I picked up this interesting piece of tobaciana somewhere though I no longer remember where it came from. It is an oval bowled pipe by Wally Frank and it has a briar wind cap that is attached via a brass peg. To me it looks like a Pepper shaker so that is what I have named it. I have a few other ones like this but the cap is made out of Bakelite and is on a side pin that allows it to flip forward. This one spins to the side or can be removed should the pipeman not want to use it covered.
It came to me unsmoked and clean on the inside. The finish was very poorly done. There was a coat of varnish or lacquer on the pipe. It was spotty and in some places seemed to have bubbled or ran when it was applied. The stain that was underneath obscured the grain on the pipe. I decided to refinish the bowl and give it a new stain. I soaked it in an alcohol bath and then wiped down the bowl with acetone to clean the finish off. Once it was removed I sanded it with micromesh pads to get it smooth. I restained it with a nice cherry aniline stain. I flamed the stain to set it in the grain and then buffed the bowl to remove the excess and surface stain. The stem and pipe were buffed as a whole with white Diamond and then several coats of carnauba. Here is the finished product.
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A very curious piece and interesting item for your tobacciana collection. Have you smoked this one, or is it just a display piece? (I’d probably just use it as a display item)
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I have not smoked this one yet. Still deciding. I have several of the Hurricanes that I smoke regularly during the winter wet days. But this one still remains unsmoked… Probably will smoke it one day but the time has to be just right! 😉
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A good clean up again bro,
An interesting pipe to boot.
That be a keeper!
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So nice to see these Wally Franks.. Everyone I have is made solid. Great work on this old boy.. Love the Hurricane makes.. Great for ice fishing on a windy day.. Well done..
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I have several of the Hurricanes but this one is unique among them. I like them for walking in the rain in Vancouver — in the great Pacific NorthWET
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