Next Estate Pipes Batch

[Dshift]

This weekend’s patients are just waiting for me to get my caffeine levels high enough and we will be good to go, but oh boy are there a couple of complicated repairs in this batch…

 

[BingBong]

I like the square horn, they always make me think of microwave transceivers.

 

[Dshift]

I like the square horn, they always make me think of microwave transceivers.

It’s a Stanwell with a hole in the bowl , that I’ve been procrastinating for 3 or four weeks now….

 

[Dshift]

And of course a couple of line skippers just arrived and one of them is definitely staying with me forever. Now is it the Dunhill 60 from 1974 or the Savinelli 320ks Tris?

 

[BingBong]

And of course a couple of line skippers just arrived and one of them is definitely staying with me forever. Now is it the Dunhill 60 from 1974 or the Savinelli 320ks Tris?
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I'd keep the dunny, personally. The "soft poo curves" of the 320... why did he have to say that?

 

[Shore]

I like that Stanwell too...it reminds me of "a one that got away" pipe that I still pine over, an Angelo Fassi horn...Still looking for this one...

 

[Dshift]

Two down and 13 more to go... at least I managed to prepare the 13 others - all bowls cleaned out, some of the stems are ready, some of the pipe heads are completely ready and all major repairs are untouched of course...
Here are some after photos of the dunhill and the 320 tris(I intentionally didn't get rid of all the oxidation on the shank side of the stem, because this pipes will stay with me and I don't want to thin down the material)

 

[jttnk]

Nice work. Great photos too! Thanks for sharing.

 

[OzPiper]

Very nicely done.
I’d keep the Dunhill

 

[Bbailey324]

Nice work. I would keep both of them.

 

[Dshift]

Nice work. I would keep both of them.

Thank you but there is only room for 3108 spigot Dunhill in my heart and I was planning on keeping the savinelli but I tend to let my pipes hang and specialty stem is a lot worse than the classic one in that regard, so both are going for sale and I keep looking