The first one's a BBB Silver Grain billiard -
The second is a GBD London Made (no model name) billiard -
They both needed a lot of work on their stems (filling tooth impressions and small holes, sanding, filling, sanding). The stummels were sanded to eliminate dark areas, cleaning the rims, restaining and waxing.
A couple more restorations
- MikeDennison
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Elegant & classic! Great job, sir.
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- Mr Beardsley
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Very nice! BBB sure did have a great touch shaping billiards
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Very nice. Need to see those before pictures!
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I’m distracted by the solid pizza deals in the background
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Here's one more. Its got before and after pics this time. It's a Dr. Grabow Tru-Grain, I think from the Chicago years/pre-1953. It's bigger and chunkier than most of the other Grabows I own.
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After:
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- simplepipes
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Looks like a Dunhill LB . . . nice looking pipe.
Received a flyer in the mail on Saturday for modern era Grabows . . . no thanks.
-sp
Received a flyer in the mail on Saturday for modern era Grabows . . . no thanks.
-sp
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