Keeping a pipe clean is the first line of defense against a poor or wet-smoking pipe. However, a recent estate acquisition or family heirloom may well be in need of a serious overhaul. A refurbishing treatment will clean the inside for your smoking pleasure, and the outside for your viewing pleasure. Matching a stain or re-staining is also done to make the finished product look like new. All care possible is taken to preserve briar and stem stamping. One note of interest on pipes that have been heavily caked: from my experience, I have found that estate pipes need to be aggressively reamed. Too much old cake will leave the pipe tasting of the previously smoked tobacco blend. However, if the pipe is one of your normal rotation, let me know and I'll ream it accordingly.

I offer three levels of refurbishing. A standard ream/clean/buff involves reaming and honing the tobacco chamber, cleaning the draft hole, mortise, and stem interior. On the outside, I remove old grime, oils, and oxidation. A final buff with pure carnauba wax leaves the pipe sparkling like new and smoking great.

A semi-refinish also addresses bowl dings so that their appearance is not so noticeable. Appropriate stain matching is performed as necessary.

A full refinish does it all; ream/clean/buff, total briar and stem restoration including bite mark reduction. All efforts are made to return the pipe to nearly original condition.

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