So I ended up with this pipe in a lot that I was going after to acquire an Eight-dot Lancashire.
The meer passes the sticky spit test so I'm pretty sure it is block, the stem has been identified as amber by a jeweler that I trust. I have some questions about the tenon insert as I am completely unfamiliar with these kinds of materials.
The stem unscrews from the tenon insert that remains in the shank. Is this normal? I would think that the tenon insert would remain in the stem to save wear on the amber. It works pretty well as it is right now, and the insert is pretty stuck in the shank, but the amber has full thickness hairline cracks that extend into the threaded draught hole and I am worried about worsening those. Were these things normally constructed that way?
Who should I contact to work on this thing? I would like a general clean up, and the meer has a pair of VERY small chips at the slot of the button, 0.8 by 1.0 mm in size that I would like repaired. The fact that this is amber changes the value of an otherwise 'free' pipe.
Thanks,
Doc
The meer passes the sticky spit test so I'm pretty sure it is block, the stem has been identified as amber by a jeweler that I trust. I have some questions about the tenon insert as I am completely unfamiliar with these kinds of materials.
The stem unscrews from the tenon insert that remains in the shank. Is this normal? I would think that the tenon insert would remain in the stem to save wear on the amber. It works pretty well as it is right now, and the insert is pretty stuck in the shank, but the amber has full thickness hairline cracks that extend into the threaded draught hole and I am worried about worsening those. Were these things normally constructed that way?
Who should I contact to work on this thing? I would like a general clean up, and the meer has a pair of VERY small chips at the slot of the button, 0.8 by 1.0 mm in size that I would like repaired. The fact that this is amber changes the value of an otherwise 'free' pipe.
Thanks,
Doc