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12-03-2016, 02:17 PM | #1 |
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Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
I have a drawer full of estates in various states of disrepair. There were a couple of Dunhills I had stripped down about a year ago and got bored with them.
Anyway - did more cleanup and a little buffing.... The small one is a 1951 billiard and the big guy a patent era with illegible stamping. Both were is quite poor condidtion. I think they are a more acceptable standard for an enthusiast (rather than collector...) Next up is a Stanwell. Quite revolting - thick cake I had to drill out in the workshop. Then reamed almost to the briar. Currently under salt. Sanded out the chomper marks - elbow grease and grades of paper....
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12-03-2016, 04:27 PM | #4 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
A mix of kosher salt and vodka - draws out the smelly brown gunk that makes them ghost. Or at least so the legend goes......
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12-03-2016, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
Great work Neil
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12-04-2016, 11:48 AM | #8 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
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12-04-2016, 01:15 PM | #9 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
Holy cow, that is amazing!!!!!!!!
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12-05-2016, 03:53 PM | #11 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
Nice looking before and after pix Neil. Love using the salt and alcohol in the bowl
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12-10-2016, 04:53 PM | #13 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
Next up a Kaywoodie "custom grain" - this one was really in bad condition. Looking better after a bit of effort....
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12-12-2016, 12:44 PM | #15 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
To me it's weird to see a well made Danish pipe have the crap beaten out of it by the previous owner. Seems he enjoyed beating the rim on hard objects to empty the bowl- heck of a job to sand back to smooth briar.
Seems happier now, although still a bit charred. Poor thing....
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12-14-2016, 05:21 AM | #19 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
Hell of a metamorphosis! From something that looked rode hard and put up wet to the new finished product.
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01-10-2017, 10:52 AM | #20 |
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Re: Nutcracker at the buffing wheel again
You do some great work. I have done a few but I am an amateur for sure. I don't have a buffing wheel but I may get one. I do everything by hand using Decaturs products.
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