The next pipe on the worktable came to me in June 2021 from pipeman Ron who lives in neighboring Lakewood, Colorado. I met Ron when I responded to an ad in Facebook Marketplace when I was looking to purchase a zero gravity recliner to take with us on our camping trips. I drove to see …
Continue reading New Beginnings for a Preben Holm Ben Wade Royal Grain Hand Made in Denmark
The next pipe on the worktable came to me during a visit to Sozopol, Bulgaria in August 2022. My wife and I had worked and lived in Bulgaria for 15 years and Sozopol was a ‘Happy Place’ for us to go to on the Black Sea coast for much needed rest and relaxation. However, this …
Continue reading New Life for an Unbranded Bruyere Garantie Horn Stem Bulldog from Bulgaria
The next pipe on the worktable came to me in August 2022 from Old Town Antiques in Sozopol, Bulgaria. My wife and I lived in Bulgaria for 15 year and one of our favorite places to go to for rest and relaxation was Sozopol. Sozopol is on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria and can …
Continue reading New Beginnings for a Pre-Cadogan Comoy’s Tradition Made in London England 3 Bulldog
The next pipe on the worktable came to me in November 2021 from Yesterday's Antiques & Collectables during a visit to my son’s family in Dearborn, Michigan during Thanksgiving celebrations. It was the day before Thanksgiving when the family all went on an excursion to a local antiques store. Of course, my radar was dialed …
Continue reading Mending a Mauled Stem and Hole for a GBD Cornwall London, England 549 Bulldog
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Reviving A Unique ‘1930s/1940s’ Vest Pocket Pipe
The next pipe on the worktable came to me in a Lot of 35 pipes from Corey from Orange, California. He reached out to me after discovering a box of pipes in the attic. The pipes had belonged to his father who passed away 10 years earlier. The amazing thing that Corey shared with me …
Continue reading Rescuing a 1940s/50s Marxman Big Horse Made in Italy Figural
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