My 1st Estate restoral attempt

[barkar]

Attached is a pic of my first attempt at estate restoral, the 4 estate pipes shown in the pic were in what looked like pretty bad condition when I started. They actually don't look to bad now and I'm looking forward to smoking them.
1) Unknown made in Italy

2) Amphora bulldog

3) Dr. Plumb straight billiard.

4) Kola Deluxe

 

[bubblehead33]

great job barkar! hope they smoke well for ya.

 

[steyrshrek]

Very nice!

 

[photoman13]

Careful the process of restoration can be addicting.

 

[scotrob]

wow, great job for first time
and indeed- restoring can become addictive...it is very satisfying to work on a pipe for a while and restore it to its former glory, shiny black stem and polished bowl...i use micromesh on the stems at the moment and a hand held engraver with small buffing wheel to polish the bowl with carnauba....but i am at the point where i am now thinking about scaling up and trying some Tripoli polish as micromesh is very time consuming and needs a lot of elbow grease

 

[lab1dobie]

Great job!!

 

[colorduke]

Looking good Barker.

 

[matchstickman]

Those are looking pretty sweet! Great job on those. I can attest that the process of restoration is very addictive. I went from 10 pipes to 50 in a matter of months because it is so addictive.

 

[mp31guitar]

Looks like a great clean-up to me.

 

[ichbinmuede]

Damn fine work I'd call it! Now the can of worms has been opened and PAD has a much wider range.

 

[jameral]

Those all look great! Good job!

 

[dervis]

I would call this attempt a huge success. Way better than my first few.

 

[martiniman]

Well done Sir

 

[rcstan]

Very nice! Love the looks of the bulldog.
Any machinery involved or just hand work?

 

[barkar]

all by hand...did the stem as per pipenovelist method.

Bowl did the salt and alcohol.

no tools required, just man power...lol

 

[cynyr]

Good work, barkar! I really like the looks of that bulldog.

 

[barkar]

Thanks everyone...I was a bit nervous working on these because it was something totally new for me.

But I enjoyed it very much. Its not difficult but requires a certain amount of focus which is a nice

distraction for every day events.

I wouldn't even have tried doing this without all your help.

 

[kennerth]

Great job! Very satisfying work, yes?

 

[barkar]

yes

 

[waznyf]

Great job they look awesome!