Another old timer

[xrundog]

Originally Posted by Cadfael

Great job X! Did you teach yourself to do this?

I did. I bought a pipe cleaning dvd and the materials I thought I'd need. Then I bought low priced pipes on eBay and practiced. I also did a lot of reading and asked lots of questions at a couple pipe forums. It took me a couple years of experimenting to streamline the restoration process, understand which pipes are desirable, which ones I like, what to avoid, and to recognize all of that from a crappy eBay photo.