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Getting a Vintage Estate Pipe Ready to Smoke.wmv

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Uploaded by on Dec 6, 2011

This is my process for dealing with vintage estate pipes. Some are gnarlier than others and require more work - this one was a piece of cake.

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  • Funny how those pacific NW homes have heat lamps in a lot of em. Not surprising, just different. Keep that fire stoked up and stay warm Tom! 

  • @pipeheadOR - like a chicken in the brooder house - not to bring up chickens. ... :(

    -Tom

  • great to see a new video- and 5/32's is the best way- using a tap holder to turn the drill though, that drill freaks me out- all my pipes have been opened up. the beeswax works for everything and it is nontoxic natural goodness.any tips on how to stop a whistler?

  • @GTFiorano - You know, I don't have any whistlers. I would have thought the 5/32's reamout would have solved that. I've also done the hand-turning of the bit, but it's got to be a genuinely sharp bit or you put some stress on the shank. Being careful and respectful of the pipe works for me.

    -Tom

  • Hello Tom

    I like how you keep things simple. Great video, great information. And best of all an old pipe is new again.

    Regards

    Mark

  • @backcountrypipe - I'm all about 'simple is better' in most everything. I love the 'patina' and all that implies, with estate pipes. If only they could tell their stories!

    -Tom

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  • 5/32" is about 4 mm

  • Thanks for the info , in one of your older vids I took your tip and bought vinyl tubing at my lowes store

  • i use rum 2 but i use lemon heart rum or 7 year Havana club

  • Tom I find that the first smoke or two will tighten them right up.Enjoy that old girl

  • great find..

  • I cannot believe that you did that with a drill!! And without EYE protection!

  • Tom, you handle that drill like a pro. I'd be shaking like a wreck and have a ruined bowl with a smoke hole at the front!

    I agree. Bees are magical creatures. They give us honey. And wax to work stem wonders!

    Steve

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