The next pipe on the worktable came to me from a generous pipeman who lives in the state of Georgia. This pipeman has not only commissioned several pipes but has donated some very nice pipes to The Pipe Steward. His donations help to support the work of the Daughters of Bulgaria, now called, Spring of …
Continue reading Refreshing a Beautiful Unbranded Vertical Grain Freehand
The next pipe on the worktable came to me in November 2024 from a generous pipeman residing in the state of Georgia. He sent a lot of 4 pipes which immediately went into the For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY! online collection where pipemen and women can commission pipes that get their attention. It was a very …
Continue reading A Dunhill Second – New Life for a Parker Super Bruyere 189 Made in London England ④
The Lot of 66, as I have called it, was probably my first large acquisition of pipes. I saw the Lot on eBay in September 2017. The by-line by the seller in Georgetown, Texas, was this: “Huge Lot of 66 Smoking Pipes, Pre-Owned, Pre-Smoked and Deeply Loved.” The final tag caught my attention. The seller …
Continue reading Reclaiming the legacy of a Comoy’s Made in London England P510 – D Billiard
This Ser Jacopo Rusticated Bent Egg came into my possession in a totally serendipitous way in June of 2021. The world was still up in the Covid frenzy, and my wife and I were still transitioning from life in Bulgaria to setting up shop in Golden, Colorado. One of the necessities of life I was …
Continue reading A Five-Month Adventure restoring an Exquisite Ser Jacopo Spongia R2 of Italy
The classic Gourd Calabash on the table came to me a few days before Christmas in 2018, when my wife and I were in the US from Bulgaria to celebrate the holidays with family. I was anxious to do some ‘pipe picking’ and so the family went on a ‘picking’ day together. One place we …
Continue reading Mending Shank Cracks to Revive a Gourd Calabash – Austria
January of 2018 was when I saw this Mastercraft Bulldog on the eBay auction block. The Bulldog seemed to have good ‘bones’ from the seller’s pictures, but the straight saddle stem was a bit out of kilter mounted on a bent shank. The stem seemed to be begging to be bent to the proper orientation. …
Continue reading Reviving a Mastercraft Imported Briar Bulldog
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