Just before the COVID shut-downs hit I was sent a box of 25 estate pipes to repair. Many were straightforward tenon replacements and the like, but among the more interesting repairs was this BBB briar and gutta-percha pipe. Here is the pipe as it looked when I brought it to the worktable. As you can… Continue reading Making Repairs to a Cased 1876 BBB Briar & Gutta-Percha Pipe
Back in early September of this year, I picked up a cased pair of pipes at a local antique sale. The first pipe found inside the nicely fitted case (marked "Special" over Barling's" over "London Make") was a Peterson Kapmeer 24S, about which I wrote in November. Today's post will look at the work done… Continue reading Rebuilding a Vintage Stem on a Pre-Transition Barling 1372
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