How Do I Describe This “Damage”

[bayareabriar]

I have a pipe I was going to send out for restoration. However after getting it I realized it had been topped or something is off with that. But, the chamber has a lip from the walls to the bottom curve at the 12-2 o’clock position. The walls are pretty even and really damn thick, so I know someone could ream and even out or maybe mud it up.

My question: how do I describe this when listing for sale? Uneven reaming?

 

[jpmcwjr]

I can't see what's what, esp in the first photo.
What is the make? full photos with better light can help.

 

[bayareabriar]

 

[bayareabriar]

Barlings Make “Birdeye”. See how there is a “lip” at the bottom of the chamber in that spot? it’s like 2mm at most, but definitely not a smooth transition. Best I can do with photos for the evening. Thank you for any help!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Looks like reaming score marks. Doesn't look like much to be alarmed about.

 

[Rockyrepose]

I'd say it looks like someone cocked the reamer a bit, I'd describe it as uneven reaming.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yep! See it now, thanks. Others are giving opinions, and hope it gives you what you need to know.

 

[bayareabriar]

Looks like reaming score marks. Doesn't look like much to be alarmed about.

Yeah, the walls are thick. I just needed to know how to describe it accurately as I don’t come across this too often. Usually char/rim wear and stems goobered. Thank you!

 

[greeneyes]

The reamers I use aren't capable of cutting back briar wood. This may have been something else.

 

[HRPufnstuf]

Bore out of round? Bore uncentred? Uneven bore?

 

[AroEnglish]

The reamers I use aren't capable of cutting back briar wood. This may have been something else.

What reamers are those?

 

[sablebrush52]

"Over reamed" or "out of round" would be reasonable descriptives. How in hell someone manage to do that to a chamber is beyond me. You could also use "attacked by a beaver".

 

[OzPiper]

Unevenly reamed cake would be my take
Perhaps you can try sanding back that “ridge”

 

[greeneyes]

What reamers are those?

I use these things (below). They scrape out cake, but are fairly harmless against briar. You could not, for example, bore a bowl out with these, nor do what was done in the photos with it. It's possible someone re-bored the bowl, going down once, then going back down a second time after having resecured the pipe with a different axis. The bowl may have two central axes.

But looking a second time, I think the bowl walls are dirty enough that I'm not quite sure where the briar actually is.

 

[sablebrush52]

I use these things (below). They scrape out cake, but are fairly harmless against briar. You could not, for example, bore a bowl out with these, nor do what was done in the photos with it. It's possible someone re-bored the bowl, going down once, then going back down a second time after having resecured the pipe with a different axis. The bowl may have two central axes.

But looking a second time, I think the bowl walls are dirty enough that I'm not quite sure where the briar actually is.

If these are the Castleford clone of the Pipnet, make sure that you check the blade edges before using them. On the set I bought I didn't do that until I noticed that the reamer had gouged the chamber wall. I looked at hte reamer and discovered that one of the blades had not been trimmed off properly and there was a strip of burr along the outside edge that was gouging the wood.
The Castleford went into the trash and I now have two Pipnet sets as well as other reamers, or best of all, glass paper.

 

[kcghost]

Pipe men tend to be cheap bastards, but I tend to have reaming done by a professional than do it myself. Usually at pipe club meeting where there are a number of them around. It is great having George Dibos ream your pipes for you.

 

[tobakenist]

Just smoke it, it's just a pipe, in a few years give it a ream, it will be OK.

 

[Briar Lee]

The reamers I use aren't capable of cutting back briar wood. This may have been something else.

If I owned that Barling I’d get out a sharp pocket knife and start working on the cake.

I don’t think there’s one thing wrong with it a full and careful reaming won’t fix. Carbon is softer than briar, and especially if soaked in Everclear first. Get rid of it.

Reaming it to bare briar will also dramatically improve how well it smokes, in my experience. Old carbon has sour and nasty resins, especially ancient pipes that haven’t been smoked in decades.

No matter what maker is stamped on it that is a hunk of briar with a hard rubber stem, and that one could really use a sharp knife, Everclear, 4/O steel wool, grapeseed oil, and Obsidian oil.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I'd omit the Everclear, sharp knife, and grapeseed oil, and pursue less extreme measures first.

Such would be hand sanding that odd ridge so that the chamber is smooth and uniform. The smoke it a dozen times as it if were a new pipe. Mineral oil on the stem.

 

[AroEnglish]

I'd omit the Everclear, sharp knife, and grapeseed oil, and pursue less extreme measures first.

Such would be hand sanding that odd ridge so that the chamber is smooth and uniform. The smoke it a dozen times as it if were a new pipe. Mineral oil on the stem.

Is everclear pretty extreme?