PAD Acquisitions

[craig61a]

Top to bottom:
Tilshead Large Dublin,
Wilke 3/4 Bent Egg,
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen. by Nording,
Royal Danish 215 by Stanwell.

All relatively inexpensive.

 

[LeafErikson]

Nice man! Definitely a cohesive collection.

 

[Green Hill Hermit]

I like the stanwell, great additions to your collection!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Congrats on getting these relatively inexpesive'' pipes, seems these have quite spacious bowl capasities

 

[craig61a]

Congrats on getting these relatively inexpesive'' pipes, seems these have quite spacious bowl capasities

Probably a little over group 4 size.

 

[craig61a]

Initial once over on the Tilshead.

Smoked, lightly. Chamber in good shape, well taken care of. SP would probably turn this for $225-$250. I got it for 30-40% off of those prices. Not a steal, but I’ll pay that for a good Tilshead all day long.

 

[FurCoat]

Very nice group of pipes.

 

[Sigmund]

The Wilke caught my eye, even with the harsh light its really nice looking.

 

[craig61a]

This morning I worked on the Wilke bent egg

Overall it’s in really good shape. However. The chamber appears to have been reamed or sanded or knifed at some point, exposing the airway for a good stretch along the back wall of the chamber.

The chamber does taper towards the bottom. I opened up the airway a few 1000ths. I’ll coat the chamber and redrill the airway a little smaller, in effect reducing the exposure and placing the opening more towards bottom center.

 

[kcghost]

Very nice collection of pipes!!

 

[craig61a]

A thought occurred to me…

Cover the upper section of the exposed airway with carbon fiber cloth to strengthen that area and keep it from breaking out. And I won’t have to build up the area as much with a mix of activated charcoal/waterglass.

 

[OzPiper]

This morning I worked on the Wilke bent egg

Overall it’s in really good shape. However. The chamber appears to have been reamed or sanded or knifed at some point, exposing the airway for a good stretch along the back wall of the chamber.

A consequence of drilling the airway with the acute angle of the shank in a fully bent pipe.

 

[hall222]

Nice 4th gen!

 

[craig61a]

A consequence of drilling the airway with the acute angle of the shank in a fully bent pipe.

No, a consequence of inattentive reaming…

 

[dingdong]

Top to bottom:
Tilshead Large Dublin,
Wilke 3/4 Bent Egg,
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen. by Nording,
Royal Danish 215 by Stanwell.

All relatively inexpensive.


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That Royal Danish is cool!! is it triangular? nice shank also

 

[craig61a]

Back on the Tilshead…

I sanded the chamber to remove cake, and let me see the condition of the underlying wood.

There are a few small stress cracks that run vertically, and some charred out spots. The airway is a little ragged. I will cover this with a thin coating of activated charcoal/waterglass to smooth the interior out. Not really necessary, but since I’m I’m into it this far, it’s not a lot of extra work.

Tapered the airway and chamfered the face of the airway on the stem.

Now I’ll go have cigar before I make dinner…

 

[craig61a]

That Royal Danish is cool!! is it triangular? nice shank also

Yes, the shank is triangular. The button was chewed up pretty good as well. I’ll build that up and reshape it.

 

[craig61a]

Worked some more on the Stokkebye/Nording today.

I didn’t like the finish in this. The original photo from SP was dark and didn't reveal much.




I copied the photo and lightened it to reveal some more detail. It was kinda light neat the top and muddy below that.



I buffed the bowl, wiped it down with alcohol and restained. My guess is whoever owned before attempted to “repair” a sand pit, filling it with CA glue that they attempted to dye to match, and then smeared some reddish/brown “dye” on it. The glue never really set. It’s like a pitch that smears when it’s rubbed. The dye muddied the detail.

The restain looks a lot better. You can see the fill on the left hand side of the bowl. I’ll just leave it as is.



I sanded the chamber out and coated the bowl. No issues with this chamber.

 

[craig61a]

I got the carbon fiber I ordered for the Wilke pipe. So now it’s time to apply it.

I plan to mix up some sodium silicate (waterglass)/activated charcoal, and then press that into the mesh, then apply it to the chamber. I’ll do two layers of carbon fiber, with one applied over the other at a 45 degree angle (Suggested by the vendor).

I’ll apply some more coating over the cloth and let it dry so it doesn’t slide all over the inside of the chamber. Once that’s dried I’ll apply some more coating. The fiber is .009” thick, so I figure two layers will be sufficient.

 

[craig61a]

I got one layer of carbon fiber down…

That may be just enough. Once the coat has dried thoroughly I’ll add another.