Scratched My Briar
- Thread starter Goofeyfoot
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Let the pipe tell that it was smoked and enjoyed let it tell with all those scratches about its life and enjoy it the way it is..have you ever smoked older pipes with a lot of mojo on them?They are lovely!!If them scratches could talk...You just made a first history mark on that pipe with your scratch...Its your signature...Enjoy it !!
OK, will do nothing. And I’m damn good at it!
Yes it does. Problem in part with the finish- which I have little experience with.
Good photo; thanks.
Good photo; thanks.
A little wear on a pipe is a good thing for most of my work horse pipes. A few, I wouldn't want scratched up, but for most, it's just a little character. If you keep them clean and nicely hand-polished, the effect is good, and the scratches and nicks can add interest.
i think that is a Rolling Stones song, "Come On Baby, Scratch My Briar."
i think that is a Rolling Stones song, "Come On Baby, Scratch My Briar."
Yeah that doesn't look like a scratch more like the wax (using the definition any applied mostly clear protective covering afixed to the surface) didn't properly adhere. Personally minor issue unless top of the line pipe. To me it also looks like there is a layer beneth but can't confirm that.
Wax it is not. I'd try to patch that with something... clear nail polish?
Please tell us more about the pipe!
Please tell us more about the pipe!
The name really doesn’t mean anything. I don’t even remember where it came from to be honest. I’m that old.
there is not much to tell about this pipe. I bought it probably a couple months ago at a place in Raleigh North Carolina. There’s no name etched on it or anything, so I assume it is something of a dog. It was a little expensive though I thought. Maybe $70 or something. I’ll try the nail polish. I don’t see how that could hurt anything. And ultimately as everybody says, who cares? I just thought that if it was an easy fix I’d attempt it. If it requires actual skill though, I’m the wrong man for the job.
so you're at least 20. One good thing at least I know your name isn't goofeyfoot cause the left one has extra toes or something like that. I mean I'd be fine with it if it did, but I wouldn't have to live with it.
It means, or at least used to, mean somebody who surfed with the wrong foot forward so if you were right-handed and your right foot was on the front of the board they would call that goofyfooting. But I never did it or anything.
Looking at the finish, it looks like shellac to me. Sometimes when you apply several consecutive layers without having thoroughly degreased the surface, and without waiting for the right amount of time, it can happen that it falls apart. Better a single decisive application
Seems like the choices are (1) leave it be or (2) remove the lacquer entirely. I'd be tempted to do the latter but I've a bad habit of fidgeting with things and making them worse. ?
Leave it alone and let the chips fall where they may. When you encounter anyone with true refurb skills show it to him.
Noooooooo! It'll be messy and probably uncover more fills. And it'd require some skill to apply a new coat or three. And not worth it, my opinion, of course.
I recovered an example with a shellac finish with extended welding. Eliminated all the residue with 600/800 grit sandpaper, finished with polishing abrasive paste, and applied carnauba wax.
