My Dad started smoking a pipe when he was about my age. He's long since quit, but he still held onto a few pipes. The other day he showed them to me, and I asked him if he minded if I tried to restore a couple of them. He thought I was crazy, but said go for it. Now I don't know very much about pipes yet, but I was really hoping that some of you guys could help me find a little information about some of these. Some are just el-cheapo, but I really want to get at least one of these burning again. Check it.
A lot of these are damages upon repair - cracked stems and the like, but a couple I really like and I think could be saved.
This is by far my favorite. It doesn't look as if it has been smoked to the extent of some of the other pipes he has, but he remembers it having a nice smoke to it. The finish is mostly perfect (those marks on the side of the bowl aren't chips) and the only noticable wear is the tarnishing of the stem along with some teeth marks. I don't care about the marks though, I'm the only one that will be using it. It says Oscar aged briar on the side. Upon Google searching the name, I found a bunch of stuff from Savinelli. Can this be right?
Many of the other pipes are damaged beyond repair, but here are a couple other pipes I thought were nice.
This is an interesting one. No branding that I could find, but it does say Italy on the bottom with some other lettering. The only damage on this one is a hole in the stem. Any way I could replace the stem on this one?
