Restored Yellow Bole Apple

[1adsarge]

Just about finished up my first pipe restore. The bowl had such a thick cake, I could barely squeeze in my scraper tool! Just got my bore tool from Mr. Brog and got the bowl completely cleaned out. The outside of the bowl was quite dull and had a black grime to it. The stem was also very dull but pretty smooth at least. It was quite clogged though since I was unable to at first get a tube cleaner through it. After some work and alcohol, I got the insides squeaky clean. I was able to polish the stem with some rouge and the bowl with some polish wax. My carnuba wax will be here tomorrow so I can get the bowl finished as there are a couple duller sections that I think carnuba wax will take care of. Here are the pictures:

Cheers,

Jared

 

[agnosticpipe]

Nice one Jared! I like a lot of the KBB pipes and your Yello-Bole is a great looking little apple all cleaned up. Happy puffin... ::

 

[smoothsailing]

Great little puffers,some of my first pipes were the old KBB Yello-Boles.Great job on the clean up, the coloring and grain are beautiful.

 

[1adsarge]

Appreciate the compliments. This was a very enjoyable process!
Cheers,

Jared

 

[stanlaurel]

Very nice. I love a classic apple.

 

[gtrhtr]

Great, classic looking pipe. Nice work!

 

[mso489]

Yello-Bole has the reputation as an economy brand, but they've done some fine pipes, and even their current briars, like the Checker, are pretty good. It's just the Brylon wood synthetic composite pipes that I don't understand. They must sell quite a few, but I don't understand to whom, or why, exactly.

 

[tuold]

That clover leaf and "Honey Cured Briar" stamped on there shows you've got yourself a pretty old Yello-Bole. It's a survivor.