A local thrift store holds silent auctions every month or two. If I'm in the neighbourhood I'll stop in to see what's up for auction. This is the first time I've seen anything pipe related since I started looking. I won this lot for $38CAD.
From the top:
Dun Rite 6 pipe stand with humidor
A pipe marked "Civic London" (I think it says Civic, the last letters are faded)
Medico Ventilator pipe
A dangerous looking GBD reamer
Varsity pipe
Medico churchwarden
I was mostly interested in the stand. I have a Dun Rite 10 pipe stand with humidor and this one would make a nice match to store more of my pipes.
I've never restored a pipe before and thought this would give me something to work on during the cold winter nights. The churchwarden is in decent shape but could use a good cleaning.
The Ventilator is also in good shape except the stem has been chewed up pretty badly.
The Varsity pipe has some bad rim charring and it looks like burn marks on the outside of the bowl. If it's worth it I'll refinish the wood, otherwise I may just clean it up and keep it around for a beater pipe.
The Civic pipe is in the saddest shape. Bad rim char, a small crack in the shank and the stem looks like something I wouldn't want to put in my mouth ever. Unfortunately I think it's the most interesting pipe of the bunch and would like to get it back into serviceable shape.
The reamer is pretty neat looking but I don't think I'd want to touch a pipe with it.
Can anybody recommend a good resource to walk me through the steps to restore these pipes? I imagine I'll need to purchase some supplies to fix the tooth marks and clean off the oxidation and stuff but not sure how to start. Also, does anybody have any information on these pipes? I'm interested in the Civic and I've never seen anything like the Ventilator pipe before.
From the top:
Dun Rite 6 pipe stand with humidor
A pipe marked "Civic London" (I think it says Civic, the last letters are faded)
Medico Ventilator pipe
A dangerous looking GBD reamer
Varsity pipe
Medico churchwarden
I was mostly interested in the stand. I have a Dun Rite 10 pipe stand with humidor and this one would make a nice match to store more of my pipes.
I've never restored a pipe before and thought this would give me something to work on during the cold winter nights. The churchwarden is in decent shape but could use a good cleaning.
The Ventilator is also in good shape except the stem has been chewed up pretty badly.
The Varsity pipe has some bad rim charring and it looks like burn marks on the outside of the bowl. If it's worth it I'll refinish the wood, otherwise I may just clean it up and keep it around for a beater pipe.
The Civic pipe is in the saddest shape. Bad rim char, a small crack in the shank and the stem looks like something I wouldn't want to put in my mouth ever. Unfortunately I think it's the most interesting pipe of the bunch and would like to get it back into serviceable shape.
The reamer is pretty neat looking but I don't think I'd want to touch a pipe with it.
Can anybody recommend a good resource to walk me through the steps to restore these pipes? I imagine I'll need to purchase some supplies to fix the tooth marks and clean off the oxidation and stuff but not sure how to start. Also, does anybody have any information on these pipes? I'm interested in the Civic and I've never seen anything like the Ventilator pipe before.
