First a little back story.
There is an antique shop a few towns over and for the last couple of years have had a large 25 qty pipe carousel with as many pipes on sale for $35 each. I looked, but never spent much time on them due to price.
I assume they couldn't sell at that price(not surprised)and dropped all pipes to $10 each.
Looking through them I find a couple of interesting ones and start researching. A pipe by Lee(3 star), I liked it but it looked like someone had used a hacksaw on the shank. Pass.
I then notice a really dirty pipe without nomenclature or so I thought. I get my magnifying glass out and I purchase it and a zippered leather pipe bag for $20.
Here is the pipe before cleaning.
During cleanup..
Polished up. Yep, under all that grunge a Sasieni Mayfair 52. I only used a magic eraser to lightly clean the exterior as not to damage the nomenclature. It has some tiny fills and it dinged a bit, but it cleaned up nicely. I did lose the "M" on the stem as it was so dirty.
There is an antique shop a few towns over and for the last couple of years have had a large 25 qty pipe carousel with as many pipes on sale for $35 each. I looked, but never spent much time on them due to price.
I assume they couldn't sell at that price(not surprised)and dropped all pipes to $10 each.
Looking through them I find a couple of interesting ones and start researching. A pipe by Lee(3 star), I liked it but it looked like someone had used a hacksaw on the shank. Pass.
I then notice a really dirty pipe without nomenclature or so I thought. I get my magnifying glass out and I purchase it and a zippered leather pipe bag for $20.
Here is the pipe before cleaning.
During cleanup..
Polished up. Yep, under all that grunge a Sasieni Mayfair 52. I only used a magic eraser to lightly clean the exterior as not to damage the nomenclature. It has some tiny fills and it dinged a bit, but it cleaned up nicely. I did lose the "M" on the stem as it was so dirty.
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