@Corey562 I started out with a rough stummel and a mismatched stem. Now I have a functional pipe that doesn't look half bad. I have a bulldog mismatch I might attempt next...
@KA9FFJ looks great hope it smokes as well as it looks. Today I am just going through my inventory getting ready to wax and put up all the pipes I am taking to the brewery about 40 all together.
@KA9FFJ -- May I say..... WOW! Great execution of your plans! Between you and @Corey562 it's becoming increasingly difficult to 1) come up with new superlatives, and 2) not covet thy neighbor['s pipe].
I imagine that acquiring one of @Corey562's masterpieces would disprove Spock, who said, ".....having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often true.” "Often" maybe, but not this time, Mr. Spock: Having one would be most pleasing indeed.
Corey562 Just a thought. How about snapping a pic of the lot your pipes you're taking to the brewery? I sure I'm not alone when I say I would find that very interesting. Who knows, I, or someone else might find a pipe we may be interested in...
@motie2 As you know, I recently acquired one of @Corey562 pipes. I'm still having trouble getting up the nerve to fire it up! Heck, I haven't even decided on which blend to use for my "maiden voyage"...
@Corey562 Well, this is my last total refurb for a while. It is another stummel stem mismatch. When buying estate pipes, there are times when one gets stems with no stummels or stummels with no stems. Anyway, I reduced the tenon to a tight fit and then sanded both to a match...
@Corey562 Yeah, every now and the you get a real nasty one. But by the time I'm finished with it, it will sanitized and clean like new, and will hopefully look that way as well...
@Corey562 Well I took it out of the bath, sanded the entire stummel and now I need some advice. First, it's a no-name pipe made in Italy. The manufacturer put those stupid little marks on it probably in an attempt to "fancy" it up. Anyway, after staring at it for quite some time, the only solution I can come up with is to rusticate the whole pipe. What do you think? Besides, I hate to say it, but it's a rather ugly piece of briar.
Thanks @Corey562 I agree. But before I make the plunge, I'll give it one more look-see and try to find some other way to salvage a little bit of natural briar. Probably no going to happen, but we'll see...
@KA9FFJ - Maybe you can do a sort of Jekyll & Hyde (like Peterson pipes) where you rusticate a pattern and leave some of the briar smooth. Maybe sort of a rusticated band or snake effect that covers or incorporates those existing marks.
@Corey562 Ok, I've done as much as I'm going to do with this project. Remember, I took two mismatched pieces and have tried to make it both functional and pleasing to the eye. I don't know if I succeeded with the later, but here it is...
Thanks @Charles It was the best I could do and still cover all those "artistic" markings. It was a challenge to develop a pattern to get proper coverage AND be balanced...
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I imagine that acquiring one of @Corey562's masterpieces would disprove Spock, who said, ".....having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often true.”
"Often" maybe, but not this time, Mr. Spock: Having one would be most pleasing indeed.
[Someday......]
Anyway, I reduced the tenon