adam
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Post by adam on Dec 27, 2017 0:31:32 GMT -7
Just the obligatory pic of my new Huntsman SC, which has really improved my Christmas holiday! Thanks Ken, it's a beautiful pipe and I love it. I'm running a Kayfun mini v3 with a twisted dual strand 28 gauge .7 ohm kanthal coil and some 7th Cut NET.  As long as I'm here, how often do you guys butter your new pipes? I've probably been overdoing it a bit, but the wood just seems to soak it up. I haven't even been buffing it off. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Adam |
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Post by PipeSmith on Dec 27, 2017 13:59:02 GMT -7
Hey adam - Thanks for the kind words/ really glad you're enjoying your new pipe.
Per the Pipe Butter: About once/ week is usually more than sufficient, with the obvious consideration that environmental factors may warrant some additional attention. In actuality, rubbing the Pipe Butter in with your bare hand is the absolute best approach, and the use of a clean, dry cloth is perfectly acceptable if/ when the user doesn't want to deal with the associated mess.
Pipe Butter is designed to use the heat of your hand as you handle/ use the pipe to continually work into the wood, and applying by bare hand and rubbing in is my preferred method; my pipe typically gets a coating on days that I am applying finish to new pipes, as my hands have the Pipe Butter on them and I work some of this into the surface of my pipe while I'm at it.
Even with newly-built pipes; once I get the first couple of coats on, I apply a lighter coat and simply handle/ use the pipe for a while to get a nice "mature" appearance started.
Unlike other traditional finishes such as lacquers, varnishes, shellacs, etc., Pipe Butter will not form an outer "shell", but continually works with the wood to preserve the natural handsome appearance. This means the finish will never crack, peel, or chip, and will retain both the appearance and the feel of a finely worked piece of wood.
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Post by adam on Dec 29, 2017 13:39:31 GMT -7
Thanks Ken. That’s what I have been doing (bare hands and handling). But I’ve been giving it a light coat every couple of days. It’s been a very dry climate here lately, and I’ve also found that applying the butter does wonders for my fingers, which otherwise get pretty dry, especially when I’m spending a lot of time at the workbench tinkering. Good stuff that pipe butter.
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Post by PipeSmith on Dec 29, 2017 16:50:18 GMT -7
Thanks Ken. That’s what I have been doing (bare hands and handling). But I’ve been giving it a light coat every couple of days. It’s been a very dry climate here lately, and I’ve also found that applying the butter does wonders for my fingers, which otherwise get pretty dry, especially when I’m spending a lot of time at the workbench tinkering. Good stuff that pipe butter. Yessir - Since it's all-natural/ non-toxic, Pipe Butter has a number of uses beyond being the best wood finish & protectant and o-ring conditioner. Here at elevation in Colorado, we know about arid climate, not to mention the cold. Pipe Butter will help with dry, chapped hands, we use it here as lip balm, it's a great beard wax, and I've even used it as tattoo aftercare instead of lotion. Here's a tip: If you use a knife edge or similar (you do have a knife in your pocket, don't ya'?) and scrape a few passes across the surface - this relieves the surface tension, and this amount that has been scraped off will be softer and more pliable for those "alternate" uses. Let me know when you need more. /K |
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