First Restoration Completed

[TampaPete]

I wanted to throw a quick post up with a low-quality “before” pic from the original EBay listing and an “after” pic.
The pipe is a no-name bulldog with a couple of spot carved patches on opposite sides of the bowl. The only nomenclature is “Imported Briar/Made in Italy”. It has a removable stinger and mostly needed a good cleaning and char removal.
There are some things I still want to correct and need to improve on, but I wanted to actually get to a stopping point where I would actually smoke it.

Before…

After…


In the future I will definitely be taking more pictures both before and along the way.

Thanks!
TampaPete

 

[huntertrw]

That cleaned up nicely! I hope she proves to be a good smoker.

 

[FurCoat]

You done good. Be careful though, this is another rabbit hole in the pipe journey. PAD, TAD and PRD (pipe restoration disorder).

 

[TampaPete]

You done good. Be careful though, this is another rabbit hole in the pipe journey. PAD, TAD and PRD (pipe restoration disorder).

Oh man, the dreaded trifecta of disorders - DAD (disorder acquisition disorder) !!!

That’s ok, I already collect hobbies.

 

[ssjones]

nice work!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

So fresh and so clean, good job!

 

[AroEnglish]

Well done, Pete!

 

[ssjones]

nice work!

 

[kcghost]

It looks good enough to smoke!!