Who restores pipes?

dpkrause · Nov 13, 2012

A while back my wife picked up a lot of about 30 estate pipes for dirt cheap for me. None of these pipes are anything amazing. I was intending to learn how to restore pipes by practicing on these. However, work has kept me quite busy and I just don't have the space to set up an area to do full restorations. I would like to get these cleaned up to use in the pipe club I have started. I thought it would be a good idea to have a clean estate pipes on hand that I could lend/hand out. So who would I contact to get these pipes cleaned up to working condition? I don't want to spend a ton of money. I would be willing to part with 15 to 20 of these pipes in return for the rest being cleaned and restored.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

frogjunk · Nov 13, 2012

pm sent

dpkrause · Nov 13, 2012

Correction: it is a total of 22 pipes, 10 of which are Dr. Grabow pipes.

dbreazeale · Nov 13, 2012

I'd like to have the second one down from the top. If you decide to sell any, that is.

Gumball · Nov 14, 2012

dpkrause":326o6ku8 said:
I would like to get these cleaned up to use in the pipe club I have started. I thought it would be a good idea to have a clean estate pipes on hand that I could lend/hand out.

Slightly off topic but I would like to say that this is a fantastic idea. I am sure there are a lot of potential pipe smokers out there who feel a bit intimidated about starting the hobby because they have nobody to help them out, give them advice, and show them the ropes (or flakes, plugs and ribbon cuts

). I hope your pipe club is a great success.