Here's a few photos of my most important pipe. Important, because it's been handed down to the eldest son of each generation, of which I'm the fourth. Thanks to seeing other people's restorations, finally got round to cleaning up & making my great grandads old meershaum smokable again. I've no idea of when he bought it exactly, but I think it was shortly after the First World War. Although he was one of the lucky ones to make it back from the Great War, he had a rough time of it, in Gallipoli & France. So I'm guessing he probably got it on his return home, shortly after. The pipe itself, didn't need that much done to it. The stem was completely seized up, left that in the fridge for a couple of days & that fixed that. The hardest part was cleaning the airway from the bottom of the bowl to the shank. Although it's a gourd meershaum, the bowl isn't removable as others are. So, a lot of time was spent with bits of wire, fishing line & pipe cleaners. An overall clean up & I think it looks alright. At some point in the future, I'll get a new stem made. The original stem was replaced by my late grandad anyway & this one is chipped.
A nice 'faux' brown Amber one would suit, I think.
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All ready for another hundred years!
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