As I said in another post I had my hands on a bunch of plain Burley ribbon cut, since I am running away from Captain Black Golden bite tounge I decided to give a try to the less sugar/more nicotine specie.
It cames pretty dry I guess are left over of cigar fabrication, I already smoke a few...
A before picture of the last of the group of abused Salvatella's I got.
This 401 was the best in the lot despite the heavily oxidized stem, dull finish, bowl lava rim and a thick cake.
A deep cleaning job, stem work and polishing, bowl reaming, rim resurfacing, completed sanding, tinted...
Good day to you all
I would like to share my last trip to the unknow, I just had this pipe a Brio, a brand of Iberica de pipas, Spain, this pipe came as a complement for a Stanwell 46 Pot shape I got.
At first sight she did not speak to me in any way, so I focus all my attention to the...
Waiting for the wax to finish the first project I started another Salvatella, this time a 405 (I got a lot of four in very bad shape just to have a few ones to practice some restorations skills/techniques).
I already glued the crack in the shank cause by a too tight tenon and very thin shank...
I have to work in my photography techniques but here is a picture of my last work, although is still in progress I would like to share and hear what do you have to say about it
Have a nice weekend
I was preparing the bench to give some TLC to my new to me Stanwell #46 while puffing the #19 and then realized that I did not have any pipe holder in my workshop so I made my self a quick solution just for tonight although I guess I will keep on working in the idea.
Have a good night to you all
New to the forum as I am I would like to share with you gentleman the PAD of the day and should be the last for a while since I started wishing one pipe for birthday and ends up with five plus todays new arrivals.
I know there are not a must have in an important collection but the Stanwell shape...
Good evening gents
I should start saying English is not my mother language and you will have to bear with my incapacity to make my self clear sometimes no matter how hard I try.
I am a 56 old timer born and rise in Caracas Venezuela (another world due to the situation we are struggling trough)...