New Stem For My Edwards. Such Disappointment

[Jbrewer2002]

After a two month wait I finally received my Edwards pipe back. They made a new stem and I think I’ll be calling them on Monday asking for my money back. First off it’s not even straight. Then when I looked at the bit I noticed it has two separate holes drilled with no opening in the middle (see pics). I have never seen this done. What’s your thoughts on this repair?

 

[MattRVA]

Was the original stem a twin bore? Looks rough, sorry man that does suck, hopefully you can get it straight.

 

[yanoJL]

Wow, that's not straight at all. And the stem is such a critical design element on the Lovat.
Dude, I'm sorry. That really stinks.

 

[captpat]

That’s terrible, wonder how that made it out of the shop.

 

[jhowell]

Wow!

 

[canucklehead]

That's pretty bad.

 

[didimauw]

After about 5 bowls, I sold my only commission, and most expensive pipe. I couldn't take the shoddy stem work. I should have asked for my money back. Stems are everything to me.

And I think since u asked the forum, you already know the answer.

 

[mso489]

A stem replacement can be so satisfying, giving a pipe a new life and sometimes giving a major boost to appearance.

I love my several Edwards pipes, Benton series stamped and sold as Iwan Ries house pipes. Fortunately, all have retained their original stems in good shape.

I'd sure go for a refund. That's a repair requiring a repair.

 

[J.Henry845]

Odd they would drill it twin-bore.

 

[georged]

Odd they would drill it twin-bore.

That's almost certainly a case of not having the desired size & shape available in a conventional design, so someone grabbed a Twin-Bore that WAS, and then modified it.

 

[J.Henry845]

Hopefully they make it right by you, unbelievable.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Looks like it was a premolded twin-bore they “tried” to cut a slot in. Unfortunately this is mostly par for the course for the current crop of pipe repairmen.

 

[kcghost]

To state the obvious, you have to very careful in respect to choosing repairmen.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

Thanks everyone. I didn’t even know a twin bore was a thing. I’m more bothered by it not being straight.

 

[verporchting]

Appalling. Demand a refund.

 

[sablebrush52]

After a two month wait I finally received my Edwards pipe back. They made a new stem and I think I’ll be calling them on Monday asking for my money back. First off it’s not even straight. Then when I looked at the bit I noticed it has two separate holes drilled with no opening in the middle (see pics). I have never seen this done. What’s your thoughts on this repair? View attachment 237984View attachment 237985View attachment 237987View attachment 237988

SOMEBODY has to give their idiot nephew a job.

You have been gifted with a very rare stem design entitled the Richard The Third, based on the ill fated hunchbacked King of England. Like Richard's spine, not only is the stem crooked, but the slot is as twisted as a politician's promise.

You should be thrilled, trilled say I, to be the recipient of this amazing largesse.

 

[AJL67]

SOMEBODY has to give their idiot nephew a job.

You have been gifted with a very rare stem design entitled the Richard The Third, based on the ill fated hunchbacked King of England. Like Richard's spine, not only is the stem crooked, but the slot is as twisted as a politician's promise.

You should be thrilled, trilled say I, to be the recipient of this amazing largesse.

I would call it "Rare" or even One of a Kind and sell it on fleabay for 3x the price.

 

[ashdigger]

Could be worse. I waited and waited for this design to show up. The artisan really put in the effort on this beauty.

 

[AroEnglish]

I've never heard of Edwards until this thread. Is the company still around? And are they the ones who did this repair?

 

[Jbrewer2002]

I've never heard of Edwards until this thread. Is the company still around? And are they the ones who did this repair?

It was a pipe shop in Columbus OH that attempted the repair. Here is a link about Edwards. It’s a nice pipe.
https://pipedia.org/wiki/Edward's