This is quite possible. Either way it’s a bad job of pipe handling. Always amazed at the things people do to their stuff. ?It’s the original stem that’s been sanded
It needed to be sanded/blended into the shank. It’s still fixable that way I fixed a GBD bulldog with the same issue.This is quite possible. Either way it’s a bad job of pipe handling. Always amazed at the things people do to their stuff. ?
Hahaha you know it's a work truck if you open the door and a bunch of trash and tools fall out. I haven't washed or dusted it in a couple years. I'm not what you would call a refined individual. But I have other grate qualities.How old is that truck?
I get the drilling, though I wouldn't have thought of it. So you're advising that I sand a shallow rabbet all the way around the shank in order to fit a band which itself is correctly sized to match the stem?Sand the end of the shank down to fit the stem but before that repair crack by drilling a tiny hole where it stops and fill with superglue and briardust. Add a reinforcing band. Great looking pipe you have there.
Dunhill dots are white, the OP's photo has brass and it looks like someone went overboard removing oxidation.Definitely a replacement stem. Maybe a Dunhill.
agreed. It was hard to see on my phone. I wondered about that.Dunhill dots are white, the OP's photo has brass and it looks like someone went overboard removing oxidation.