GBD 584S Bulldog Restoration

[ssjones]

I finished this 584S New Standard this morning, and it will soon be on it's way to the collection of forum member Scrooge.
I had never seen the 584 shape before and I could only find a pair sold by Coopersark in 2008. It is similar to the more common 549 GBD.
The full restoration details in the link, with before & after pix below.

http://rebornpipes.com/2016/03/25/gbd-584s-new-standard-restoration/
Enjoy Scrooge!

Before

After

 

[londonmake]

Nice job, Al.

I have a GBD with a tapered stem much like this one with a chunkier bowl. I may have a pic to show, it's also rather uncommon.

I'm enjoying the threads here very much, lot's of great info and people.

Happy Easter
Dan

 

[bonehed]

Is the "S' for small or is it a standard size? Looks just like a 549 to me...

Nice resto either way!

 

[ssjones]

S refers to "Saddle Stem"in this case. I haven't found the 584 in any GBD catalogs.
GBD labeled their oversize pipes: Conquest>Collector>Colossus

 

[bonehed]

Ah... interesting...
Very different from this one - LINK...

 

[jpmcwjr]

Nice work, again!
Did you remove the finish and re-stain, or is that (different apparent color of the briar) an artifact of the lighting?

 

[ssjones]

Bonehed - I've had that Seventy-Six mislabeled, it came up in my search for a 584, it is really a 548 (I edited the title).
@jpm: I did a "stain wash", basically a stain wipe down to blend the faded areas. Then of course, a white diamond polish and carnuba wax application.

 

[danielplainview]

Nice work ss. I like that shape.
@scrooge
You're been racking up some GBD's latley. Nice addition!

 

[jkrug]

That's a great shape and a great job on the resto! :clap:

 

[fnord]

Al:
Your early work showed nothing but respect for the GBD rondel on the stem. Yet the area around it still showed the greening of an aging stem. (IIRC, you were using a smudge of Vaseline, correct?)
What is your work around these days? This GBD decal is perfect as is everything else.
Fnord
P.S. Lovely job, BTW.

F.

 

[ssjones]

I do put a dab of grease on the rondell before soaking. I wrap the paper around a flat, small needle file when sanding around the rondell. And thanks!

 

[voorhees]

Nice work as always Al.

 

[londonmake]

Al;

here is a shape you don't often see.
584.

 

[londonmake]

Shown with #206.
I've restored both of them and are both great smoking pipes. The 206 needed a rondell replaced which Mike Myers did for me. I gave him an old rondell reharvested from a broken gbd stem. Note the 584's chubby bowl.

 

[ssjones]

That is very interesting, in the bowl differences between the 584 and 584S.

 

[scrooge]

Thanks Al! Can't wait to hold it. @Dave I'm trying!

 

[londonmake]

>
and Perhaps the difference is simply that "S" is for Saddle.