By Al Jones

This is 2nd Comoy’s on my workbench this week and the first 202 shape I’ve encountered. I would have called this one a Billiard shape, but the Comoy’s shape chart identifies it as a “Cutty”. There is a very slight cant to the bowl. Below is a photo from a 1975 catalog showing the shape. This one weights only 26 grams!

The pipe has some build-up on the bowl top, the sandblast was very dirty and the stem heavily oxidized. There was a very thin cake, as if it had been maintained at that level.

Below is the pipe as it was received.

I used a piece of scotch brite to remove the build-up on the bowl top. The stain was lightened some, so I used Fieblings Medium Brown dye to match the rest of the bowl.

I reamed the cake and soaked the bowl with sea salt and alcohol. The shank was thoroughly scrubbed with a brush dipped in alcohol, until the brush came clean on a paper towel.

There was a slight tooth indention on the bottom of the stem at the button. I used my heat gun to lift the indention,and set it with cold water. The stem was mounted and I removed the oxidation with 600,800, 1500 and 2000 grade wet sandpaper. The stem was then buffed with White Diamond and Meguiars Plastic polish. The bowl was hand buffed with Halycon wax.

Below is the finished pipe.