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A Cracked Shank Repair Brings a Comeaux USA  3-00 Canadian Back to Life

On By Dal StantonIn Pipe Refurbishing Essays7 Comments

The next pipe on the worktable was donated from a pipeman who wished to stay anonymous and who appreciates that pipes that I restore help others in unfortunate circumstances.  My wife and I co-founded the Daughters of Bulgaria several years ago when we lived in Bulgaria and since then, now residing back in the US, …

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A Christmas Mending for a Snapped Shank – a Stanwell Royal Guard 581 Made in Denmark Pickaxe

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Disasters happen and this pipe has made its way back to the worktable to see what I can do to help.  My son-in-law, Niko, commissioned this pipe from the Pipe Steward inventory that he wanted to add to his blossoming collection of pipes.  What caught his eye was the Stanwell Royal Guard’s stylish and eye-catching …

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