Weird Pipe Restore

[jwesthurl]

I received this pipe in a lot that someone local was giving away. I asked about the pipe on a couple of forums and the consensus is nobody knows what the heck this thing is. It’s marked “LUCERNA 95” on the bottom of the shank and has an ST on the top of the stem. It might be French…or Italian…but maybe, probably not.





The bowl was all beat to crap down to bare wood with some burning so I stripped it, gave it a salt and alcohol treatment and topped the rim.


Here is the stem that the previous owner mistook for chewing gum. I used heat to get some of the teeth marks out then mixed charcoal and super glue to build up the button and fill the remaining marks.

 

[jwesthurl]

I filed and sanded the stem and polished and buffed it.



And after restaining the stummel, some final buffing and stem tightening here is the final pipe…

 

[captpat]

Nice job.

 

[FurCoat]

That turned out great.

 

[solideogloria86]

Well done!

 

[Infantry23]

Great job on that restoration!

 

[LotusEater]

Great job on the resto and cool pipe whatever it is.

 

[reloader]

Wow! That came out great.

 

[OzPiper]

Fantastic job on the stem and button. ?

 

[sablebrush52]

Nicely Done!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Very fine work on the stem.

Did you consider not staining the rim- or the pipe itself?

 

[jwesthurl]

Very fine work on the stem.

Did you consider not staining the rim- or the pipe itself?

Thanks! I did consider it but there were 3 large fills on one side of the bowl so I decided to stain it back close to the original.

 

[burleybreath]

Sans Tare, St Claude France? Dunno. Great job, though.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Sans Tare, St Claude France? Dunno. Great job, though.

I vote yes! From Smoking Pipes image of a Sans Tare:

 

[Latakia Dave]

Nice job with the restoration!

 

[Laurent]

Very nice!

 

[kcghost]

Nice Job!!

 

[Ag®o]

Well done!

 

[mike wheelock]

excellent job. will use your information to do some work on pipe that i got on ebay. again nice job.