Some of you may have read about three old pipes I found in a flea market and rescued. Well this post is to talk about two of those pipes, a Savory's Argyll sandblasted 95 and a Savory's Argyll smooth 286. When I found the pipes they were very, very well loved lol! Both of them had so much cake that is hard to believe the previous owner could even load a bowl. The stems looked like a rabid honey badger got a hold of them. I could go on, but I feel you get the idea. I bought all of them for $10.00 and today feel like I stole them. I cleaned and cleaned and yes cleaned them. I sanded the bowl over and over with a wooden dowl and fine sandpaper until finally almost all cake was removed. I washed the outside with soap and water until the outside was clean. Then I used cotton balls and Everclear to pull the old juices and tar out of the bowls. This was repeated quite a few times, finally they were clean! Then I bought some leather dye and some alcohol and restrained the pipes. They looked pretty good!
As found.
Cotton ball and alcohol.
Now I needed new stems...hmmmm who do we know that does stemms? oh yeah georged!!!
Black Sandblast before.
Brown Smooth before.
George works his magic and buffed them a bit as I have no buffer and sends them back.
Now I have them back and I smoke the Savory's 95 first. I had no great expectations just thought it would be a nice smoker. But instead I find a little over an hour of Nirvana! The bowl is large and the draw is simply effortless. The pipe has history and I can sense it in the background. The wood has that special smoothness that can only be achieved by the passage of time. I am flabbergasted how much I enjoyed smoking this pipe! WOW! So I think what does the Savory's 286 smoke like? I just finished a touch over an hour of sweetness and light with the 95 and think I will go do some chores and smoke the 286 after that.
Nope, I cannot get over the wonderful smoke with the 95! About 15 minutes later I am back in my smoking room loading up the 286. Light up and BAM again the sense of history smacks me. The draw, again effortless and the Briar is so very smooth as only time can do! Ohhhhhhhh my!!
I am a bent pipeman, not a fan of straights. But these two pipes are firmly in my rotation. I cannot say enough about how smooth, how effortless, and how wonderful they are to smoke. mso or the Old Cajun in a long ago post indicated the Savory's were very good smokers. Which may be the biggest understatement since Noah said looks like rain! I will be looking for more Savory's pipes!! If you see one and enjoy a extremely wonderful pipe smoking experience, snatch it up you will not be disappointed!! The two newest additions to the Varsity team!!
As found.
Cotton ball and alcohol.
Now I needed new stems...hmmmm who do we know that does stemms? oh yeah georged!!!
Black Sandblast before.
Brown Smooth before.
George works his magic and buffed them a bit as I have no buffer and sends them back.
Now I have them back and I smoke the Savory's 95 first. I had no great expectations just thought it would be a nice smoker. But instead I find a little over an hour of Nirvana! The bowl is large and the draw is simply effortless. The pipe has history and I can sense it in the background. The wood has that special smoothness that can only be achieved by the passage of time. I am flabbergasted how much I enjoyed smoking this pipe! WOW! So I think what does the Savory's 286 smoke like? I just finished a touch over an hour of sweetness and light with the 95 and think I will go do some chores and smoke the 286 after that.
Nope, I cannot get over the wonderful smoke with the 95! About 15 minutes later I am back in my smoking room loading up the 286. Light up and BAM again the sense of history smacks me. The draw, again effortless and the Briar is so very smooth as only time can do! Ohhhhhhhh my!!
I am a bent pipeman, not a fan of straights. But these two pipes are firmly in my rotation. I cannot say enough about how smooth, how effortless, and how wonderful they are to smoke. mso or the Old Cajun in a long ago post indicated the Savory's were very good smokers. Which may be the biggest understatement since Noah said looks like rain! I will be looking for more Savory's pipes!! If you see one and enjoy a extremely wonderful pipe smoking experience, snatch it up you will not be disappointed!! The two newest additions to the Varsity team!!
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