The next pipe on the table came to me in January 2021 from the Liberty Antique Mall in Liberty, Missouri. We had traveled to South Florida with family for Christmas and were making our way back to Colorado pulling our 20’ R-pod travel trailer. We had caravaned from Colorado to Florida with our daughter and …
This is the second Silver Match that I’ve worked on. Both came to me in what I’ve called the French Lot of 50 that I acquired in August 2018 from a seller in Paris. My wife and I were still living in Sofia, Bulgaria and I found a lot of treasures while living in Europe. …
Continue reading Diving Deeper into the Provenance of a Silver Match Safari Saint-Claude France
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
Life can be rough and life has been a challenge for the Nørding Freehand now on the worktable. He has a huge, cracked shank that is daunting. I acquired this wounded beauty from pipeman Ron from Lakewood, Colorado – a next door neighbor to Golden. I have restored several of the pipes that I received …
Continue reading Mending a Huge Shank Crack for a Nørding Danmark A Freehand
The next pipe on the worktable I’m calling a ‘Beehive’ for obvious reasons. I acquired the ICE AGE ‘Beehive’ from pipeman Ron in June 2021 who lives in nearby Lakewood, Colorado. I’ve shared this story several times about meeting Ron when I went to his house to purchase a Zero Gravity recliner he had posted …
Continue reading Diving into the Provenance of an Ice Age 636 K11 Italy Beehive Egg
This is the 3rd project for pipeman Richard, and this one is a unique one. The first two were repairing a snapped tenon on Richard’s Micoli and the second was a 1940s/50s Marxman Large Horse Figural that turned out great. The Vest Pocket Pipe now on the worktable came from the same Lot of 35 …
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The Bulldog now on the worktable came to me from a very generous donor who did the leg work for me. Nancy and her husband Mark are from Johnson City, Tennessee and attend Westminster Presbyterian Church, a church that prayerfully and financially supported our work in Europe for over 30 years. Over the years, we …
Continue reading A Pipe for Commemoration: Breathing New Life into an Unbranded Bent Bulldog
The next pipe on the worktable came to me as a donation from a pipeman in the Kansas City area. I appreciate that his hope was that the pipes he sent would help to benefit the Daughters of Bulgaria, now called Spring of Hope. One day in our travels, I hope to take him up …
It’s been a long road getting back to the worktable to work on the next pipe. I DO appreciate the patience of pipemen waiting for their commissioned pipes. The trip my wife and I finished the beginning of the February took us to Southern California where we celebrated Christmas and New Year's with family and …
Continue reading An Upgrade for a Whimsical Lorenzo Hourglass Matera Studio 807 Italy
The next pipe on the worktable came to me in November 2021 when my wife and I were on a road trip. As we were cruising through Des Moines, Iowa on I-70, we saw the sign for the Brass Armadillo – a huge antique mall. We decided to stop and see what treasures we could …
Continue reading New Life for a Barontini Lite 22 Italy Bent Dublin
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