KA9FFJ Master
I'm not sure where you are in your pipe hobby journey, but next time you are near St. Charles, stop by John Dengler Tobacconist = 700 S. Main St., in Old St. Charles. He has a quaint little B&M there and is very knowledgeable. Also, there is a St. Louis Pipe Club. I have met a few of the guys at the annual St. Louis pipe show held every February. You can receive loads of hands-on learning from them. Because their meeting location is quite a distance from Granite City, I have never made their meetings, but you might want to check them out as well. Hope this helps...
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Re: Pipe refinishing
I have 2 stummels I started to work on. No stems, so I found stem ODs that were slighter larger, but very close to their respective shanks. First order of business (after thoroughly cleaning the inte… (View Post) -
Re: What are you guys smoking right Now?
Did 18 this AM. Got home and finished working on a pipe. Now relaxing with some RLP-6 in a Frankenpipe. Sidenote: I never cared for P-lip stems, but I happened to have one that worked with this stumm… (View Post) -
Re: Pipe refinishing
Wax, buff and polished. Still ugly, but here's the final: (View Post) -
Re: Pipe refinishing
The problem was the mortise was huge and that stem, actually all my stems, didn't have a tenon OD near big enough to fit the ID of the mortise. So I made a shank insert to fit the existing tenon... Y… (View Post) -
Re: Pipe refinishing
In the mean time, here's a refurb / repair I did for a guy who cranked his shank trying to take his stem out. I had to cut out the bad section of the shank and make a shank extension. He wanted to ke… (View Post)
