This particular pipe is another one that will go to the Vancouver Pipe Club. It was a pretty easy clean up in that only the bowl rim was a mess. Everything else was in ok shape. It is a billiard with great grain on the left side and bottom of the bowl and top and bottom of the shank. The grain on the right side and the back were lousy. There were also several fills on the poorly grained sides of the bowl. The finish was not in too bad shape though it too had been given a coat of varnish. The inside of the bowl had a black bowl coating that I think was applied to protect the thin back wall of the bowl. The top rim was in rough shape on the inside edge and had burn marks on the sides and front of the outer edge. The stem was in great shape with no damage at all. It is stamped on the left side of the bowl Georg Jensen over Made in Denmark Pipes. On the right side it is stamped 720 in the middle of the shank. On the underside of the shank it is stamped Deluxe.

The next series of three photos show the damage to the rim. The first one is a top view of the bowls showing the overall damage. The second is a close up photo of the rim. The third photo shows the burn damage to the front outer edge of the bowl.

I topped the bowl in my usual manner, sanded it with a medium grit sanding sponge and wet sanded it with a 1500 grit micromesh sanding pad. I wiped down the bowl and rim with acetone on a cotton pad to remove the varnish and the finish. I sanded the inner bevel of the rim with a folded piece of sandpaper to smooth out the damage to the edge and to rework that bevel to give it a clean and renewed look.

I restained the bowl with MinWax Medium Walnut stain and rubbed it on and off until I had the blend of colours I wanted to highlight the grain patterns. I buffed the pipe and stem with White Diamond to polish the scratches.

There were some light spots on the shank and the bowl that took more coats of stain than the rest of the pipe so I retouched them and then polished the pipe and stem with multiple coats of carnauba wax. I finished by buffing it with a clean flannel buff to polish it. The photos of the finished pipe are below. It is ready to send back to the Pipe Club and provide someone with a great looking pipe for their collection.