Slow Puffs' Dunhill LB Shell

[LL]

This pipe was in such rough shape that Paul actually wondered if it was worth saving. :lol:

The stamping was crisp, there were no cracks, and the stem wasn't badly chewed---the Holy Trinity was intact, in other words---so it got the Full Monty.

How I love happy endings.

 

[Puff Daddy]

:cheers: Gorgeous!!

 

[Justpipes]

WOW! That is nice!

 

[Slow Puffs]

Is that the same pipe :shock: ?

What a wonderful surprise to see this on the Forum this morning !!

It's a rare find in Edmonton. Whenever I am nearby and have the time, I'll drop into Antique malls. There are usually not much more than basket pipes and badly chewed and cracked pipes... One day, I saw this LB, sitting alone among some other unrelated items. I spotted the "dot" straight away... the price $5.00 :lol: .

It was a "Dock" like experience .

Wow. Wow. Thanks to much LL.

 

[Tennessee Dave]

Beautiful! :cheers: Tell you what ...I'll give you $15 bucks (TRIPLE your money). I'll even pay for shipping! :lol!:
Congratulations and beautiful work LL.

 

[N7COF]

Looks Great & nice work 8)

 

[jhuggett]

Looks brand new... very cool.

 

[hagley]

Where is the "before" photo of this pipe?

Mike

 

[Trout Bum]

Wow! That is a sharp looker!

Puffs, let us know how your new dunnie smokes.

 

[Midnight Blues]

George thats a beautiful job!

 

[Mikem]

A $5 (plus restoration) Dunhill wow. Great job LL and congratulations Slow Puffs.

 

[LL]

Where is the "before" photo of this pipe?

I often regret not taking before shots, but rarely do. The reason being when in "shop mode" with grungy hands, tools laid out, stains mixed, and so forth, I don't want to go into "photo mode." That's for the end of the day when I get cleaned up and haul the day's output to a copy stand to smile for the camera.

At the start of the day---before going into the shop---is hard to do, too. Then it feels like I can't be bothered with fluffy stuff. I want action. :lol:

Paul -- You might have set a new Best Bargain record for BoB. I'll bet even Dock is impressed.

 

[Justpipes]

Is that the same pipe :shock: ?

What a wonderful surprise to see this on the Forum this morning !!

It's a rare find in Edmonton. Whenever I am nearby and have the time, I'll drop into Antique malls. There are usually not much more than basket pipes and badly chewed and cracked pipes... One day, I saw this LB, sitting alone among some other unrelated items. I spotted the "dot" straight away... the price $5.00 :lol: .

It was a "Dock" like experience .

Wow. Wow. Thanks to much LL.

Incredible! Not here in NC!

 

[J_Rock]

WOW.........Looks brand new on my end!

 

[Doc Manhattan]

Gorgeous. A perfect combination of great hunting, luck, and good-ol' American know-how.

 

[mark]

I'm just speechless,,LL, you are an artist,,,,amazing rehab,,, :cheers:

 

[Slow Puffs]

Where is the "before" photo of this pipe?

I often regret not taking before shots, but rarely do. The reason being when in "shop mode" with grungy hands, tools laid out, stains mixed, and so forth, I don't want to go into "photo mode." That's for the end of the day when I get cleaned up and haul the day's output to a copy stand to smile for the camera.

At the start of the day---before going into the shop---is hard to do, too. Then it feels like I can't be bothered with fluffy stuff. I want action. :lol:

Paul -- You might have set a new Best Bargain record for BoB. I'll bet even Dock is impressed.

I should have taken a "before" picture myself. It's hard for me to believe. I've never seen a stem so dis-coloured. I saw the "dot" and thought "Dunhill but then thought it was an old novelty pipe (considering I'm in Edmonton.) But as LL mentioned the markings are "crisp". I immediately contacted LL and was so excited I shipped it off to him. By co-incidence, Puff Daddy just showed an LB that he had acquired at the same time. I "pm-ed" PD and he wrote back "if anyone can restore it George can do it."...

I still have the receipt from the shop I purchased it from...

 

[Puff Daddy]

I "pm-ed" PD and he wrote back "if anyone can restored it George can do it."

The man's got mad skillz 8) Pipes come back looking like brand new, often better :!:

 

[PipeRanter]

wow someday i might own a dunhill if im lucky but thats a amazing looking pipe there.

 

[Ol'Dawg]

Nice find Paul!

Nice work LL, though a before pic would have shown "what" it took to bring it around!

Jim