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Re: Peterson Pipes

@RockyMountainBriar its also more annoying since they only made a few hundred of each finish. They should have caught it.

Zouave1864

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@RockyMountainBriar I just checked, that's exactly what they did. I think I'll try the heat gun trick. It's annoying it shouldn't have left the factory like that. Otherwise its a nice little pipe. The sandblasting looks good.

Zouave1864

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Re: U.S. Coast Guard turns 229 Years Old - And this is how's its treated.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/us/scott-ruskan-coast-guard-texas-flooding

@PappyJoe saw this today on CNN

Zouave1864

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Re: Pipe refinishing

@KA9FFJ that's a beautiful GBD. Nice work. They are great smokers.

Zouave1864

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Re: What are you guys smoking right Now?

@opipeman
It sounds like you and @PappyJoe need to start biking towards each other and meet somewhere in the middle for a few nights of biking, camping camaraderie😬
I’ve never biked more that 10-20 miles at once…that’s crazy😬
Kudos to both of you.👍🏻

RockyMountainBriar

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Re: Pipe refinishing

GBD Rockroot 508 already internally cleaned, Murphy's cleaned the stummel, and preliminary cleaning of the stem.

KA9FFJ

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Re: Pipe refinishing

Long story short, I filled the pits.
After a good internal cleaning, I cleaned the outside of the stummel with Murphy's and a tooth brush being careful not to get any in the bowl.
Just about ready for stem polishing and staining:

KA9FFJ

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Re: Pipe refinishing

I have a Yorkshire meer lined stummel... no stem.
So I found a suitable stem, fitted the tenon and did an internal cleaning of the stummel and contouring of the stem: