This is my no-name cavalier after I cleaned it up(I call it "sirdar" because that was the catalogue name of the BBB cavalier I lost)
There were 2 issues when I got it: the stem and end cap were oxidised, and someone removed the stem forcefully from the shank, tearing away a bit of the briar on the inside. I cleaned it up and discovered 2 more issues: there is a small burn at the bottom of the outer bowl, and there were cracks in the shank(possibly caused when whoever removed the stem). And there were numerous marks, a gouge, and some scratches.
The cracked shank concerned me the most. I just filled them with superglue, let it dry, and micromeshed the extra material away. That seemed to do the trick. The burn I couldn't do much with, but since it didn't go through to the inside, I just left it, along with the gouge that can be seen in this photo(part of the "story of the pipe" as the guy from Reborn Pipes says). I cleaned up the stem and end cap.
Anyway, I'm rather proud of my first refurbishing job, though I know I still have a lot to learn.
There were 2 issues when I got it: the stem and end cap were oxidised, and someone removed the stem forcefully from the shank, tearing away a bit of the briar on the inside. I cleaned it up and discovered 2 more issues: there is a small burn at the bottom of the outer bowl, and there were cracks in the shank(possibly caused when whoever removed the stem). And there were numerous marks, a gouge, and some scratches.
The cracked shank concerned me the most. I just filled them with superglue, let it dry, and micromeshed the extra material away. That seemed to do the trick. The burn I couldn't do much with, but since it didn't go through to the inside, I just left it, along with the gouge that can be seen in this photo(part of the "story of the pipe" as the guy from Reborn Pipes says). I cleaned up the stem and end cap.
Anyway, I'm rather proud of my first refurbishing job, though I know I still have a lot to learn.
