Peterson used Killarney

[TheHellYeah]

Hello everyone,

I started on this pipe universe a month ago with a little joke buying a RAW brand pipe which I already read here it’s a rubbish pipe. Although I’m still a newbie, I can control my smoking pace, the density of my bowls and the daily cleaning process, due to lots of info you can find here and in the www in general.
Although I don’t find that RAW pipe to be that bad as I read, I’ve started to acquire new pipes to my collection. I bought a cheap corncob at a local store, a Savinelli starter kit with a Savinelli One 321 rusticated pipe and then I’ve heard about estate pipes. Since I didn’t want to spend too much money I started looking in eBay type site from Portugal and went on to buy a Peterson Kildare 82S and a Peterson Killarney 406.
The Kildare came in good shape and clean only with some bite marks on the stem along with some decolouration.
The Killarney on the other hand, although aesthetically is(or was) perfect wasn’t cleaned so I researched a bit and started doing it my self. I took the stem out, filled the bowl with sea salt(although I read somewhere I should only use kosher salt) and mixed it with cheap whiskey I had around the house(40% alc) and I’m letting it sit for 24 hours. Unfortunately, during this process I needed to pick up the stem and had my fingers with some drops of whiskey and the stem started to lose the black colour and some red/brown stains started to appear. My questions are:

Can I reverse this process?
Is extra virgin olive oil good to return the polished black look on the stem? And if so, should I use sandpaper on the stem before applying it?

Since english is not my native language, sorry in advance if something is not well written.

Greetings to all pipe smokers and I hope to share my future path in this adventure with all of you!

 

[anotherbob]

I personally am a fan of oxidization of stems. But I think that's all that happened to the stem. Yeah lots of easy fixes but someone else can give them up. My advice is that dings, scuffs, dark rims, oxidized stems etc are badges for the pipes service over the years.

 

[TheHellYeah]

I personally am a fan of oxidization of stems. But I think that's all that happened to the stem. Yeah lots of easy fixes but someone else can give them up. My advice is that dings, scuffs, dark rims, oxidized stems etc are badges for the pipes service over the years.

Well… that’s is indeed a point of view I’ve never thought of.
Maybe I’ll just end the salt treatment of the bowl to get rid of some ghosts and let the pipe tell it’s own story.

 

[anotherbob]

Well… that’s is indeed a point of view I’ve never thought of.
Maybe I’ll just end the salt treatment of the bowl to get rid of some ghosts and let the pipe tell it’s own story.

Of course I feel like cleaning a pipe is a good thing. But then again once you've smoked a sour pipe you'll understand how important cleaning it is. But the outside should be cared for too in my opinion but not to perfect factory fresh. Though I'd try an old pipe before deep cleaning it.

 

[TheHellYeah]

Of course I feel like cleaning a pipe is a good thing. But then again once you've smoked a sour pipe you'll understand how important cleaning it is. But the outside should be cared for too in my opinion but not to perfect factory fresh. Though I'd try an old pipe before deep cleaning it.

I did it with the killdare. Believe me, it was worth the cleaning afterwards!
Still, your approach makes total sense to me.

 

[anotherbob]

I did it with the killdare. Believe me, it was worth the cleaning afterwards!
Still, your approach makes total sense to me.

I often say there are no rules with pipe smoking but there are physical laws. If you puff too hard and fast the pipe will get hotter and that effects things.... but finding the right draw and all that is matter of finding the sweet spot where you get the most happiness out of it.

 

[OzPiper]

Most of my pipes are estates - from NOS (virgin, unsmoked) to well-loved and well-used ones over100year olds

Believe me it is worth the elbow grease and time spent deep cleaning them