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Show off your handy work, Before and After.
Show off your handy work, Before and After.
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Show Us Your DIY Restorations!
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My Color Duke Restoration
My Irwins Prince Restoration
I have a few others, just have to find the links. If you are thinking of doing a restoration, I say go for it. Its very rewarding to bring an old pipe back to life.
Cleaning Up My Green Color Duke :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
After a long search, a green Color Duke ended up with me, and I have some time to clean it up. Here are some before pictures, just as I received it.
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My Irwins Prince Restoration
Irwin's Prince Restoration :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
Well my other project ended well, so why not keep a good thing going? Here is the next one, an Irwin's 357 Prince shape. The bowl seems to be in good shape, but the stem will need some new to me tricks.
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I have a few others, just have to find the links. If you are thinking of doing a restoration, I say go for it. Its very rewarding to bring an old pipe back to life.
Here's some "just for fun" stuff I did.
LHS Sterncrest Zombie Restoration :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
Late last week I ordered 3 pipes off the 'bay. There was no information about them and the pictures were terrible. But I had enough in my paypal account. The BIN price was 28.00 so I figured hell why not? I buy the pipes that no one wants, and try to bring them back to life. As with my other...
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Another Dunhill Tanshell Project :: Pipe Talk
I received this pipe in a mystery package. From what I think, it's a 1960. Correct me if I'm wrong. It seemed to be in great shape, not much charring, the stem was in good condition, not even much cake in the bowl. And it has a massive band on it, for only this little crack? I mean...
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Zombie Pipe 2-Mystery? Bulldog (DUN--Something) :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
Here's the second pipe in the lot that I bought online. Again the pictures were terrible, and there was no information about them. This one seemed to be the most promising, until I got it in hand.... Yeah, that's right, Its completely split in two on the shank. Here goes nothing...
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Giving A Well Loved Friend A Second Chance (Pic Heavy) :: Pipe Talk
A Long And Drawn Out Saga. For those who didn't see my original post, I bought this 1967 Dunhill Tanshell at an antique store for $8.00. I knew It was in pretty rough shape, but for the price I couldn't pass it up. And plus I have never owned a Dunhill so I was really excited to find this. As...
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Nice work, I started restoring pipes earlier this year. It’s very addicting.
Normally I don't bother with "before" and "after" pix as I'm not a restorer, just a guy cleaning up old pipes. But in this one serendipitous case I have them:
some befores:
after:
some befores:
after:
Wow that turned out niceNormally I don't bother with "before" and "after" pix as I'm not a restorer, just a guy cleaning up old pipes. But in this one serendipitous case I have them:
some befores:
after:
Thank you. I was quite sure it was going to turn out well, as I could see what was underneath the dirt, tarnish, and shitty photography. The pipe was barely smoked before it go put in the drawer.
Savinelli 9004
Weber
Savinelli 614
Irwin's 9613
Weber
Savinelli 614
Irwin's 9613
Those all turned out great
Thought you might get a kick out of how far it's possible to go with collectables.
Easier to link to existing photos than upload them here (because of the pic count and size limits):
Easier to link to existing photos than upload them here (because of the pic count and size limits):
I've cleaned up a few.
Here's a Dusky Dulcet I picked up in an antique shop for a few dollars.
Before and after.
Here's a Dusky Dulcet I picked up in an antique shop for a few dollars.
Before and after.
Here's a Dr. Grabow Golden Duke Mike Thompson restored and then gifted to me (thanks again @mikethompson) - no before pic.
Here's a Tinder Box Ripple Grain also restored by Mike Thompson and gifted to me.
Mike is one of the many generous forum members here.
Here's a Tinder Box Ripple Grain also restored by Mike Thompson and gifted to me.
Mike is one of the many generous forum members here.
I am the essential "other side" of this great circle of life.
I take new and restored pipes and lovingly return them to their properly used condition.
You are welcome, pipe smoking community! ?
I take new and restored pipes and lovingly return them to their properly used condition.
You are welcome, pipe smoking community! ?
Hi George,
I remember that Dunhill salvage job you did from 5 or so years before. Just great work.
Another perfect example of why I never refer to myself as a restorer, just a guy who cleans up pipes.
A restoration restores structural integrity, not just looks. And a really good restorer can do the restoration work in a manner that is invisible and looks correct to the period.
That's what separates great restorers from the mediocre restorers and what separates actual restorers from the rest of us. There are a few members here with restoration level chops.
The rest of us, however grand we want to refer to it, just do clean ups. I admire a really good cleaning job, but restoration it is not.
This arrived today and is just a cursory cleaning from tonight. I spent about an hour on the stem and top. I followed Georges video on cleaning the stem and it helped loads. I have to hit it again to remove just a few sand marks. The other tip he gave in another video is to use pumice before polish to remove the haze and it works wonders! I have to try and the tips that aren't just dirty, their burnt.
