New Aqusition and Restoration Photos

[python]

While at the Richmond Show this year, I went to a table that has a ton of old, beat up, neglected pipes and picked out a few so that I can do some more tutorial videos. All of the pipes that I picked up are older pipes. One them is a Yello-Bole pipe. I grabbed it because I like the shape of the pipe and I was pretty sure that it was quite old.
After I did some research on Yello-Bole pipes, here is a very brief description of what I found out:
The original Yello-Bole pipes are actually Kaywoodie seconds. Kaywoodie started making the Yello-bole line in 1932 as a way to use their briar that didn't meet up to the standards of having the Kaywoodie name on them. When they made the Yello-Bole pipes, they put all of the same stampings on them that they put on Kaywoodie pipes.
Based off of that information and since this pipe has a 4-digit number, I have found out that this pipe was made between 1932-1935. It is over 70 years old and is in very good condition.
Earlier this week I grabbed the Yello-Bole and started messing around with it not really intending on doing a complete clean up on it, but I ended up doing just that, lol. So, this one didn't make it to the video for its close up, but I did take some before and after photos of it and here they are:
Before Photos

After Photos

This restoration was done completely by hand with no machines used (other than myself because I am a machine, lol).
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I promise that I will use the other 4 pipes that I bought in videos , specifically "How to Ream Your Pipe" and maybe a restoration without machines videos.

 

[cortezattic]

Very impressive clean-up rescue Bob. That bowl chamber looked hopeless, but now it needs another break-in! And the work on the stem is 1st class. Nice job! This little project goes a long way toward encouraging newbies to pick up nice used pipes to build a rotation even though they're just starting out.

 

[ernest]

What a difference.Man against machine.Man came out just fine on this one.
Nice Restoration!!

 

[bubbadreier]

Great clean up job Bob! That is a nice pipe!

 

[chuckw]

Nice work Bob. A little steam may have lifted the dings in the rim.

 

[unclearthur]

Looks great ! As Chuck said often minor ash tray beating dings will come out with a bit of steam.

 

[krgulick]

Great looking restoration. Hope it will smoke well for you.

 

[bubbadreier]

Chuck or Unclearthur, do you just hold the pipe over a pot of boiling water for a few seconds/minutes?

 

[hobie1dog]

This restoration was done completely by hand with no machines used (other than myself because I am a machine, lol).

So you're the master of the hand job?...LOL

Nice job on it....does that make for a total of 200+ pipes for you now?

 

[unclearthur]

I place a damp cloth over the dings and apply a hot iron to the cloth for a few seconds. Sometimes it takes two or three attempts to raise the dents. If the fibers aren't broken , just mashed together it usually works.

 

[bubbadreier]

Thanks a bunch! I am going to have to try that out tonight on some of my pipes!

 

[onizuka]

Uncle Arthur: is that on the bowl or on the stem?

 

[pstlpkr]

Very impressive clean-up rescue Bob. That bowl chamber looked hopeless, but now it needs another break-in! And the work on the stem is 1st class. Nice job! This little project goes a long way toward encouraging newbies to pick up nice used pipes to build a rotation even though they're just starting out.

Is there an echo in here?
Great job Bob!

I gotta start searching the antique shops around here.

 

[unclearthur]

Onizuka , that is for the dings in the wood. Often you can raise dents in the vulcanite stems by heating the stem up. I use the front burner on my electric stove, and hold the stem above the heat. Any heat source works but caution is required. Burning stems stink!

 

[python]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Cortez Said: This little project goes a long way toward encouraging newbies to pick up nice used pipes to build a rotation even though they're just starting out.

I agree. That is why I did it all by hand to show everyone that they don't need a buffing wheel, etc to clean up estate pipes. This Yello-Bole only cost me $5.60US and with a little elbow grease, cleaned up nicely. You can build a decent rotation for not much money this way.
Chuck and Uncle, thanks for the tip on getting the bowl dings out. I just did a major clean up on it and when I get some time I will try to get them out.

Unclearthur Said: Often you can raise dents in the vulcanite stems by heating the stem up. I use the front burner on my electric stove, and hold the stem above the heat.

I will have to give that a try to remove the small tooth marks in the stem.

 

[python]

Hobie Said: does that make for a total of 200+ pipes for you now?

No, lol. I think I am around 50 pipes or so in my collection.

 

[excav8tor]

Nice restoration work, and a very good example of what can be achieved by hand with the aid of a little patience and some elbow grease.

 

[menckenite]

Very well done Bob. Cortez's words ring true, this encourages me to buy some old fixer uppers that I would otherwise thought would require special tools and such to get one in smoking order.

 

[laearl]

Nice! I am a fanboi of the Yello-Bole.

 

[scratchglfr]

Very nice work Bob. I was tinkering with the idea of buying a pre drilled, and stem fitted block of briar to carve a pipe. But being new to this hobbie I think I should start out with a few restorations first.