Three Flea-Bay Clunkers I Rescued...NOT 4 SALE!

[spyder71]

Title says it all.

Here they are together

Some have seen this one that was inspired by a forum members awesome was dripping theme

No same Italy Briar that was in awful shape and a ugly brownish mess of a stain job

This was a ColorDuke in awful shape and a broken stem. At first I though the grain under all paint was rather dull and uninteresting so I dyed it black in preparation of a rustication job. When I began to shape a stem for it, the stem started out as a straight btw, as I removed some of the black dye around the shank I was pleasantly surprised by the grain I found and left it alone from there.

Hope you enjoyed them!

 

[markw4mms]

Nice haul, and great clean up/restore job!

 

[yohanan]

Good looking pipes!! ::

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Very nice! I definitely like that tomato

 

[terry]

Wow! what a find spyder71.

 

[spyder71]

The Tomato started out as a leather covered pipe. Just goes to show...well I dont know... It must show somethin!

 

[olderthandirt]

So cool the way that Color duke turned out. The serendipity of the black stain in preparation for one finish leading to a stunning grain contrast and entirely different finish in the end.
Great fun!

 

[ejames]

Nice work!!

 

[ace57]

Looking good. ::