Dunhill烟斗保养布

upshall

Dunhill pipe care cloth

                               
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小小一块布，售价约US$9.00。
深紫色那面类似毛巾布料，用来磨亮用。
粉红色那面类似绒布，含有蜡质。

用在新斗或半新旧的斗效果很好，不过若斗面完全没蜡，就不行了。

Ed

Dear Upshall,

I have had my cloth for almost four years now.  Somehow, I did not find it useful in maintaining the appearance of my pipes.

It states on the package that the draker side should be used for buffing and vice versa.  When I first used this product (then there was still a thick layer of wax on the pipe as the pipe was brand new), it did not produce much of a difference when applied.  After the pipe has been well broken-in within a period of four years, I, then tried again to polish it with the cloth.  This time, it, too, did not produce a polished effect, however, the pipe became very pleasant to hold whilst being smoked.  And that is the only difference noted.

I thought to myslef that maybe the cloth should be used in combination with the Dunhill pipe polish cream, but then if it is so- what is the point of having a wax impregnated product? So, it is meant to be used solo, however, the effect is not so great as far as I am concerned.

What do you think, Upshall?  Do you find it useful at all?

Ed

upshall

Dear Ed,

As from my undertsanding, the cloth need to be pack in the plastic bag after used.
I doubt that its correct to use it in conjunction with any cream. From ASP I undestand that most people use it with " briar pipe wipe", the kinna of cannister where you spray on the cloth and leave dry overnight before used.

I find this cloth works rather fine, especially for those people that have their pipe out of shine the first or few smoke(if you check this board, you'll find that it happen all the time to newbies).

As compare to those creamy briar polish (I've only tried denicare) this works much better.

citic

在下并不曾用过这种“专业”的保养布，但在下觉得本人一直用的一块“布”应与此差不多，先说小弟做这块“布”的过程：

准备一块洁净干燥的眼镜布和一罐木器上光蜡（必需是那种凝脂状的）。

第一步：稍微取一点点蜡，在眼镜布上选几处均匀的涂抹。
注意：这一步肯定不会在眼镜布上每一寸角落全部抹匀，如果是这样，说明用的蜡太多了！（过多的蜡会影响效果）

接下来，对折眼镜布（需要不同的角度对折多次），然后使劲的揉搓，目的是眼镜布各个区域都能均匀的抹上一层非常非常薄的蜡。

OK！这样一块“擦拭布”就做好了！
抽完斗，趁着还有些温度，用这块布反复擦拭烟斗表面几次，待充分冷却后，再用一块干燥的眼睛布反复用力擦拭，这样就保持住了烟斗表面的光泽！（实际上干燥后用的这块布用上一段时间也就成了经过上蜡的擦拭布）

个人认为，上面所说的“保养布”与我这个“土法”炮制的东东应该差不多，不同的可能就在于dunhill用的东西高级一些而已。

感觉这种办法对于保持烟斗表面的光滑与光泽非常有用，但应该明确：这种东西不能永远保持“青春永驻”。其实应该这样说更确切一点，可以很大程度延缓烟斗表面的“衰老”，就好像化妆品之于女人！
而且，用了很久的斗，不要指望用几次它就可以达到理想的“翻新”效果，毕竟这与翻新的概念相差甚远！

Ed兄所说的“however, the pipe became very pleasant to hold whilst being smoked。”，一点不假，光润的手感确实很舒服，没有一般情况下持斗那种比较涩的手感。

[此贴子已经被citic于2003-7-27 20:12:19编辑过]

小雅

请教过诸葛老老，土办法，核桃油。
用布把核桃仁搓碎，辗油，然后擦拭烟斗。不粘手不沾手。

Gregorian

好像保养红木家具也是这样

用一块旧点的软布放点核桃仁在里面碾碎，让油渗进布里再擦木头表面

不过家具是要从没有涂漆的那面上油让油往另一面渗

已经有了腊的烟斗核桃油能渗进去吗

韦伯猫

我也有一块，不能说无效，效果其实也不错，效果和我用棕榈腊手工抛光当然是没什么太大的区别，
优点在于作为平时的保养，确实比较方便，可以非常偷懒的完成任务。
对于腊掉得比较多，就没有意义了，还是用棕榈腊把。

感觉，不错，但是不值。有没有，关系不大。

oldxzk

油类物质的渗透力较强，如此会使木纹色彩变的模糊。还是纯棕榈腊效果好，木纹亮丽清晰。

cyan2600

在下也有一块，感觉作为日常维护真的是非常方便有效的。

可爱的小洋

我的按照citic的做法弄了一个，效果很好，开始我用的是鹿皮，效果不好
后来剪了个牛仔裤，效果超级好