Hey:
First, a little about my piping ways. I usually smoke cobs where I have replaced the stem with a reed stem. I like a longer church warden or "semi-churchwarden" stem. Also, I avoid clenching as it will give me a headache and TMJ issues if done too much. It's hard to clench a reed stem. It's what I prefer now.
Plus, I'm a hillbilly.
Anyway, the point is that pipe appearance doesn't really matter to me. I have a couple briars and a cob which I keep nice for smoking away from home and that covers that.
I recently was able to cheaply purchase a few used briars which were pretty beat up. I picked mostly pipes where the stem was trashed but the bowl was in good shape. Perfect to add my own stem and have some knock around briars for home use. However, on one of them I need to repair a crack in the bowl.
It's a nice big, thick walled bowl. It has a crack in the exterior which does not appear to go to the inside. It's not hairline, but it's not a whole lot bigger than that. It would be nice to fill it with something nice and strong but non-toxic (just in case). So super glue and epoxy are out, and I'd like something stronger than wood glue.
Any ideas?
First, a little about my piping ways. I usually smoke cobs where I have replaced the stem with a reed stem. I like a longer church warden or "semi-churchwarden" stem. Also, I avoid clenching as it will give me a headache and TMJ issues if done too much. It's hard to clench a reed stem. It's what I prefer now.
Plus, I'm a hillbilly.
Anyway, the point is that pipe appearance doesn't really matter to me. I have a couple briars and a cob which I keep nice for smoking away from home and that covers that.
I recently was able to cheaply purchase a few used briars which were pretty beat up. I picked mostly pipes where the stem was trashed but the bowl was in good shape. Perfect to add my own stem and have some knock around briars for home use. However, on one of them I need to repair a crack in the bowl.
It's a nice big, thick walled bowl. It has a crack in the exterior which does not appear to go to the inside. It's not hairline, but it's not a whole lot bigger than that. It would be nice to fill it with something nice and strong but non-toxic (just in case). So super glue and epoxy are out, and I'd like something stronger than wood glue.
Any ideas?