Mister Moo 11:49 AM 05-10-2009
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A Brakner 1200 - possibly the nastiest pipe I ever found. It turned out nicely, I think.
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physiognomy 12:03 PM 05-10-2009
Great work Dan, Congrats! It must have been quite the surprise to see that great cross grain appear on the rim!
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GreekGodX 12:04 PM 05-10-2009
wow great work. That is gorgeous. Looks like you found a diamond in the rough
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BigFrank 12:31 PM 05-10-2009
nozero 12:35 PM 05-10-2009
Aren't the pics after and before? Or am I just more dense than I thought?
Nice work!
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Mister Moo 12:44 PM 05-10-2009
Originally Posted by nozero:
Aren't the pics after and before? Or am I just more dense than I thought?
Nice work!
Yes, yes, and, thanks very much, yes again.
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Mister Moo 12:51 PM 05-10-2009
Originally Posted by physiognomy:
Great work Dan, Congrats! It must have been quite the surprise to see that great cross grain appear on the rim!
Thanks, Ph'omy. It took about a pint of spit, a lot of paper towels and a little sanding to set it loose. I own another 1200 and I was hopeful this forgotten pipe would recover and look as nice as the other, below.
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Mister Moo 09:45 AM 05-12-2009
Originally Posted by Root:
Sweet pipe abd Pipe stand.:-)
The stand is so darn nice I've been thinking about bleaching the pipe.
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Mister Moo 11:03 AM 05-13-2009
Originally Posted by nozero:
Aren't the pics after and before?
Yes, they were. I stand corrected.
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woops 08:39 PM 06-25-2009
woops 08:41 PM 06-25-2009
Here are three more that were extremely dirty, but the cleaned up nice.
a small Egg shape
an Author
and a small prince? (not sure about this one)
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woops 08:41 PM 06-25-2009
Alpedhuez55 08:11 AM 06-26-2009
They look great!!! You guys are much better at getting the stems looking good than I am.
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JaKaacH 09:54 AM 06-26-2009
Nice job on pipe refurb D.
I really like the Tinder Box Noble, cool texture on the bowl.
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Mister Moo 06:39 PM 06-26-2009
Wow. Just wow. Nice work salvaging those puppies.!
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TheTraveler 06:47 PM 06-26-2009
Nice work you guys - all you guys! Salvaging a pipe that's been languishing in some dark corner of an antique shop or a dresser drawer is almost always fun and rewarding.
I need to find the before/after pics for some of mine. You guys make me motivated!
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woops 06:59 PM 06-26-2009
The pics of the three pipes together represent a real color change. Both the before, and after images show true color. They we absolutely filthy before clean up .... but I got all three for $9.99!
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Benwoo 09:44 AM 06-30-2009
Wow, that is awesome. Great job gents!
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TheTraveler 08:02 PM 07-25-2009
I'm not 100% certain that this post belongs in this thread since it wasn't a used/estate pipe but, since I did find it languishing in a dark corner of an out-of-the-way antique store, despairing of ever finding a good home and burning good tobacco (pipes have feelings too you know!) I thought i'd post it here anyway.
Today I picked up this pristine, unsmoked meer for $25 at an antique shop in Virginia. Soon after taking these photos I filled the bowl with my favorite tobacco and fired it up!
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There is no name or marking of any kind on this pipe so I have no idea of its provenance. It's also my first meer and I have no experience with meers so I can't even tell if it's block or pressed (can you experienced meer smokers actually tell that at a glance?). I do know that there were no cracks or chips on it and it was completely unsmoked!
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