Estate Pipe Salvage Work: Before/After
 

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A Brakner 1200 - possibly the nastiest pipe I ever found. It turned out nicely, I think.

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Great work Dan, Congrats! It must have been quite the surprise to see that great cross grain appear on the rim!

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wow great work. That is gorgeous. Looks like you found a diamond in the rough

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Nice work there Mr. Moo.

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Aren't the pics after and before? Or am I just more dense than I thought?

Nice work!

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Yes, yes, and, thanks very much, yes again. :D

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Thanks, Ph'omy. It took about a pint of spit, a lot of paper towels and a little sanding to set it loose. I own another 1200 and I was hopeful this forgotten pipe would recover and look as nice as the other, below.

http://i1.tinypic.com/4ve8zo9.jpg

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Sweet pipe abd Pipe stand.:tu

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The stand is so darn nice I've been thinking about bleaching the pipe. :)

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Yes, they were. I stand corrected. :)

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Here are a few of my recent ebay aquisitions
with before & after pics:

Tinder Box Noble:
BEFORE
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/TBnoble2.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/TBnoble1.jpg

AFTER
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/100_5817.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/100_5825.jpg

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Here are three more that were extremely dirty, but the cleaned up nice.
a small Egg shape
an Author
and a small prince? (not sure about this one)

BEFORE
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...pb/3pipes1.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...pb/3pipes2.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...pb/3pipes3.jpg

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AFTER
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/100_5820.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/100_5821.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...b/100_5822.jpg

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They look great!!! You guys are much better at getting the stems looking good than I am.

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Nice job on pipe refurb D.
I really like the Tinder Box Noble, cool texture on the bowl.

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Wow. Just wow. Nice work salvaging those puppies.!

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Nice work you guys - all you guys! Salvaging a pipe that's been languishing in some dark corner of an antique shop or a dresser drawer is almost always fun and rewarding.

I need to find the before/after pics for some of mine. You guys make me motivated! :banger

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The pics of the three pipes together represent a real color change. Both the before, and after images show true color. They we absolutely filthy before clean up .... but I got all three for $9.99! :D

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Wow, that is awesome. Great job gents! :D

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I'm not 100% certain that this post belongs in this thread since it wasn't a used/estate pipe but, since I did find it languishing in a dark corner of an out-of-the-way antique store, despairing of ever finding a good home and burning good tobacco (pipes have feelings too you know!) I thought i'd post it here anyway.

Today I picked up this pristine, unsmoked meer for $25 at an antique shop in Virginia. Soon after taking these photos I filled the bowl with my favorite tobacco and fired it up! :pi

There is no name or marking of any kind on this pipe so I have no idea of its provenance. It's also my first meer and I have no experience with meers so I can't even tell if it's block or pressed (can you experienced meer smokers actually tell that at a glance?). I do know that there were no cracks or chips on it and it was completely unsmoked! :tu

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/o...CS/meer_01.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/o...CS/meer_02.jpg