Do you like your silver (or other bands) clean or tarnished?

[sfduke]

Shiny here unless bronze for the patina

 

[Bach6032]

• I keep every band shined up nicely
• I like to let them patina
• A little of column A, a little of column B
• I don't want no fandgled adornments on my pipes / Get off my lawn!
• I don't have a pipe with a metal band

Option (5) for me. But if I did have a pipe with a nice metal band, the answer would be (1).

 

[Big J]

Like my bands clean the whole time. Like the house is clean in case someone calls!
Here's another reason - this sixty year old Benson and Hedges No.1 bent matches my brand new butane lighter!

 

[onesixonetwo]

Like my bands clean the whole time. Like the house is clean in case someone calls!
Here's another reason - this sixty year old Benson and Hedges No.1 bent matches my brand new butane lighter! View attachment 230449

Very nice! What lighter is that?

 

[TomHill]

Tarnished, like myself.

 

[Big J]

Very nice! What lighter is that?

Very nice! What lighter is that?

From ebay.co.uk - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394503489617?var=663071443564

 

[onesixonetwo]

From ebay.co.uk - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394503489617?var=663071443564

Thanks! Is it a torch rather than a soft flame?

 

[Ozzy]

I shine mine up with a jewelers cloth as needed, usually after a smoke. I recently got a pipe that came to me tarnished. It looked like the old case harding of a firearm. Looked cool.

 

[JimPM]

Yes, I do maintain the expert finish on my ringed pipes but then again, I am fairly OCDish on their appearance in general.

 

[Big J]

Thanks! Is it a torch rather than a soft flame?

Yes. I got it as the torch lights better than the old cigarette lighters I have. Its a single torch flame around 1 1/2 inches in length.

 

[Big J]

My Pete Arklow bent with polished siver band - reckon my new lighter lit this fully packed bowl in around 3 seconds flat!

 

[hometownhero]

Okay. A layer of oxidation will slow the oxidation process. Seems kinda oxymoronic. It’s like saying rust prevents rust. But I am aware that over polishing is bad too. Hence my dry wipe remark. Shiny bands are my preference but I’m not a zealot about it.

I have a silver plate razor from very early 1900’s. Before I got it no idea how like it was tarnished but it was black. Polished it up used it a few times and then put it in the case for 14 years. When I went to use it it was again black. No harm done in the 120 years it’s been around.

 

[daveinlax]

I keep mine polished with a jeweler’s cloth. Be carful adornments can and will slip off and can be crushed without with no effort.