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<blockquote data-quote="MisterE" data-source="post: 169384" data-attributes="member: 820"><p>The oil from around your nose and on your forehead can be used to help shine up the pipe a little. I first read about it in Richard Carleton Hacker's "The Ultimate Pipe Book" back in the early 90's. I did it to a lot of my bowls back then and it works nicely. At that point his book was the only resource for pipe expertise that was available to me. I have since rethought some of the things he suggests, namely the nose wax and the breaking in process. </p><p></p><p>Now I avoid putting anything on the wood other than what comes off my hands. I just don't like the idea of treating the wood in any way anymore. To get smooth bowls shiny I'll just use a dry cloth and give it a good polish. I never use commercially available treatments either.</p><p></p><p>With those pesky Vulcanite stems I might give them a rubdown with my nose once I've gotten them shiny to help keep them from oxidizing while in storage. Vulcanite is such a pain that I hope to preserve my efforts for a little while at least, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MisterE, post: 169384, member: 820"] The oil from around your nose and on your forehead can be used to help shine up the pipe a little. I first read about it in Richard Carleton Hacker's "The Ultimate Pipe Book" back in the early 90's. I did it to a lot of my bowls back then and it works nicely. At that point his book was the only resource for pipe expertise that was available to me. I have since rethought some of the things he suggests, namely the nose wax and the breaking in process. Now I avoid putting anything on the wood other than what comes off my hands. I just don't like the idea of treating the wood in any way anymore. To get smooth bowls shiny I'll just use a dry cloth and give it a good polish. I never use commercially available treatments either. With those pesky Vulcanite stems I might give them a rubdown with my nose once I've gotten them shiny to help keep them from oxidizing while in storage. Vulcanite is such a pain that I hope to preserve my efforts for a little while at least, lol. [/QUOTE]
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