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Well it's hotter than blazes here today, so I decided to work on an inside project. It's a prince that I haven't been able to find out any info. Never heard of "DENHAM'S", and is that a Stanwell stamp on that pipe? Don't know, just askin'...
@motie2@KA9FFJ While Denham Springs does have a number of “tobacco” shops, they are more akin to cigarette and beer convenience stores than actual shops that carry pipes and cigars.
I haven’t a clue as to where that pipe came from. I’m pretty sure it would say Denham Springs if it was from down here but I could be mistaken.
The Dunham’s pipe looks like it might share the early Savinelli four digit shape code. Can someone determine the fourth digit…. I can’t tell if there is one or not.
Tnx @RockyMountainBriar I really didn't have a clue about this pipe. The guy must have painted while smoking it since there were about 50 micro paint flecks on the stummel. Had to use a soft wire brush and dental pick to get them all out. Anyway, I'll be taking my time with this one since I still watch my grandkids until school starts in 2 weeks. Tnx again @RockyMountainBriar 👏
@KA9FFJ I looked for tobacco shops from the 60’s with the name Denham’s, and the ones @PappyJoe mentions are the only ones that come up for me. Like @PappyJoe was suggesting, I was wondering if it may have been a Savinelli special run for a shop or shop’s like they do for Iwan Ries in Chicago, or more recently SPC? Denham’s does not seem like it would be a “line” of pipes to me.
Yes, Savinelli used to put the names of pipe shops on some pipes. I have a Savinelli 614 that was branded for Bayou Tobacco - a now defunct pipe shop that was located in Baton Rouge. (I also have a Peterson Kapp-Royal that was branded for IRC - Iwan Ties Company)
I have one like @PappyJoe mentions. It's a top of the line Savinelli, but doesn't have a traditional Sav mark/number other than "hand crafted" and "Carmel" on it as it was made for Carmel Pipe Shop.
This really is all for today. I took the stem, used: 500, 800, 1000 grit to get it as clean as possible. Then using black Hyper Bond mixed wih old stem filings, I patched the hole and built the button up just a little. It will take quite a while before it sets enough to start filing and sanding. Now I'm going to let it go until probably late next week...
After almost a week with the grandkids at Branson and a few days to get caught up with household stuff (plus a round of golf 😏), I finally turned my attention to the Savinelli I left in limbo. After repairing the hole in the stem, building up the button, filing and shaping, I got the stem sanded and micro padded and buffed. Here's the final:
Hit a dry spell... no pipes presently to rework. If you have a pipe or 2 or 3 that needs teworking, contact me in my inbox and I'll see what I can do. Postage would be on you, but my labor would be free to TPL members... Once October gets here, I'll probably get busy with pipe work again, so I need to time limit my offer... Hope to hear from you...
Ok, I finally finished this old WDC Milano. It had the fake painted on grain laid over what I believe is “Mission Briar” from California. It was used when briar was hard to source during WWII. I stripped it down to the wood.Here are a couple of WDC’s next to the Canadian I refinished with the “Mission Briar”, one has the fake grain and the other is stained very dark since the grain in “Mission Briar” is lacking.
I also had to make a new combination tenon/“Hesson Guard” because the tenon was just too loose. I also rebuilt the stem….I might have popped a chunk out of the top of the stem and the triangle stem logo popped out too while trying to fit the new tenon/extension….oops. No worries, a little time on the lathe and voila. The original “beater” is the tube below the stem with the new fitted tenon/“Hesson Guard”.
@RockyMountainBriar I love the pronounced forward cant of the bowl on that Canadian. I love my two Canadians...both Savs...hard to get a better smoking straight than a Canadian and/or Lumberman; Liverpools and Lovats are close, but the round shank, to me, is just not as nice looking or feels as nice in the hand as the oval shank.
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It's a prince that I haven't been able to find out any info.
Never heard of "DENHAM'S", and is that a Stanwell stamp on that pipe? Don't know, just askin'...
Denham Springs LA has a number of tobacco shops. Perhaps ask @PappyJoe about the pipe….. Just guessing…..
While Denham Springs does have a number of “tobacco” shops, they are more akin to cigarette and beer convenience stores than actual shops that carry pipes and cigars.
That’s an (older -pre 1970?) Savinelli in a shape #3003 prince.
Made in Italy😉
Savinelli Logo: “Crossed/Stacked”? pipes above an “S” within a shield.
Look at my previous post, it’s a (3) for shape #3003, a Savinelli Prince.
Work your magic, Brother. I know it will be a work of beauty!
I really didn't have a clue about this pipe.
The guy must have painted while smoking it since there were about 50 micro paint flecks on the stummel. Had to use a soft wire brush and dental pick to get them all out.
Anyway, I'll be taking my time with this one since I still watch my grandkids until school starts in 2 weeks.
Tnx again @RockyMountainBriar 👏
I looked for tobacco shops from the 60’s with the name Denham’s, and the ones @PappyJoe mentions are the only ones that come up for me. Like @PappyJoe was suggesting, I was wondering if it may have been a Savinelli special run for a shop or shop’s like they do for Iwan Ries in Chicago, or more recently SPC? Denham’s does not seem like it would be a “line” of pipes to me.
Yes, Savinelli used to put the names of pipe shops on some pipes. I have a Savinelli 614 that was branded for Bayou Tobacco - a now defunct pipe shop that was located in Baton Rouge.
(I also have a Peterson Kapp-Royal that was branded for IRC - Iwan Ties Company)
Reamed
Cleaned (13 bristled pipe cleaners)
Stained, waxed and buffed:
I took the stem, used:
500, 800, 1000 grit to get it as clean as possible. Then using black Hyper Bond mixed wih old stem filings, I patched the hole and built the button up just a little. It will take quite a while before it sets enough to start filing and sanding.
Now I'm going to let it go until probably late next week...
After repairing the hole in the stem, building up the button, filing and shaping, I got the stem sanded and micro padded and buffed.
Here's the final:
I'm running out of adjectives to compliment your work. You be the man!
If you have a pipe or 2 or 3 that needs teworking, contact me in my inbox and I'll see what I can do. Postage would be on you, but my labor would be free to TPL members...
Once October gets here, I'll probably get busy with pipe work again, so I need to time limit my offer...
Hope to hear from you...
I love the pronounced forward cant of the bowl on that Canadian. I love my two Canadians...both Savs...hard to get a better smoking straight than a Canadian and/or Lumberman; Liverpools and Lovats are close, but the round shank, to me, is just not as nice looking or feels as nice in the hand as the oval shank.