Drilling Mortise in an old meer with a fixed screw tenon

disinformatique · Jul 27, 2015

Hi guys,
I recently got a meer restored just to see if meer is something that I would like to own in bigger quantity in the future. So this pipe I am talking about has a fixed tenon on the pipe to which the stem is screwed. The issue is that the hole in it is quite narrow that even a tapered pipe cleaner's narrow end fits snugly in it making the draw extremely tight.
Can a mortise be drilled in the pipe after removing the screw-in tenon or is it an excercise in vain?

I'll post the pipe's picture with the stem unscrewed after I reach home today from work.
Cheers,

Chris

ThePipeMonk.com

lightmyfire · Jul 30, 2015

Yes you can drill on it for a mortise but you have to be extremely carefull as it is very fragile.

If you try tenon mortise, you will have to stick a drilled flock inside the shank, to absorb volume's variations of the tenon which doesn't react like the meerschaum towards heat.

captpat · Jul 30, 2015

I sent a meer out to have that done, the repair shop sent it back as they didn't feel the stummel was big enough to support drilling out. YMMV

lightmyfire · Jul 31, 2015

Yes, a lot of shops don't dare to work meerschaum, it is often very fragile.

disinformatique · Jul 31, 2015

Thanks a lot for your views gentlemen. I had a chat with Ric Farrah at Briarville who initially restored this pipe and he also suggested not to bother about the drilling as the work is fragile and the cost to get it done will be higher than the value of the pipe.
Cheers,

Chris

The Pipe Monk

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