New Acquisitions

[mattmars]

Stopped into an antique store the other day and picked up a couple things. One is a Barling Londoner 411T. I know it's post-transition, but don't know the date. The other 2 are a little mystery. I think one is a Kaywoodie, but the other will never be know since it looks unfinished. All I need to do is figure out how to restore the Barling. Plus I picked up a sweet Fairfax Days of the Week pipe rack.

 

[ssjones]

That Barling looks interesting and not too difficult to restore You'd be surprised what a buffing wheel and some white rouge will do. Same for the stem, that is probably the easiest to bring back.
Love that 7-day rack as well, that is a handy shape. I usually cut the holes into u-shaped slots to accomdate larger, more modern pipes. That is easy to do if necessary.

 

[markw4mms]

Nice score!

 

[philip]

I like the pipe stand, too. Unfortunately I never seem to know what day it is.

 

[terry]

I like the pipe stand.

 

[hobie1dog]

first time I've seen the days of the week on a pipe stand :crazy:

 

[rigmedic1]

Nice acquisitions. I found a nice Barling Guinea Grain at an antique shop, and several Custonbilts, Grabos, etc. Hard to pass up an antigue store. Is that rack a lazy Susan too?

 

[mattmars]

The 2 incomplete pipes came with the rack. I love the rack even though I don't have enough to fill it....yet. It reminds me of some straight razor 7 day sets that have the days of the week on them too. It's not a lazy susan, but it would be easy to make it into one. I really want to restore the Barling, but don't have the tools to do it yet. But I had to buy it since I was able to snag everything for..........$15.00!

I may try to install a rheostat to my bench grinder to get the RPMs down and I have other tools that may work on the cake.

 

[ace57]

I like the pipe rack.

 

[ejames]

The 2 incomplete pipes came with the rack. I love the rack even though I don't have enough to fill it....yet. It reminds me of some straight razor 7 day sets that have the days of the week on them too. It's not a lazy susan, but it would be easy to make it into one. I really want to restore the Barling, but don't have the tools to do it yet. But I had to buy it since I was able to snag everything for..........$15.00!

I may try to install a rheostat to my bench grinder to get the RPMs down and I have other tools that may work on the cake.

You might want to practice on some other pipes before you tackle that Barling. I don't know what is is worth but I'd say it is worth more than the usual "drug store" pipe.Cleaning it up to smoke is one thing,doing a restoration or re-finishing is another.

 

[mattmars]

@ejames. I was really only planning on getting it smokeable. I like beat up old things that look like they have been enjoyed. I may look into making a retort to do a thorough cleaning and the stem I will take care of with some Oxy clean powder. I can hand buff the stem afterwards (lots of boot shining in my past).
It also looks like the concensus is.....the rack is nice :clap: I'll clean it up a bit and maybe throw some Murphy's on it.

 

[deleon]

mattmars, I'm new here and was reading about your great find at the antique store. You can use your bench grinder as a buffer. Depending on the rpms of your grinder you can use a different size of buffing wheels.I have a Skil bench grinder and use 4'' buffing wheels and it works great. I got the info from this video:

http://www.youtube.com/user/PipedudeBob#p/u/19/QUWb2K8aU7k

Hope it helps. I know hand buffing can be a pain. Good with restoring your pipes!

 

[uberam3rica]

I love how the pipe rack is labeled so you have a pipe for everyday

 

[kennerth]

I swear by Howard's Feed n' Wax for making wood products come alive (except pipes). It will make that rack look like new and is basically orange and beeswax.

 

[mattmars]

deleon...Thanks for the youtube link! I was worried about re-wiring my grinder to do some work.
And as ssjones said about cutting the holes in the rack, well it looks like I'm going to have to hit mine up with the router to accomodate my pipe.

 

[ssjones]

This one had holes originally. I just marked off the lines and cut them with a fine blade on a jig saw. A router bit would probably do a nice job. I than wiped some stain on the raw wood. I did a 12 pipe rack the same way.