Irish Pipe Dad

Looking to rehome a 1965 Dunhill Prince Shell Briar, beautiful finish, Group 4, fishtail stem, US300CONUS…

Looking to rehome a 1948 Dunhill #36 Root Buyere Patent Pipe, beautiful finish, spring fl**ge inner tube w/patent stamp, Group 4, tapered stem, Billiard style….Very rare pipe….US500CONUS…

Looking to rehome a 1991 Dunhill #4103 Buyere, beautiful finish, Group 4, tapered stem, Billiard style. US385CONUS…

Happy Friday everyone hope this finds you doing well. I know it’s been a while since I posted. My health has been causing issues for the past two years. But now hopefully everything is good .
A friend of mine Elton Steven reached out to me about a Peterson pipe he recently acquired. It was a rare post car Republic Peterson 405S Prince. They were made around 1979 and not in production long. He stated the pipe looked good but had a burn mark in the bottom if the bowl.
I recieved the pipe and confirmed the bottom of the was starting to burnout. Luckily it did not burn all the way through….so I got to work. I cut a plug of briar to fit the bottom of the bottom. I then epoxied it into the pipe. Afterwards using a Dremel with a shaping bit I cleaned up the inside of the bowl.
Next I turned my attention to the stummel. Cleaning and wet sanding the outside, I was able to remove just about all of the burnt spot. Final sanding then color and finish coat.
Lastly was the stem, Elton really wanted to keep the Peterson “P” on it. So I cleaned out the stamp and applied color. After that I proceeded to clean and restore the stem. When it was finished the stamping was still there and looked good. Hope you enjoy…!!!

A friend of mine reached out to me recently about a very common problem amongst pipers. Apparently one of his furry family members took a liking to one of his pipes and basically used it as a chew toy. He wasn’t sure if there was any way to save it. He sent me some pictures and “I said send it along!”
When he packaged it he also sent along another pipe in which the acrylic extension had cracked. When I got them, I just laughed looking at the pipe the dog got. It was a Savinelli Trevi 320 and thankfully was a rusticated version. The other was a custom pipe a with a hairline crack down the extension.
I tackled the Savinelli first and with a case like this the only thing to do is fill and replace the lost briar. This is basically done over a period of time by filling with C/A glue and briar dust. Luckily with this pipe, fidos chewing was just on the outside of the pipe with no damage or pe*******on to the bowl. So really it boils down to cosmetic work. So after several days of this process it finally started looking like a pipe again. So I started final shaping then rusticated the pipe over again tying the repairs and undamaged parts of the pipe together. Then stained the pipe, buffed it out and put a final gloss coating on the pipe.
At this point I turned my attention to the other pipe. I sanded the extension and discovered it was not acrylic but actually horn. So I fixed the crack with some black C/A glue and clamped it. After it dried, I sanded it and tested the stem…boom! It cracked again. So at that point I discovered two things. One that the horn had dried and shrunk and that the stem hole and tenon where no longer the same size.
So back to the glue, clamping and sanding routine. At this point I took some calipers and measured the tenon and stem opening. Tenon was 7mm and the opening was 6.5mm. Ok so I took a 7mm drill bit and vise grips and ran it through the extension and cleaned out the hole. The test fitted the stem and Bingo!!
Next I applied some mineral oil to the extension and wet sanded it into the horn with 1200/2800/3000 grit micro pads reapplying the oil with each pass. Then after wiping it down, I applied some restoration balm from Mark Hamilton to the horn for extra protection.
I am happy to say that both pieces are now done awaiting a bowl coating on my bench and the will be out that door next week. I told me customer both pipe should be fine, but that he should probably invest in few more chew toys for the dogs to prevent any future mishaps again….

Afternoon to everyone. For those who follow my page I restore and repair pipes. I used to work pretty much exclusively for Val but since his passing I am going to try and strike out in my own. I want to put everything under my handle is Irishpipedad….hence the site name change.
I also have a lot of estates that I will be working on fixing and cleaning to sell here on my site. I want to be able to provide estate pipes that are clean, work well and are affordable, so people can buy them.
Please bear with me as the changes come. While it maybe slow it will eventually happen. So I look forward to dealing with you all for your repair and restoration needs, or by possibly selling you a new used pipe for your collection.
Until then stay safe, stay healthy but above all stay smokey!…Slainte!