I “rebuilt” the chambers on a few estates I have.
A 1996 Peterson XL02 Sterling Silver and a Savinelli 610 Churchwarden. The Pete was over reamed, thus moving the draft hole to the back of the chamber. The Savinelli had a chamber that was charred and rough from possibly reckless use of a jet lighter.
I have done this with a number of pipes I own. Estates I pick up on the cheap that are cosmetically good looking, but have chambers in rough shape.
This allows for a better smoke as the tobacco in the chamber burns down through the column instead of towards the back of the chamber leaving a soggy, troublesome mass of tobacco towards the bottom front of the chamber. I can smoke the the whole column of tobacco all the way down towards the bottom of the chamber effortlessly.
Once the repair has dried, I shape the chamber using a bullet shaped grinding stone. Slow grinding produces the best results. Spinning the stone at high speed tends to gum up the stone.
I have pipes that I have accomplished this repair on that are still smoking like new with no issues years later…
A 1996 Peterson XL02 Sterling Silver and a Savinelli 610 Churchwarden. The Pete was over reamed, thus moving the draft hole to the back of the chamber. The Savinelli had a chamber that was charred and rough from possibly reckless use of a jet lighter.
I have done this with a number of pipes I own. Estates I pick up on the cheap that are cosmetically good looking, but have chambers in rough shape.
This allows for a better smoke as the tobacco in the chamber burns down through the column instead of towards the back of the chamber leaving a soggy, troublesome mass of tobacco towards the bottom front of the chamber. I can smoke the the whole column of tobacco all the way down towards the bottom of the chamber effortlessly.
Once the repair has dried, I shape the chamber using a bullet shaped grinding stone. Slow grinding produces the best results. Spinning the stone at high speed tends to gum up the stone.
I have pipes that I have accomplished this repair on that are still smoking like new with no issues years later…
