Crack in Peterson bowl

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john019

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So I buy and resell pipes, and got this one in a large group of pipes. It is a Peterson, and has a rather noticeable crack in the bottom of the bowl. My questions is, if I were to attempt to repair this, what would be the best way in doing it? I was hoping to repair it, and at least try and get a few bucks for it, or should I not even mess with it? The crack doesn't seem to go all the way through the bowl, but I'm not sure. I haven't cleaned the chamber out to see. So it is able to be repaired and still be a usable pipe?

Next question, if it is able to be repaired, is it wrong to try and re-sell it? I do disclose any and all work I do to my pipes, so I will be mentioning it has a major repair. Thanks for any advice, John.

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john019

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #2

Another view of the crack

 

ashdigger

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Jul 30, 2016

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #3

That pipe is dead. It already has a plug. You can try to fix it, it's your time, but it would be as worthless with a giant plug as it is now. That's my honest opinion.

 

verporchting

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That is an ex-pipe. IMO that is.
Personally, I wouldn't waste the time and I certainly wouldn't want to buy it even if it had been repaired, but there have been some amazing restorations shown on this site, so who knows. Others might say otherwise.
It will be interesting to see some responses.

 

carolinachurchwarden

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May 9, 2018

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #5

I'm not entirely sure, but that looks like burnout to me that led to a crack. I don't think it's salvageable, but I'm no expert. Some of the other guys might know better than I.

 

redglow

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #6

Looks like someone drove a nail or tack into the bowl? Or maybe that’s just a sealer that was used to fill in the crack.

 

verporchting

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The lesser known salt and alcohol and hammer and nail treatment to remove stubborn ghosts.

 

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john019

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Jul 19, 2018

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #8

Ok. At least now I have an extra stem to use. I have learned having extra stems around is not a bad thing. Thanks guys!

 

weezell

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Oct 12, 2011

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #9

Looks like firewood to me...

 

jpmcwjr

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• Feb 20, 2019

• #10

Not worth your time to "fix" it, even if that were possible. Very ordinary graining.

 

redglow

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• Feb 20, 2019

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After reading the subject line, I thought this post was going to pertain to smoking crack in a Peterson bowl. :rofl:

 

ophiuchus

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Mar 25, 2016

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Hard to tell from the outside, but that looks like burn-through caused by a sand pit. If that's the case, I really hope you don't try to sell that to anyone no matter what work gets put into it.

 

ophiuchus

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Considering the attempt at repair ... that pipe was probably very special to someone once upon a time.

 

ashdigger

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• Feb 20, 2019

• #14

How is the pipe drilled?

 

jpmcwjr

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Dead on, I bet.
That fissure doesn't look like what would happen if excessive cake heated up too quickly, as the sides would be split first, I'd guess. But maybe not. Who's got a guess as to how that happened?

 

ashdigger

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That pipe was freight trained harder a locomotive running through the desert southwest during July.

 

jpmcwjr

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OK, I'll take that as better than a wag. It's an informed opinion or at least an informed guess.

 

workman

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Jan 5, 2018

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• Feb 20, 2019

• #18

That pipe was burned out and repaired with a plug. The plug was too wide or made of an expanding material and worked as wedge, cracking the pipe. The crack obviously goes all the way through, as it's practically dripping with tar. Someone did NOT want to stop smoking this pipe.

 

jpmcwjr

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Now, there, I think you have it. A pipe that was abused, beaten twice almost senseless, and yet still survives- sort of.

 

seanv

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Mar 22, 2018

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• Feb 20, 2019

• #20

I would try to fix it for the experimentation aspect only. You can’t make it any worse. If it you repair it to a smokeable state I doubt you can resell it after you tell the story of the restoration.