnyrebel]

Thanks,
As for the dating of pipes, i wouldn't have any idea. Having your Father's old pipe is great. Nobody smokes pipes in my family, if they did that'd be a great piece of have. Make a thread about it, im sure the guys would know somthing more about that. Plus it sounds pretty intresting.

 

[oldmaus]

I read a few days ago about using a Magic Eraser cleaning pad for stems. I cleaned up all my stems

beautifully using that. I takes some elbow grease just keep rubbing until you are getting no more crud off the stem and by then it is cleaned up. It returned vulcanite stems back to jet black. After that rub a bit of mineral oil for butcher blocks onto the stem and buff it out after a few minutes. (some use olive oil also)

 

[admin]

Great job on restoring that pipe johnnyrebel!

 

[wolfscout]

@ puffintuff check out Dr Grabow Collector's Forum someone there can help you date your DG.

 

[puffintuff]

Thanks wolfscout, will do.

 

[htmn246]

I found a nice Welington bent with a wind cap installed looks factory the antique store only wanted $10 out the door.used your method to restore works like a charm.

 

[python]

Nice pick up and good job on the restoration.

 

[pstlpkr]

Nice pick up and great job on the clean up.

And, I'll bet it smokes better than it looks.

 

[wolfscout]

hrm... I won this one on ebay today... Crown Duke Dr.Grabow & Earl of Essex Made France

 

[wolfscout]

oops forgot the pic.

 

[flipflopsandshades]

Very nice job. It was a good find before and now you've really made it a treasure!