Restored A Peterson Republic Era Barrel For My Wife...

[BROBS]

As a Christmas gift. Got it with a very nice Pipe for myself at a song. Had a crack in the shank so I shortened it... rim was charred so sanded and restained the whole thing. Reamed/sanded the chamber...Sanded and buffed the stem.

 

[BROBS]

whoops missed all the other pics lol

 

[jpmcwjr]

Good work! How much of the shank did you lose?

 

[BROBS]

3/4 inch maybe? Went pretty far

 

[mso489]

Nice pipe, plenty of chamber.

 

[anotherbob]

3/4 inch maybe? Went pretty far

I thought it looked a little weird. Not bad just a little weird or in other words unusual. Pretty though. Kind like that one girl I dated with the weird feet.

 

[BROBS]

now it's more like the Old English (not the malt liquor) collection type pipe.
Although these have a rounded ferrule.

 

[scloyd]

Well done...looks good.

 

[mikethompson]

Nicely done, a custom shape to be sure.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Looks really cool. Nice job!

 

[fightnhampster]

Nice!

 

[BROBS]

Thanks guys. It turned out to be more difficult than I thought... the previous smoker had torched down the shank and actually melted or deformed the tenon end of the stem. This had caused the crack. So I had to cut it down and cut a new mortise / shave the tenon area (not really a tenon it’s an army mount). Seems to fit properly now though!

oddly enough the Deluxe billiard I got in the same lot was in great shape.

 

[Elric]

3/4 inch maybe? Went pretty far

I think you actually added character in the process. Nicely done! She should love it!

 

[diamondback]

I think you actually added character in the process. Nicely done! She should love it!

That got me to thinkin’. I oughta get my wife a really nice pipe for Christmas. She should love it, and I’d be mighty offended if she didn’t. I which case I’d take the damn thing for myself. It’d teach her alright!

 

[BROBS]

That got me to thinkin’. I oughta get my wife a really nice pipe for Christmas. She should love it, and I’d be mighty offended if she didn’t. I which case I’d take the damn thing for myself. It’d teach her alright!

Ever see the Simpson’s episode where he gets Marge a bowling ball? ....

 

[diamondback]

Ever see the Simpson’s episode where he gets Marge a bowling ball? ....

Oh yes!!!

 

[jpmcwjr]

It's like a boy getting his mother a baseball bat for a present.

 

[jaytex1969]

One year, I gave my wife a Mossberg 20 gauge from the era of her year of birth... ?

That Peterson now looks similar to my tankard. You did a nice job on the rim and it looks natural.

 

[BROBS]

One year, I gave my wife a Mossberg 20 gauge from the era of her year of birth... ?

That Peterson now looks similar to my tankard. You did a nice job on the rim and it looks natural.

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Is that Old English Collection?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Sharp look’n pipe! Great job!