Thank you George, Al and Dutch.
The pipe is an Iceberg Port, not a Bow. The Bow I'm probably getting for Xmas!
It will get sent for repair after the holiday season. Thanks for the advice.
As I am a tinkerer by nature, and pipes which I do not like aesthetically or I think flawed don't get smoked, I had to temporarily fix the issue in a way which satisfied my OCD.
The pipe was flawed in two ways:
1. The stem logo was in horrible shape
2. The original burgundy stain looked pinkish and made the pipe look very unappealing
So first I removed the pink stain and re-stained the pipe in a shade of brown which I like a lot more.
Then I fixed the stem logo. It is not a professional or collector grade repair and will probably not last forever, but as I said before, it satisfies my OCD.
This is what I did to the stem:
1. Removed some minor oxidation.
2. With a scalpel I re-carved the slot where the inlay was missing (could have done a better job at it but I didn't want to over do it with the scalpel and decided to quit while I was ahead...)
3. I waxed the stem with carnauba and buffed.
4. Painted the re-carved slot with a water-soluble silver pencil (Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Silver 8200-251)
5. Waxed again and buffed some more
It is not perfect and will not last forever, but looks good enough and will last a while since it withstood several wax coats and rounds of buffing.
What do you think?,
Cheers,
J