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A member of Pipe Chat contacted me to ask if there was anything I could do for this Gasparini that he received as part of a lot he won on eBay. Sometimes you gotta ask what the hell some people do to their pipes. This one looks like it belonged to a carpenter who mistook the pipe for his hammer...

I had this well used Dr. Grabow Riviera in the parts basket and decided to work on it to see if I could put some new life into it. Did some rustication below the bowl band while maintaining the stampings. All natural briar, no stain, no dye, just White Diamond and Carnuba.

Holymolar recently sent me this very nice Hilson Viva Sandblast Dublin as a gift because he knows I love Dublin's. Holymolar knows me well though and knows that I can't leave anything alone and always have to make it mine. Thanks for this Holymolar: " /> But I had to turn it to this, hope...

I got this little Grayhound off eBay recently.  What I did not realize was how small this thing is as they pics on eBay offered nothing in the shot to judge scale, but at $9.00 I figured what the hell. Too small to smoke, without burning the end of your nose when trying to light it, so...

Recently developed a fascination for bent Dublins.  So always hunting for them.  A recent eBay hunting expedition on eBay turned up this Danish Svendborg Barque de Lux that everyone was ignoring.  I ended up snagging it for $9.00.  Not pretty, but had potential. Well, I was going to just...

Brewdude recently turned the world upside down looking for a Peterson Spigot in the color that he craved.  After months of searching he finally located one and acquired it only to find out when he got that the color was way too dark, no grain showed, and the bowl had that black coating that...

I just received this beautiful gift from my friend Holymolar.  A Hilson sandblast.  I love it. " />

Have I mentioned that I love to carve?  Here is a smooth Willard that I restored, then carved, then refinished.

My new found shape love are these pipes.  I have been calling them bent Dublins.  Is my ID correct, or are they another shape that this newb just doesn't know about? " />

I recently completed work on two Peterson's that belong to a friend of mine.  In appreciation he built me this rack so that I can show off my collection without hanging them upside down. Its the tall one with the tobacco cubbies on the bottom. The rack has enough holes to hold 72 pipes. " />

I just completed a refinish of a Peterson that belongs to the wife of a guy I work with.  I had refinished his Pete and his wife liked it so much that she asked me to do hers. The pipe started with a very dark color: " /> I sanded the finish off the Pete, which I have to say is like removing...

. . . . Just finished this Dunhill Root Briar for a friend.  First is a before, then the after. " />" />

I like to put faces to names, so if you want to play let's see pics of you smoking a pipe.  This thread can fun if a lot of people participate and you post pics of you smoking in odd and interesting places. Post as many times as you like. So here's my mug.  Nothing odd or interesting in this...

Hopefully this hasn't already been done.  Always love to see a craftsman's workbench.  You know the place where all your spare time is spent.  So for you makers and restorers out there, let's see your workbench, your inner sanctum. I'll start.  Mine is in the garage and I have just about...

The wife and I are excited as our son comes home this coming Tuesday to spend a little time with us before he heads off to Korea for a year. He is U.S. Air Force and has spent his fair share of time in Afghanistan, and other unfriendly places, and now he is off to another. It's going to be...

A friend of mine from work switched from smoking cigars to smoking a pipe.  He purchased a basket pipe from a local smoke shop, found he enjoyed it, so went and ordered himself this Peterson Killarney. " /> He has been having some difficulty slowing down his smoking pace so found that the...

Great to be part of this community.  I am a fairly new pipe smoker, only 1 year, but successfully put down a 2 pack a day cigarette habit the first day I picked up a pipe and have never looked back.  I enjoy Briar pipes, but have tried the metals, and do smoke some cobs and have a beautiful Meer...