Loving the pipe hobby, but I am really taking my lumps when I have been trying to go cheap on buying pipes.
A while ago I bought a pretty beat up Savinelli Oscar and broke the stem trying to wrestle it out of the shank.
Any advice on who would might have a replacement stem available?
My next estate is a Barclay Rex that has the opposite issue and the stem is so loose it slips right out of the shank.
I have read on here that beeswax might help... Just have no idea where to find some. Any other tricks to tighten things up?
I even tried the cheap route on new pipes and bought a Mr Brog Amigo. I really like the pipe, but on closer inspection, after my second smoke, drilling on the stem is way off center. I guess I am okay with it. I still get a great smoke from it and don't mind taking it apart to clean it.
The next step is I guess I will have to step up and buy something a little nicer. My wife bought me a really nice Savinelli when we visited Nat Sherman this past fall.
She has since sort of soured on my pipe smoking and isn't crazy about me spending money on pipes.
She doesn't have an exact count on what I have so I am going to have to sneak it in somehow :-P
Jim
A while ago I bought a pretty beat up Savinelli Oscar and broke the stem trying to wrestle it out of the shank.
Any advice on who would might have a replacement stem available?
My next estate is a Barclay Rex that has the opposite issue and the stem is so loose it slips right out of the shank.
I have read on here that beeswax might help... Just have no idea where to find some. Any other tricks to tighten things up?
I even tried the cheap route on new pipes and bought a Mr Brog Amigo. I really like the pipe, but on closer inspection, after my second smoke, drilling on the stem is way off center. I guess I am okay with it. I still get a great smoke from it and don't mind taking it apart to clean it.
The next step is I guess I will have to step up and buy something a little nicer. My wife bought me a really nice Savinelli when we visited Nat Sherman this past fall.
She has since sort of soured on my pipe smoking and isn't crazy about me spending money on pipes.
She doesn't have an exact count on what I have so I am going to have to sneak it in somehow :-P
Jim