Vintage PIpe Repair

One of the fun parts about pipe restoration is not knowing exactly what will show up in the shop. Will the next pipe be a Dunhill ODA, a huge artisan grade "War Club" or something more delicate, like the diminutive Frank Amberloid Bulldog that is the subject of today's post? Here is the pipe as… Continue reading Back From the Brink: A New Lease of Life for a Vintage Frank Amberloid Cased Bulldog

Restorations

Making Repairs to a Cased 1876 BBB Briar & Gutta-Percha Pipe

April 10, 2020April 9, 2020 Charles Lemon

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