Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice. It took a month of work.
Tonight, I had my first smoke out of the pipe I used to watch Grandpa smoke 35 years ago.
It's a Brigham 5-dot made in Canada with a vulcanite stem.
Vulcanite feels so good in the mouth.
Strangely enough, the stem won't go into shank with a rock maple filter. I smoked it without the filter.
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The pipe had a lot of cherry aroma from whatever Grandpa used to smoke. Captain Black and Half-and-Half were his primaries. I used Kosher salt and vodka. It reduced the cherry by about ¾.
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I used Murphy's Oil Soap and a soft toothbrush for a LOT of scrubbing. It removed the grease and the finish.
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A nice coating of mineral oil and a good buffing made the briar beautiful.
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The vulcanite stem (left) was my biggest fear. Plenty of vodka-soaked pipe cleaners, oxiclean and micromesh cleaned it up beautifully. A bit of olive oil and buffing made it shine.
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Thanks again to everyone.