My small Peterson had a crack in it.

carver · Apr 15, 2015

Hi,

So all is in the title.

I had a crack in the stem on my mini peterson.

So, living in China, there is not a lot of pipe repair shops, in addition, people told me that it would cost as much to buy a new one, so I decided to give it a go myself.

I wanted to find a interesting way.
So I filled the crack with wood glue, polished the bit of stem, and circled it with rope.

Then I used Wood varnish to paint the rope.
Here is the result. It's not so great but it's interesting.

About the colour, I thought, in that odd brain of mine, hey, peterson is Irish, let's go for green, it'll make up for the St Patrick's day series I missed. :D

What do you think ?

newbroom · Apr 15, 2015

I think it's a great start, and will allow you to smoke it w/o further damage if you're lucky.

I think it's great that you tried to fix your pipe creatively.

I think it looks awful.

That crack is really long on the shank, I see. The pipe, w/o a cracked shank would probably be a treasured smoker.

I love its design, its grain, color, and really like the stem! I think you should employ the mail and find a repair guy and meanwhile smoke another pipe. I don't think it should cost you more than $20.00 to have repaired.

andrew · Apr 15, 2015

If it smokes good and you like it that's all that matters. With how long the crack looks I don't think it would be worth getting a pro repair

blueeyedogre · Apr 15, 2015

I've always like the look of those petersons, but I'm a cutty fan. I like what you've done, adds a personal touch to it and I hope it stands up to many more years of smoking for you.

jackswilling · Apr 15, 2015

That blows. Such a shame to see a sweet pipe crack like that. Hope the repair allows you to get some more use out of it. I liked the repair au naturel.

tbradsim1 · Apr 15, 2015

It's got a Nautical Flair now, get a small anchor pin and put it on and it's your Navy pipe now. Good job.

mso489 · Apr 15, 2015

Very resourceful. I have the rusticated version of that little pipe which I greatly enjoy, but I have worried about its fragility. I don't consider it a pocket pipe for that reason. I have several stocky little bent billiards and pots about the same size but of more durable build. But the Belgique (the little Peterson) is a great short smoke, sampler pipe, or with flake it can burn for quite a while. Go ahead and smoke it and see what happens. It could go on for the duration. Or eventually you could do a more complete repair or entrust it to a professional repair person. I predict it will go on forever with its nautical wrap. Ship ahoy!

carver · Apr 15, 2015

Thanks all the comments and suggestions. I hope indeed that it will last a little more. The picture can be misleading, the crack is 5-7 mm long. It's entirely covered by the rope. Maybe I should have avoided the green but it's too late now, though I guess I could remove it all and start over, though it might fragilise the pipe, so I'll leave it be.
Cheerio

:puffpipe:

newbroom · Apr 16, 2015

Function is foremost, imo. How else to explain the popularity of cobs?

Many happy bowls from your homemade repair! It has character!

fluffie666 · Apr 16, 2015

If it smokes the way you want it to, I think it's great. You could be proud to whip that thing out and smoke it in my home anytime. I think it's awesome. Nice job man.

bigpond · Apr 16, 2015

If you get tired of the rope you can cut down the shank and reseat the stem. Nice belgique. I have one too. What's pipe smoking in China like?

cortezattic · Apr 17, 2015

Not bad, once you get oriented. : puffy

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