My New 8711 Kaywoodie

[lithicus]

I posted about this not too long ago in regards to dating. Everyone seemed to have landed on mid to late 1930's. This would undoubtedly make it my oldest pipe and I think it cleaned up quite well! Photo bomb incoming.

Here is what it looked like before I got started. Forgot to get pics before I cleaned off the metal part of the shank with 0000 steel wool. Everything else is as it was when I received it.

You can see it is DRINKLESS over KAYWOODIE, is an 8711, and has an Imported Briar stamp. It also has an inlaid clover on top with drinkless and reg no stamped on the 4 hole stinger. Granted, the reg no is quite difficult to make out.

 

[lithicus]

Here is what it looked like after I got the briar cleaned up and reamed. I've never really reamed before. I think I did okay with just sandpaper, but learned some things in the process for sure! Getting that lava off of the rim felt nice!!

 

[lithicus]

And, here is what it looks like after some white rouge and carnauba wax. I used a hand drill with buffing wheel attachments. Didn't quite work as well as I'd hoped. Definitely need to invest in a bench grinder! Nevertheless, I think it came out pretty good. I'm also quite happy with my repairs to the button.

 

[lithicus]

Lastly, some glamor shots! It's got some pretty crazy birdseye on the one side and nice grain all around in my opinion.

 

[Bbailey324]

Very nice work. I have an 8707 that looks similar.

 

[Cloozoe]

Good on ya! Nice pipe

 

[cynyr]

Excellent work, on a true classic!

 

[lithicus]

Very nice work. I have an 8707 that looks similar.

Nice!! I'd love to see a picture of it sometime!

Good on ya! Nice pipe

Excellent work, on a true classic!

Thanks guys! Definitely took a little bit of a risk on this one but the chamber seems sound and it cleaned up nicely. I've heard these 4 holes actually smoked quite well for a stinger. So, I wanted to give it a go!

I'm going to give it a bit of time to air out and get settled in before I give it my first smoke I tried to keep the water/alcohol to a minimum as I didn't want to introduce too much moisture too quickly in such old briar. I followed a similar regime when cleaning up and breaking in an old Peterson and it worked well for me. So, if it ain't broke don't fix it

 

[MattRVA]

Nice!