Restored - Kaywoodie Flame Grain 13B (Author) Drinkless (VERY Pic Heavy)

[owen]

great article extremely clear and informative

 

[pruss]

Thanks for your comments gang.
I think I've given the pipe a long enough rest since clean up, I'm gonna fire it up this week.
-- Pat

 

[goinslow]

This same pipe just sold on ebay and I missed it by an outbid.... so frustrated. Your photos were my inspiration!

Perhaps the next one!

You did a wonderful job on it!!

 

[shaintiques]

Gorgeous job, that is a beauty, love the grain and shape profile.

 

[easygoer]

Great ebay find. Excellent job Pat love the author shape. Thanks for the step by step photos.

 

[dwt63]

Beautiful restoration!

 

[danielplainview]

Great post and nice job. Thanks for the stain refresh tip. That looks like it blended together nicely.

 

[jkrug]

Great resto for sure. Some beautiful grain on that pipe and a fine choice of refreshment as well. ::

 

[tarak]

Wow! Really nice work!

 

[brass]

Super job on the pipe and even better tutorial.

 

[okiescout]

Great job on the pipe and the best pictorial on standard clean up I have run across.

I learned about retorts from the gentlemen here on the blog, but this is a great visual for new guys who are not aware of this process.

 

[pruss]

Hey okiescout, take a close look at the pipe above between the carnauba application and the hand buffing state. You can see that wax has been unevenly applied. This is at least partially due to the fact that I'm using a 3600rpm bench grinder as my buffer and little wheels. If I had a lower rpm setup I'd be using bigger wheels and be able to apply carnauba more evenly. I cheat this by hand buffing with soft cloths and pipe wipes. I also heat the stummel with a heat gun so it takes wax more easily.
Thanks for the nice comments gang.
-- Pat

 

[disinformatique]

Super Job Pat , Love it !!