Refurbishing a battered favourite

[nutcracker]

A friend of mine showed me his old favourite. It has worked hard, but had a stem crack and wasn't smoking well anymore. Anyway, I told him I'd give it a tweak:

Before:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim3_zps829d7cf9.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim3_zps829d7cf9.jpg.html)

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim2_zpsde56c49c.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim2_zpsde56c49c.jpg.html)

Finish sanded off and now in the salt line:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim4_zps994affe2.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim4_zps994affe2.jpg.html)

Crack glued and sanded:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim9_zpsb020a6ca.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim9_zpsb020a6ca.jpg.html)

[nutcracker]

New stain - about halfway through the buffing cycle:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim8_zps5ec612ba.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim8_zps5ec612ba.jpg.html)

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Tim7_zps0136de77.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Tim7_zps0136de77.jpg.html)

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/tim5_zps7520f9e5.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/tim5_zps7520f9e5.jpg.html)

[shilala]

She turned out very pretty!!!
Well done, brother!!! :tu

[G G]

:tu

[CigarNut]

Nice work!

[ApexAZ]

Nice restore. It's like a whole new pipe!

[badbriar]

Very nice work! What do you charge! :r

[MarkinAZ]

Good job Neil:tu

[WhiteMamba]

Wow that's amazing! :tu

[AdamJoshua]

It would appear, what we have here is a man of many talents. Very nice and a very nice gesture for your friend.

[longknocker]

Great Job!:):tu