TAD and PAD came in today! ...with pics

[nikko]

like the title says, my purchase from pipes and cigars came in, along with an Iwan Ries estate I got for $10 dollars on the bay. My new pipe is a Sav Venezia in the 622 shape. I don't think the estate is anything too fancy, but mostly got it to learn and practice some cleaning and refurbishing on it.

 

[nikko]

oh, for those interested or wanting to give advice, which would be great accepted, I currently have the stem soaking in a diluted bleach solution, probably 1/30, will do that for 45mins to an hour, and I just went through with pipe sweetner on the inside of the shaft. I think I am going to need to pick up a reamer set for the bowl to even out the cake and just clean the shaft up nicely. What type of polishes or buffers should I get for the bowl, and then for the bit. I will be doing it all by hand for now just so you guys know.

 

[markw4mms]

Nice score my friend!

 

[nikko]

thanks, I'm very happy with the new sav. the first 1/3 bowl in it was quite enjoyable, it has really big bowl. Between the size of the bowl, and making sure I go slow with it, i think the third of a bowl lasted as long as a bowl on my other pipe...
also, no regrets on getting the estate, but i'm starting to realize how much more stuff i need to get. will probably put off fixing it up for a couple of weeks.

 

[seanz]

dont ya love the mailpeople when they bring ya goodies :D

 

[kcvet67]

Paragon Wax does a great job on smooth finish pipes:

http://www.iwanries.com/iwan-ries-paragon-wax-P10415C522.cfm

For Sandblasted or rusticated pipes go with Halcyon II:

http://www.iwanries.com/iwan-ries-halcyon-ii-wax-P10414C522.cfm

Both are applied by hand and give excellent results.

 

[matchstickman]

Both are applied by hand and give excellent results.

Ditto on this one. I have used Paragon on all my pipes and it leaves a very nice shine. For future reference, if you buy more estate pipes, you can try soaking the stem in a cleaner called "Simple Green." It works well for light oxidation and imparts a nice smell to the stem. For nastier stems, try soaking in Oxyclean and then scrubbing with a magic eraser as per Unclearthur. Once he told me of this method its about all I use anymore.

 

[nikko]

I will keep the simple green in mind for the future. This pipe is sort of my experimenter, I did notice that the stem had a faint smell of bleach, but it has faded away now, definitely won't be using it again.
Thanks for the help!

 

[matchstickman]

Thanks for the help!

Youre quite welcome. The nice thing about the Simple Green is that it is 100% organic, non toxic, and wont harm the metal parts of the stem, if it has any. When all else fails, Ive heard of guys on here using Micro Mesh sanding pads to scrub off the oxidation.

 

[nikko]

I won't need to do that with this pipe, although I might try it to get rid of a little bit chatter on it, I applied some heat to it, and most came out, but this is my experiment in cleaning pipe, so why not?