My Bowl is Splitting! Is There A Doctor In The House!?

sailorjeremy

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Feb 25, 2014

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• Sep 26, 2014

• #1

Was doing some routine maintenance on my Brigham Freehand

and Noticed THIS!

I've had this pipe for quite a while. It was my first good quality pipe;it's taught me many lessons and it's been all over the world with me. Now, how the hell do I save this thing!?

 

sailorjeremy

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Feb 25, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #2

Lol you guys just love some tampons lately. Oh the irony :lol: I'll give that a try.... it's an excuse to have a few cigars I guess.

 

greatbrittn

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May 21, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #3

Yeah, I would go with the pipe mud as well. Jeremy, is that a Ben Wade or Karl Erik? It's a beautiful pipe.

 

sailorjeremy

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Feb 25, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #4

Thanks Brit It's actually a Brigham. More specifically its called a Country Club, from their Presidential series. They're about in the $150 range.

 

greatbrittn

Might Stick Around

May 21, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #5

Very nice! That grain is impressive.

 

layinpipe

Lifer

Feb 28, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #6

Like i told you today, all you need to do is smoke 5 or 6 bowls very slowly in it and build a cake over the spiderwebbing. The cracks are very small and shallow and should just cake over fine. Like i told you, i had the same thing happen and the cake solved the problem...and my cracks were bigger and more widespread than yours.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

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Chicago, IL

• Sep 27, 2014

• #7

It's checking and splitting because it was made with wood than wasn't sufficiently cured. Throw it away.

 

mikestanley

Lifer

May 10, 2009

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Akron area of Ohio

• Sep 27, 2014

• #8

Does that last photo show a hole clear through the bottom or is it an optical illusion?
A hole will be hard to fix.
Mike S.

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #9

It's a beautiful pipe worth saving. Hope the cigar ash pipe mud does the trick and it isn't a hole all the way through.

If it is a hole, I'd have a pipe repairman take a look. Norwood or someone like that can probably bring it back from

the brink. But maybe the mud will do the trick.

 

sailorjeremy

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Feb 25, 2014

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #10

There's no hole that's burnt through. Just some small splits. I'll just have to smoke it cooler. DEF won't be throwing it away!

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

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Chicago, IL

• Sep 27, 2014

• #11

Ya. I was being facetious. I think you can completely ignore the situation. Just don't smoke really hot, or outdoors on a windy day.

Obviously, you don't smoke cheap, goopy aromatics, or the checking would have been covered by dottle and crud in the bottom.

BTW, that's a nice pipe! The Presidential Series Country Club -- about $200 MSRP new.

 

maxpeters

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• Sep 28, 2014

• #12

I think Cortez may be correct. Seems like they made the bowl with green briar. Probably needed to be cured a lot longer than it was.

But a cake on the inside may stop the cracking further. Hopefully anyway.

 

pipebaum81

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Nov 23, 2014

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• Dec 1, 2014

• #13

Jeremy, any follow up here? I hope you were able to save this beautiful pipe.
On another note, not only are we both apparently servicemen (AirForce here) but we share a first name...
j/B

 

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shur

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Oct 5, 2014

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• Dec 1, 2014

• #14

My first thought was "Good job on the pictures"

There's no way I'd be able to get a clear, focused picture of the bottom of a pipe bowl.
Hope it worked out for you.

 

sailorjeremy

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• Dec 1, 2014

• #15

Pipebaum- Keep an eye on your PM.
So far I've built up a thin layer of cake by smoking shallow bowls. Since, then I've only put about 6 bowls through it, as I've kind of strayed away from this pipe a bit because I've accumulated quite a few higher end pipes. As far as the pics go, its all about the lighting!