What Well Established Pipe Makers Have Not Gone Down The Tubes?

[BROBS]

for sure.. if that doesn't fix it then it's most likely a shellac that has flaked/bubbled.. but since you mention it feels soft I think you can fix it.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

It does look like wax that has degraded with time. Soft toothbrush should work, might take more time and elbow grease than you think, though.

 

[briarbuck]

Rad hasn't made a pipe in years and the prices on his pieces have gone up 50% in the past 12 months.

 

[burleyboy]

for sure.. if that doesn't fix it then it's most likely a shellac that has flaked/bubbled.. but since you mention it feels soft I think you can fix it.

It does look like wax that has degraded with time. Soft toothbrush should work, might take more time and elbow grease than you think, though.

That topic did not let me go, so I just warmed up the pipe a little and started working on it. These bubbles start to come off now. But as you said - there will be a lot of work until I'll get entirely rid of the waxes. This stuff is really tough... Well... it's probably sitting on that pipe for close to 50 years.

Thanks a bunch to both of you for chiming in! Gladly I'm taking back, what I've said about the staining.

 

[BROBS]

Glad it's an easy fix!

 

[jpberg]

Yes, Carlo Scotti was a complete idiot who couldn’t make a decent pipe. So was Franco Coppo in the first 20 years or so when he took over production.

Absolutely. Wicked sucky pipes, those old Castellos.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

That topic did not let me go, so I just warmed up the pipe a little and started working on it. These bubbles start to come off now. But as you said - there will be a lot of work until I'll get entirely rid of the waxes. This stuff is really tough... Well... it's probably sitting on that pipe for close to 50 years.

Thanks a bunch to both of you for chiming in! Gladly I'm taking back, what I've said about the staining.

I have come across Dunhill Shells that had been in a drawer for 30+ years that had the look of the pic you shot through the magnifying glass. I hope you will be pleased with the pipe when you get the wax off.

 

[burleyboy]

I have come across Dunhill Shells that had been in a drawer for 30+ years that had the look of the pic you shot through the magnifying glass. I hope you will be pleased with the pipe when you get the wax off.

I've always been happy with how it smokes, but now, it's like falling in love a second time as it turns out to be properly stained. Really, I'm very glad, you had brought your scepticism about my statements into discussion!

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

I've always been happy with how it smokes, but now, it's like falling in love a second time as it turns out to be properly stained. Really, I'm very glad, you had brought your scepticism about my statements into discussion!

Back in the days that pipe was made, other makers used shellac or other half assed coloring agents on rusticated pipes. Nowadays, we kind of take natural stains for granted. I am really thrilled you will now be able to enjoy the aesthetics of the pipe. “You also smoke with your eyes” as someone wrote in The Pipe Smokers Ephemeris back in the mid 1980’s.

 

[sittingbear]

For a minute I thought you were going senile he had negative things to say about modern Petersons and Stanwells.

I'd be curious to hear what he had to say about modern Petersons vs. older ones...?

 

[mau1]

I have a new Colm Magner on it's way to me. Not NOS, but new. Some of you may say Colm who? Well, he's one of the top carvers in Canada, although he's been MIA for quite a long time, following different paths. Nice to see that he's still carving.