I've been flirting with estate pipe repairs for some time, doing far more research than any actual work. Recently a couple tremendous "how-tos" have been presented concerning patching vulcanite stems with CA glue (CA is so much easier to spell than cyanoacrylate) and activated charcoal - one from our own danielplainview aka Dave G: How To Fix Tooth Holes In Stems and the other provided by Andrew Selking here: Dave's Four Dot Sasieni.
These are invaluable guides and are giving me hope for some of the mangled stems in my "to be repaired" pile. They get me thinking, however, about how these repairs stand up over time. And so, my question(s):
Have any of you repaired a stem in this manner and then smoked it for a long time? Has the repair stood up to the rigors of regular use?
Thanks!
These are invaluable guides and are giving me hope for some of the mangled stems in my "to be repaired" pile. They get me thinking, however, about how these repairs stand up over time. And so, my question(s):
Have any of you repaired a stem in this manner and then smoked it for a long time? Has the repair stood up to the rigors of regular use?
Thanks!