By George - He's done it again (Ashton Old Church Restem)

[riff raff]

I'm a big fan of George Dibos work and after seeing some of his re-stems, I couldn't resist sending him this 1998 Ashton Old Church.
I never liked the rather ungainly saddle stem on this pipe and I'm definitely an aficionado of the tapered stem.
George turned this one around in less than one week. The worksmanship is first class and turned a good pipe into a great pipe.
I think George just might be the best re-stem guy in currently working.

Before:


After:

 

[Brewdude]

One word - elegant!

8) 


Cheers,

RR

 

[RDPipes]

George does excellent work but, don't let it go to his head............oops! too late.

 

[eklektos44]

Really improves the look of the pipe! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

[monbla256]

THAT"S gotta be a FACTORY stem !! :twisted: :twisted: If not Ashton needs to send him their pipes to stem !! :twisted: :twisted:

 

[puros_bran]

George is one of the founding members here and has contributed quite heavily to the continuation of the joint. Good people.

There's nothing more to say about his work, countless thousands of pipes bear his handiwork and its plastered all over the web.

 

[SpeedyPete]

I agree 100%, the pipe was transformed from just being a pipe to a piece of art. Well done!!

 

[Richard Burley]

THAT"S gotta be a FACTORY stem !! :twisted: :twisted:  If not Ashton needs to send him their pipes to stem !! :twisted: :twisted:

I agree. I have always wondered about doing this, being a bit hesitant due to concerns re shank taper, or lack of taper. A huge improvement, in my opinion, as I prefer tapered over saddle. This opens up new possibilities for the PAD-afflicted. Wonder if he can do a tapered bent diamond-shanked bulldog, converted from saddle? Thanks for posting.

 

[RobJ]

That looks great Al. Very nicely done.

:cheers:

 

[riff raff]

He sure can. George has been posting his classic pipe re-stems over on the PipesMagazine.com forums, Peterson, etc.
It

THAT"S gotta be a FACTORY stem !! :twisted: :twisted:  If not Ashton needs to send him their pipes to stem !! :twisted: :twisted:

I agree. I have always wondered about doing this, being a bit hesitant due to concerns re shank taper, or lack of taper. A huge improvement, in my opinion, as I prefer tapered over saddle. This opens up new possibilities for the PAD-afflicted. Wonder if he can do a tapered bent diamond-shanked bulldog, converted from saddle? Thanks for posting.

 

[AJ]

Beautiful work. How do In contact him? I've got several pipes I'd like to have new stems.

AJ

 

[riff raff]

Contact George thru:
http://www.precisionpiperepair.com/

 

[LL]

Contact George thru:
http://www.precisionpiperepair.com/

Actually, no. That address hasn't been active for quite a while.

I've been using my personal email lately, and PMs.

I haven't logged onto this board in a long time (until this minute---PB gave me a heads-up), but will start checking for PMs now that you posted this thread, Al. (This sort of thing always generates a few, I'm discovering.)

 

[Dutch]

Very impressive! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

[riff raff]

Thanks George!

 

[scotties22]

I credit my stem making abilities to the fact that George doesn't mind that I call him and bother him at least once a week. That and the fact that I take every pipe on my bench to the GKCPC meeting every month so he can tear it apart (critique wise) and tell me what I need to improve. George is my stem Yoda :cheers:

 

[MisterE]

George does excellent work but, don't let it go to his head............oops! too late.

:suspect:
:roll:
He's the best in the business. 'Nuff said.

 

[leacha]

Again additional proof of George's skill.

 

[juanmedusa]

To my eye, the shape or line or whatever you want to call it is much improved with the new stem. Wow.

 

[riff raff]

I've smoked the pipe a few times since receiving it and I just keep marveling at the shape. George took a millimeter or so off the width of the button end. The original had pretty good mouth feel, Georges stem is perfect. I may have a few more candidates for George to work his magic on, later this winter!