Friday, August 9, 2019

Restoring an Irish Made BPL Carved Bent Bulldog

 
(Dad's Pipes) I received an email from Peterson pipe aficionado Mark Irwin of Peterson Pipe Notes recently, with a request for some help restoring the stem on an intricately carved bulldog shaped pipe. The brand is a new one for me. As Mark explained in his note, the fellow who owned the tiny BPL (Briar Pipe Line) shop in Dublin, Ireland outsourced bowls from Peterson, then hand-carved and stained them for sale in the Shannon Airport. Continued

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