It seems that they were first made by the B.A.C. You can see my preference in the above is for the Kleen Reem tool. Their durability can also be seen in that they have lasted through the years and the originals are still sold on eBay. They keep on going no matter what they are put through. I have bought all of them on eBay in a variety of conditions and with cleaning all work well. I have three or four of these in different cases and all of them seem impervious to dirt and carbon. I have learned from using the tool that the Kleen Reem mechanics never seems to stick no matter how dirty the tool I have used.
The weight of the Kleen Reem tool is substantially heavier than the Senior reamer. Kleen Reem’s come with a bunch of the short pipe cleaners inside a little ring that holds them. The drill bit has a hole in the end of it that you can wrap up the grooves of the bit, dip in Alcohol or liquor and scrub out the inside of the shank. It is more substantial and solid in the Kleen Reem tool than the one in the Senior reamer.
The drill bit/ that is in the handle of the reamer looks the same but it is not. I think this explains why the Senior reamer cannot be closed as tightly for use in a smaller bowl. The Kleen Reem cylinder is more bullet shaped with a pointed end and the Senior is flatter and more cylindrical. The cylinder between the blades that expands and contracts them differs in shape. The profile of the blades is different – the senior reamers blades look more flat and angled, while the Kleen Reem blades have a flowing curved shape. The blades in the closed position are very close together allowing you to ream the bottom of a bowl. The adjustable cutting head on the Kleen Reem tool is made of thicker hardened steel and no matter how often I have pushed the blades against hardened carbon on the inside of a bowl they have not grown dull. Looking at the two pictures above I want to do a bit of comparison. The first photo below shows the Kleen Reem Pipe Tool and the second photo shows the Senior Pipe Reamer. I have used them both and I have no problem saying that the Kleen Reem tool is by far a superior product. Since then I have had both of them in my refurbishing arsenal. I had never seen either of them up close so I had no way of truly knowing. I remember that when I first saw these two reamers for sale on eBay I thought they were the same. Understand that I have used all of these reamers so I am not coming from a place of prejudice but rather from an assessment of durability and functionality. I will also be looking at the PipNet pipe reaming set in the two iterations that I am familiar with – the clear amber version and the opaque tan version. I want to take this opportunity to compare two different reamers – the Kleen Reem Pipe Tool and the PipNet Pipe Reamers what I call the originals with the ones I call lesser copies. One thing I have learned that even with the reamers I use, that not all pipe reamers are the same even if they look the same.
I rarely use many of them but they are fun to look at. Needless to say, I have a collection of various reamers other than I like looking at the creativity that sent out such a variety into a limited world of pipe smokers who actually ream their pipes. I have tried older and newer pipe reamers that have all promised to be the best and last one that I will have to purchase. Over the years of my refurbishing experience I have used and worn out many pipe reamers. I thought it was time to post this as a blog on rebornpipes and use it as a comparison between the original tools and others that I call “pretenders”. The first is a Kleen Reem Pipe Tool and the second is the PipNet Pipe Reaming set. I basically use two different reamers on the pipes I work on. I have answered that question so many times it is almost a script now. I have often been asked via email, messenger or phone call for a recommendation for a pipe reaming tool. This is another blog written in the Answers to Questions series.
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