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Repairing Hole in Bottom of Clay Peterson
I have an old clay Peterson that is unsmoked because a hole was knocked out of the bottom. It's hard to see from the chamber photo, but the hole is exactly at the draft hole. My plan is to push a little bit of plaster/egg white mixture in from the inside of the chamber, let it dry, then, from...- runscott
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Dunhill Hedgehog
I recently picked up a 'Hedgehog' that is stamped on one side 'Alfred Dunhill/Duke Street/London S.W.', and has 'Hedgehog' and a patent number on the other side. Did Dunhill create these?- runscott
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- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Dunhill Additional Stamps
Usually I can figure out what a 'weird' Dunhill stamp actually is; if not, I ask here and someone know. So I'm asking: What does an 'EX' stamp indicate? Here's a page I located on Pipedia that talks about 'Additional Stamps', but 'EX' didn't make the cut. Dunhill Additional Stamps - Pipedia... -
Cleaning a Nasty 1890's Horse Head Meerschaum
I had been watching this pipe on ebay for a while, and finally decided I had to try to repair it, so I made an offer and the pipe arrived yesterday. The pipe and stem fit the case perfectly and there didn't appear to be any structural damage, so I figured there 'had to be a way'. Once I got...- runscott
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Vercingetorix Meerschaum Pipes
I've collected briar figurals by Dalloz and Lamberthod for a while, and had acquired four briar Vercingetorix pipes before acquiring my first meerschaum Vercingetorix (top picture, left). Today a second one arrived, from France. I'm fairly certain it's by the same carver. It has some big...- runscott
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- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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Another Royal Deluxe - London Made
Other than the one discussed in the thread below (OP - @Humblepipe ), I was unable to find anything on the internet about this pipe. Pulled this one out of my junk box for a restore because the stem was 1920-30's-ish. A couple of pits, but fine grain. (That's a large brass dot on the stem)...- runscott
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Peterson Mark Twain 1981 Anomaly
Here are two 1981 hallmarked Peterson Mark Twain pipes. Both are normal issue (not the numbered ones). The main difference is the stamps - I've never seen another Mark Twain, from any year, with the large stamp that is perpendicular to the band stamping. Another difference is the ferrule size... -
Stem Restoration - No Sandpaper
I realize that sometimes sandpaper is necessary for stem restoration; however, I hardly ever have to use it. In fact, I rarely have to soak my stems anymore. This Mark Twain arrived today and is perfect for showing how to restore a stem using a Magic Eraser with alcohol. The first picture...- runscott
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Honey Cured Pipes?!?
I saw an auction on ebay where they said their pipe had been 'honey cured'. So I asked them about it, and the conversation went as follows: Me: "Please explain 'honey cured' to me. Is this something you do to a pipe, or is it stamped on the pipe. I've never heard of it, so just asking...- runscott
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Late 1800's North American Pipes
I grabbed this pipe off ebay the other day, because it had similar characteristics to an1800's NE U.S. pipe I own. This is all educated guesswork, but when I found the first pipe, I discussed it on a forum with someone who had a similar pipe, and we decided that both pipes were probably made in... -
Dunhill Bowling Ball Stems Questions
I have a 1930's Dunhill 'bowling ball' stem that I fitted to a1936 Dunhill. The earliest bowling ball stem example I can find is a 1933, and all of them that I've found were fitted to 'Root Briar' pipes. Questions: What's the earliest that these came out? Were they a stem option for pipes...- runscott
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Old Pipes With All the Accoutrements
I have a few old pipes that were lucky enough to come with their original 'stuff'. Please show yours. Just received this Kaywoodie 'Flame Grain Meerschaum' with matching box, fuzzy sock and brochure. The sock even has a tag that says 'Flame Grain Meerschaum'. The brochure mentions problem... -
Lee Van Cleef Pipes
Has anyone else gone down this rabbit hole? Please show them. I got real lucky finding the meer, the only flaw being that it has an amber stem instead of the Bakelite, so the color is off. It's 1910-20, so my thinking that the mottled bowl was a 1960's trick is apparently incorrect. The rim... -
Sasieni One Dot?
Is this legit? Interesting bid history. ebay Sasieni one dot- runscott
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Meerschaum Kalmasch Rim and Crack Repair
This one has some issues that I've never dealt with before: - a chunk broke off the front of the shank at some point, and was glued back poorly, and permanently. I've sanded off the rough connection areas, but there's a crack that needs to be filled. My concern is that when it colors there will...- runscott
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Odd ~WWII Silver Hallmarks
I just picked up two Peterson Deluxe shape 255 pipes - one stamped 'Irish Free State' and the other 'Made in Ireland'. Both have after-market Sterling bands that are NOT repair bands - other pipes in the collection had the same bands, so the owner apparently added them to non-banded pipes... -
Carved Briar: City of London Imperial Volunteers - 2nd Boer War
This one just arrived. Could possibly be dated by 'Rd. No. 354787' on the side (“British Design Registry number”). -
Max Capps Pipe
A cool mini-LC Max Capps just ended on ebay. From what I can tell, he makes some of the nicer-looking LC Clones, but I've never smoked (or even held) one of his pipes. Has anyone here ever commissioned one of his LC Clones? Here's the one that just ended on ebay, and the link below is for the... -
Unsmoked Pipe?
Does this look unsmoked? I could swear I'm looking at rim char at the bottom, and the inside of the bowl looks like light smoking, as opposed to a bowl coating. It's a Peterson - I thought I had seen enough new ones to know what their bowl coating looks like, but maybe I'm wrong.- runscott
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Briarcliff 'All Briar' Pipe
Title edited for caps. Please see Rule 9. -jpm Here's an odd one I picked up in an antique store today - the stem is briar. I won't be home to clean it up for another week and a half, but looking forward to seeing the stem cleaned up.