Picture of a refurb/restoration project.

[williamcharles]

Kyle I have A Gefapip bulldog. The company was in Ct. Claude France. I bought two Gefapips in 1974 and still have one. I gave the other one away years ago and have often regretted it. Thet're goof smokers. As the result of your efforts you've got a nice looking pipe on your hands now.

Sadly, it's for a forum member and is being sent back to him as of tomorrow. 8)

Tis a shame. You'd a liked it right fine. I shore wish I'd a kept the one I gave away. Glad I kept my bull dawg. It's the first pipe I bought from a real B&M.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Kyle, you do your own rustication, apparently? May I ask your method? Anytime I ever made a half-assed attempt at it, the result was less than satisfying, to say the least. I think I also damaged myself, as I remember. Wire brush on a wheel, the pipe flying through the air, blood, bad language, etc. I'm not really a klutz, but my patience is a bit scanty for this type of thing. Nice job on the above, though, to state the obvious.

Thank ya kindly. I have no idea how to describe it even if I wanted to. I used a broken tool normally intended for removing seated chips from a circuit board. This was after experimenting with a pocket knife, an ice pick, file tip, a flooring knife and various screws and nails. It took some time to do, but overall, seemed to go the way my brain envisioned. I suppose the moral of the story is, trial, error and creativity are your friend. 8)

 

[George Kaplan]

I finally figured out why that pipe looked so good to me. It was reminding me of this old Jobey of mine. Siblings if not twins, as the saying goes. I hadn't seen this pipe in years, but after you showed your restoration project, I kept getting this nagging feeling that I once had something like it. I've still got a number of pipes stashed away from before my 7 or 8 year hiatus from pipe smoking. I've moved twice and gotten divorced once during that time. For some reason, I never put more than 2 or 3 pipes in the same box, so every now and then I'll come across a couple "new old" pieces to add to my collection. While I was searching for this one, I found 3 more, including a beloved Pete St. Pat's 408 (just in time for the holiday), and an old Nording freehand I had forgotten about completely. Thank you, Mr Weiss, for that kick in the arse.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Well...you're welcome, in whatever odd way I've managed to spur your search for The Lost Kaplan Pipes. :lol: That one is a looker--I have a bulldog in similar rustication that I picked up a month or so ago. It's a little smoother than my resto-job and the one you displayed, but I liked the method used to accentuate parts of the pipe and almost "frame and support" the nature of the piece. Rustication sure is all-or-nothing--not in the sense of the use overall, but in how it is used. One false turn with the technique and boom, it looks like crap. Keep it "proper" and it can really be a head-turner.

 

[George Kaplan]

Rustication sure is all-or-nothing--not in the sense of the use overall, but in how it is used. One false turn with the technique and boom, it looks like crap. Keep it "proper" and it can really be a head-turner.

Agreed!

 

[mike_68]

Good eye KW...very nice work there...

 

[fallsguy]

What kind of Dye did you use on htis?

 

[Kyle Weiss]

What kind of Dye did you use on htis?

The smooth part of the briar was left intact from whatever coloring Gefapip used, and I just polished it up with wax. The rustication I dabbed with black India ink, which soaked up and dried in no time. I then made a very thin mixture of shellac to protect the rusticated areas and give it some shine.

 

[fallsguy]

Very Nice job!

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Very Nice job!

Thanks. 8)

 

[kieveryuu]

Kyle,

You did an excellent job on this pipe. I know this. Because it is now in my possession. Included as a surprise along with the tobacco which had been offered.

A very nice pipe.

Thank you guys.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Sweet!!! I'm glad it was able to stay with a Brother! I had a great time giving that one a little bit of life. 8)

 

[TheSmokeamater]

Glad to see this post resurrected otherwise I would never have seen this pipe that you did such a wonderful job on Kyle. I'm impressed.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I'm capable of a little more than simple tomfoolery. Not much, but a little. 8)

Thank you. It's nice to restore a pipe that deserves it, too--I have another on the way, that's needs far less work than that Gefapip, but it'll be a stunner.

 

[kieveryuu]

This is indeed a really nice pipe. It is not the biggest pipe I have, but maybe the 4th or 5th largest bowl, it does however have the largest draw. As such it was smoking a little hot with the slightly too dry tobacco. With some gentle sipping it was a good dry smoke.

For my first exposure to the Gefapip brand, I am impressed.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Big pipes + open bore = let the smoke roll slowly in. If you're tuggin', you're trying to hard. Or packed way too tightly. :lol: (This is why I like rubbing out chunky, not-quite-ribbon, not-quite-flake payloads...they more smolder than burn.) 8)

Any ghosting in that Gefapip?

 

[kieveryuu]

Zero ghosting actually, the bowl had only light residue and with no real cake to speak of. A light cleaning later and it is a great pipe. It is a little on the heavy side but the rustication you added gives it a good feel in the hand.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I seem to have a super sensitive nose and tongue, and was worried that one had bit the dust.

Kind of funny it went across the country so many times to finally end up back in our neck of the woods. :lol: It seriously couldn't have gone to a better home.

If I happen through Boise sometime I ought to look you guys up and have a pipe. 8) If you'll have me, that is.

 

[kieveryuu]

I seem to have a super sensitive nose and tongue, and was worried that one had bit the dust.

Kind of funny it went across the country so many times to finally end up back in our neck of the woods. :lol: It seriously couldn't have gone to a better home.

If I happen through Boise sometime I ought to look you guys up and have a pipe. 8) If you'll have me, that is.

Of course you are welcome, consider it a standing invitation. 8)

 

[Dreadgerbil]

I seem to have a super sensitive nose and tongue, and was worried that one had bit the dust.

Kind of funny it went across the country so many times to finally end up back in our neck of the woods. :lol: It seriously couldn't have gone to a better home.

If I happen through Boise sometime I ought to look you guys up and have a pipe. 8) If you'll have me, that is.

Of course you are welcome, consider it a standing invitation. 8)

I'll echo this!