Lovely pipe! I’m glad you went with the lite brown dye, it kept the character of the pipe aged without it looking old in my opinion. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much; you have displayed some great ideas and techniques during this video. It deserves much more credit! Fantastic results and the final colour looked very well matched.
Great video walkthrough, thanks for sharing with us. Amazing how oxidized that stem was. I thiught it was a brown stem the first time i saw it. Pipe came out great and nice to see it able to be back in service again.
Tim, that was a great video. I really enjoyed watching your process. After I have smoked one of my pipes and it's going back in the pipe rack I will use tooth paste on the stems if they are oxidized. Tooth paste is a mild abrasive and works well if the oxidation isn't too bad.
Thank You. I’m glad you found it helpful. Tomorrow I will be posting a video reviewing some very nice products to clean and keep your pipes looking good. Thank you for watching.
Best video I've seen on restoration! I'm always afraid about getting vulcanite stems due to the inevitable. But this brings ease into my anxiety on if i ever need to get rid of any oxidization! BTW You earned a new sub! Cheers man!
@@The_Southland_Piper I have several pipes I have to get caught up on. Ha..I have an old Kaywoodie Natural Burl I'm working on soon. I'm hoping it'll turn out good.
Tim that’s a super idea using the ear plug. I’ve used activated charcoal tooth paste and a bottle brush to clean the draft hole of oil and tar, I have also used dry coffee grounds to deodorize nasty pipe bowls after reaming - it works well.
I appreciate the comment. Just finished working on a Caminetto and the video. It is one of my favorite restorations. If it were a filtered pipe I would keep it. Thank you for watching.
Hey great video, very helpful. I have a orange clarinet mouthpiece from ebonite, I guess its the same material as the stem you worked on. I actually need a little advise from you. I bought the mouthpiece secondhand and did not know that it is a ebonite one, so I did the mistake of deep cleaning it with dishsoap, hot water and the rough side of the sponge. Meanwhile I got surprised with a bad rubber smell and the texture changed immediately from smooth to grippy. Also discolouration took place. So, is it gonna be enough to do just the same steps as in the video or do I need to approach it in another way to save that mouthpiece? I'd appreciate any tips or advices. Kind regards
Could you please share details of your buffing wheel and specifics of the wheels and the compounds that you apply to the wheel? I'll be shopping for just such a rig. Thanks for a a great video!
Everything came from Amazon. The variable buffer is actually one made for polishing jewelry. I use 5 inch wheels. For buffing stems I use Tripoli then white diamond. The stummels are buffed with carnuba wax. Thank you for watching.
Looks great! I would love to own that pipe, after you modified for a filter! Lol... Question, do you not find that using a heat gun also helps restore the color of the stem? The only reason I ask, a buddy of mine restores old dirt bikes and atv’s, and he uses a heat gun on the plastics, and fenders and for whatever reason, it brings the colors of the parts almost back to original. I’m sure it’s a different type of plastic, but I was just curious...
Using a heat gun won’t work on vulcanite. Wish it would though. Unfortunately the tenon of the stem is too small for a conversion to a filtered pipe. Thank You for watching and commenting.
Thank You. The pipe is still in my for sale box. Unfortunately, I’m slow to offer up my pipes for sale. If you are interested make me an offer. Email: TheSouthlandPiper@gmail.com
Yes, I sell on eBay. Need to get some more pipes listed. Currently I only have one pipe listed. I have a few ready i just need to add them to eBay. Here is a link to the one www.ebay.com/itm/186125022518?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=llVaRnflRTO&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=llVaRnflRTO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
