Somehow, a couple of scratches appeared on the back of the bowl of a new briar pipe I have. Should I refinish it to try to eliminate that? I’ve never done anything like this before so pardon the lack of knowledge on my part.
Scratched My Briar
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Sorta like when you drive your brand-new car to the grocery store, after a couple trips....
I would leave the scratches alone. I wouldn't try to refinish any pipe. I don't have the experience, skill or patience...I'd mess it up and make it worse.
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It's a pipe. If you smoke it, it will age. Maybe not too gracefully either.
Pics might help, but if it requires more than simple buffing, then I’d probably leave it alone.
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( I kid, I kid, don't try this at home. Don't try it at work either.)
If you're asking then the answer is probably no. If you have the experience to do a good job you would know if that's the step to take or not right away. Generally a good rule of thumb with such things. And it's a pipe unless you spent a lot of money on it like a lot of money, then maybe but otherwise it's gonna get dings and scratches.
You might try micro-mesh pads if the scratches are light. I had excellent results on my first attempt. If they are fairly deep ~ just "part of the story of the pipe".
The scratch part of it is not the most serious thing in terms of importance. That you can live with. What is probably a little more disturbing as a place it’s about an eighth of an inch wide in diameter where it looks like the “finish“ (if that’s what you call it) is peeled away. Almost like a piece of varnish that wiped off. I don’t know if it is varnish or whatever it is.
Sounds like lacquer. I’m still trying to get that shit off a Peterson I own. I swear they mixed construction glue into it as it’s so hard to remove
Ah, I was wondering how you went with that
Obviously acetone didn't work ?
I should post a pic sometime. It is working but very slowly. I have a go at it every few weeks.
I don’t know the answer to this, so take it as a question not as a statement, but can hot spots in the chamber cause the exterior finish to peel?
Why do anything right now? I mean, if it scratched that easily in such a short period of time, why not wait till it is scratched up even more? Wait till the scratches override the grain. Or, until the scratches are all that you can see. You might start to like the scratches better. Maybe the pipe was designed to be scratched. The pipemaker may have watched it to be scratched, and by fixing it, you're ruining the art.
My advise is to enjoy the scratches, Embrace the scratches. They tell the story of that pipe. Better to have the story of the scratches than to have that pipe tell the story of a lousy amateur repair job that you did. Or, do what you want.
My advise is to enjoy the scratches, Embrace the scratches. They tell the story of that pipe. Better to have the story of the scratches than to have that pipe tell the story of a lousy amateur repair job that you did. Or, do what you want.
That's so out of focus as to be useless.
Put the pipe on a neutral background, have it well lit and shoot from two angles.
As to refinishing a pipe due to some dents: never!