Comoy’s Three Part C Sanding

[Ryan]

I have recently picked up a couple of Comoy’s Tradition pipes that have oxidation on the stems. Both pipes have the three part C. I’m only showing a pic of one of them, but the condition is very similar on both.

Is there anything I need to know before sanding the area with the three part C on the stem? Will I ruin the white C? I only ask because I have seen a few Comoys from this era where it appeared that people had avoided fully removing the oxidation around the C. I started thinking maybe they did that for a reason.

Anyway, here is the pic. Can I sand carefully in that area of the stem? Will it hurt the C?

 

[beefeater33]

I've sanded those 3-part C's before with no problems. I think the inlays are fairly deep. What you'll have to be careful about is rounding off the sharp edges on the stem............ that's the hard (and critical) part. Go slow.

 

[kcghost]

Okay, once again I say send it to a competent repair man.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Just treat it like the rest of the stem, there's no reason not to sand the C logo. They are inlaid deep enough that it won't hurt them.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

You can see on this one I sanded right over the top of it, it was far more oxidized than the stem you showed in your picture.