My Custom-bilts

[Branzig]

Reclaimed from the other forum. These are some Custys I have received and restored. Figured I would post them over here at my new home. I have added some more to my collection since posting these, I will add them as I have time.

Well I just finished this up...I think I over-paid a bit for it, but I am OK with it









For those of you who don't know, I have been hunting for a Custombilt for a while now, and when I found this one and saw the shape it was in, I decided to pull the trigger. When it arrived, it really didn't need too much more work. Just some finishing touches. The previous owner seems confident that it is a Tracy Mincer from the time just before he left Custombilt, but I have my doubts. It does have a couple of his signature marks, but I know that dating these post "Custom-bilt" era Tracy pipes is very difficult. Either way, I am very happy with the purchase...So happy in fact that a PAD attack took place...I'll be posting damage when they arrive

[Branzig]

Well it finally came...been waiting a while for this thing. It needs a lot of work, but it is a true blue 1940's Custom-bilt, and I am really excited to get cracking on it. Some bozo who owned it before tried to wax it I think, so there is white residue all over the pipe and in a lot of the crevices...with this deep of a rustication, it sure is gong to be fun to clean up...

[Branzig]

Finished that last one:









Getting all the built up wax out of the rustication was a real chore...a lot of hand work involved there! Other than that it was a pretty straight forward restore! My first pre-1940 pipe restore I think!

[Branzig]

Just finished up another Custombilt. Probably going to be my last one for a bit!

Here's some before pics. Luckily it was in pretty good shape from the get go. The stem was a little beat up, but I forgot to take before shots of it





And the After:

[04EDGE40]

I'm not seeing any pics

[LandonColby]

Probably have to edit in the pics again

[Branzig]

I'm not seeing any pics

Probably have to edit in the pics again

Grrr....annoying imagestore hyperlinks.... All the pictures show up fine on my end, but until you hit edit you couldn't see the hidden code in there....

I think I fixed it?

[04EDGE40]

Grrr....annoying imagestore hyperlinks.... All the pictures show up fine on my end, but until you hit edit you couldn't see the hidden code in there....

I think I fixed it?

Yup!

[Bruck]

Good work, sir!

[MrMotoyoshi]

Excellent. I am a huge fan of CBs and Tom Howards. I have a little collection so to speak. Great smokers they are and it's nice to see a feller who enjoys them as much as I do.

Would you mind if I posted mine here or would you prefer that be in another thread?