Photos of your pipes

[joed]

Nice pipe there Dave - enjoy it for many years!

[hollywood]

Here's my beautiful new Mastro De Paja PESARO. Got this from a fellow smoker of SmokersForum. Just awesome!! Twice as nice as I expected!! Can't tell you how much I paid, 'cause you'd be mad at me!!

[IHT]

i love my mastros.
nice pipe there.

[hollywood]

My first poker; courtesy of Ian(drevim)!! Took a lot of elbow grease to get this one clean, but it turned out very nice I think. Looks like it should be a good smoker, too!!

horrible oxidation on the stem when I started:


mid-cleaning of the stem with a brillo pad, and then a magic eraser. Thought it may scratch it up, but the pad was a very fine steel wool, so I was pretty happy with it:


the bowl was not too bad, just dull and a bit dirty. cleaned it with soapy water, and waxed it right up. finished product is definately better than expected and a welcome addition to my collection!

[Hookem187]

wow that came out great! what did you use to wax it? briar wipe or something else?

i have a stem that is not that bad maybe this is worth a try!

[Scott M]

Nice job, Hollywood! Sweet looking pipe!

[joed]

NIce job there Hollywood - looks like a new pipe

[hollywood]

Thanks guys. Not quite brand new, but pretty close. I definately need a Dremel tool to work the stems a bit better. Get a more fine sand and buff. Would also help polishing the briar. Lots of elbow grease without power tools.

Originally Posted by Hookem187

what did you use to wax it? briar wipe or something else?

Used neutral showpolish on the briar. Very very minute amount of it, too! On the stem, it was plain old olive oil from the kitchen. Rubbed it down a few times to get it really soaked in. Thanks to ScottM for that great tip!!

[Scott M]

Originally Posted by hollywood

/// On the stem, it was plain old olive oil from the kitchen. Rubbed it down a few times to get it really soaked in. Thanks to ScottM for that great tip!!

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Uhhmmm... I kinda found that it didn't last as long as I'd hoped, nor gave as much / long of a shine. Might be different for you since you rubbed it in whereas I just slathered it on and wiped it off.

I've been going over my pipes with varying grades of sandpaper and noticing that there's still alot of unercognizable brown gunk that comes off when I wet sand them, so I'm almost convinced there was some residual oxidation. I try to get as much as possible off with 600 grit, then I've been using 1500 -> 3200 -> 6000 -> 12000 -> neutral kiwi shoe polish, and end up with a glass finish. I like the idea that the polish could protect the stem material. I guess I'll find out if this method's better than the olive oil sooner or later, since it sounded really good when I read it somewhere.

Cheers!

[Alpedhuez55]

Here are my two new arrivals. This is the Charatan I won on Ebay on Monday:

It cleaned up pretty nicely, though I may go over the stem again. It looks better in person though. There are some nice reddish highlights that are do not show up well in the picture. It is cleaned up pretty well but will want to give it a few days before I smoke it. I think it will be well worth the $21 it cost me.

The next picture is a new Big Ben Bent Bulldog.


The bowl is very deep on it!!! The grain is fantastic. I cannot wait to smoke it. Another steal at $40.

[hollywood]

Originally Posted by Scott M

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Uhhmmm... I kinda found that it didn't last as long as I'd hoped, nor gave as much / long of a shine. Might be different for you since you rubbed it in whereas I just slathered it on and wiped it off.

I've been going over my pipes with varying grades of sandpaper and noticing that there's still alot of unercognizable brown gunk that comes off when I wet sand them, so I'm almost convinced there was some residual oxidation. I try to get as much as possible off with 600 grit, then I've been using 1500 -> 3200 -> 6000 -> 12000 -> neutral kiwi shoe polish, and end up with a glass finish. I like the idea that the polish could protect the stem material. I guess I'll find out if this method's better than the olive oil sooner or later, since it sounded really good when I read it somewhere.

Cheers!

cheers!

i had noticed that it did not really give them a "new" gloss shine, and that if wiped off too quickly, it really didn't shine much at all. I really rub it in and do it probably 3 or 4 times and let it sit for an hour before wiping off. seemed to make a bit of difference.

that said, i am going to have to try the waxing method now as well, to compare. i need a Dremel with sanding and buffing attachments so this would be a lot easier!!

once again, thanks for the advice and sharing of experiences.

[Scott M]

Originally Posted by hollywood

that said, i am going to have to try the waxing method now as well, to compare. i need a Dremel with sanding and buffing attachments so this would be a lot easier!!

Been using a kit from Micro Surface Products for stems. Cheaper than a Dremel, more control so I don't sand off edges or emblems, and it goes down to a VERY fine grit.

Still need to think about how I'll go about polishing bowls.

Cheers!

[hollywood]

Originally Posted by Scott M

Been using a kit from Micro Surface Products for stems. Cheaper than a Dremel, more control so I don't sand off edges or emblems, and it goes down to a VERY fine grit.

Still need to think about how I'll go about polishing bowls.

Cheers!

very nice. thanks for the link!!

[joed]

I picked upi this Ashton XXX from ebay - I was the only bidder - new, unsmoked seems nice enough and for $70 - I fairly good deal I think.
It's a lousy picture, but a pretty nice pipe.

[fitzsmoke]

" Why do you need so many pipes?"
One word: Ebay