Savinelli Silver Before/After Resto

[danielplainview]

This is one of the five Savinelli estates I received this weekend. I'm a sucker for Canadians and silver bands, so I moved this to the front of the line for repair. The rim was pretty beat up and the briar had a few gashes, not to mention it looked like the previous owner was Jaws from 007. I topped it then beveled the rim, patched up the stem, and the rest was downhill from there.

 

[tarak]

Very nice! Love my savinellis!

 

[dulgunz]

@Dave - another brilliant refurb! You definitely have the skill to bring life back to beaten and battered pipes! :worship:

 

[ckgdrums]

That looks great! Well done!

 

[davet]

Amazing

 

[robwoodall]

Awesome work, Dave!
Question: How do you repair a chewed-up bit? Obviously, you are adding material to replace the missing areas, but what are you using and how do you make the repair invisible?

 

[echie]

Oh wow, excellent job!

 

[dmcmtk]

Dave, looks great! Just so I understand, it's a Savinelli band?

 

[mranglophile]

Wonderful Lumberman, I love all the long shanked variations with silver as well. Great job once again.

 

[philobeddoe]

Excellent restoration, I love it when a lost briar is resurrected and put back in service. I like to think about all the happy smokes the previous owner or owners had, whenever I am restoring a pipe, it seems to connect me with those past smokers a bit.

 

[aldecaker]

I was going to get offended at the "Jaws from 007" crack due to what my nasty choppers do to my pipe stems. Then I saw the bottom view of the stem!
Sweet resto, as always. I think I would have resorted to having a new stem cut. I don't think I have the chops to repair one that far gone.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Another beauty. I like also how the photos of before and after are juxtaposed.
(Finally, got to use word # 387 from vocabulary cards ca. 1961)

 

[jiujitsubowl]

Good work lad, I love the red that pops out now! Went from old to factory new!

 

[gloucesterman]

I think you should change your name to "Merlin". But them again I'm not sure even he could perform that kind of magic.

 

[georged]

Except for the glorious, effectively-new, stellar result. you sure messed that one up, huh?
You go, grrrl! :clap:

 

[agnosticpipe]

Another great resto Dave! I particularly like the silver on this style, and it makes such a nice contrast with the stain of the briar. You don't see Savinelli Silver pipes all that often, and this is a great example! :clap:

 

[captainprophesy]

WOW! what a fantastic job... my hats off to you sir! :clap:

 

[jkrug]

Love the Canadians and Lumbermans too and you did an excellent job bringing that one back to it's original beauty. Well done. :clap:

 

[danielplainview]

Thanks guys.
@ Rob, The stem repair isn't completely invisible. You can see the repair in sunlight, but it does blend pretty well with indoor lighting. Here is a post I made about how I fix stems.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/how-to-fix-tooth-holes-in-stems
@ dmcmtk, It's stamped Savinelli Silver.

 

[lightmyfire]

Nicely done, Dave !