Clay Peterson Repair

[Dshift]

I need some advice on this pipe. Should i be even attempting to fix the chips on the rim? If yes does anyone have any experience with clay? I have some ideas but I am not sure and I don't want to accidentally damage the pipe even further.
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[xrundog]

You can patch it I guess. But the patches will stand out. They’ll color differently if at all depending on what you use. The chips are to big to reduce.
On the other hand, you could go for the Greek urn museum repair where the patch shows but blends into the shape so well that it doesn’t detract from the overall appearance.
It’s a clay so maybe a similar material mixed like spackle? Or maybe just actual spackle. Fill the chips and gently resurface the whole bowl to blend it.

 

[Dshift]

You can patch it I guess. But the patches will stand out. They’ll color differently if at all depending on what you use. The chips are to big to reduce.
On the other hand, you could go for the Greek urn museum repair where the patch shows but blends into the shape so well that it doesn’t detract from the overall appearance.
It’s a clay so maybe a similar material mixed like spackle? Or maybe just actual spackle. Fill the chips and gently resurface the whole bowl to blend it.

So crusher clay from another pipe layered with CA glue would be a bad idea? I was going to test it out on another pipe first of course.

 

[Hillcrest]

Hide them with cherubs or ornamental molding ???

 

[Dshift]

Hide them with cherubs or ornamental molding ???
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Cool idea but I want to keep the pipe as authentic as possible.

 

[Briarcutter]

Cool idea but I want to keep the pipe as authentic as possible.

IMO, what ever you do won't be authentic. It's your pipe but if it were me, I'd clean it up and let the love nicks alone. I think its a great story teller. Guy probably banged his pipe on the brick streets of Dublin to clean it out

 

[Ahi Ka]

I’ve used plaster of Paris to repair meershaum cups/bowl linings. I’m not sure if it would work in this setting or not, but if you try it and don’t like it you can always pick it out.

 

[Dshift]

IMO, what ever you do won't be authentic. It's your pipe but if it were me, I'd clean it up and let the love nicks alone. I think its a great story teller. Guy probably banged his pipe on the brick streets of Dublin to clean it out

hmm i think you got me there with the brick streets i think I actually might do that. Plus i found a second clay pipe, this time unsmoked

 

[Briarcutter]

Plus i found a second clay pipe, this time unsmoked

Like to see that one!

 

[Dshift]

Like to see that one!

Soon enough - i am gathering some more Petes from the UK and will have them repackaged and forwarded around the end of the week. It has a weird stem though, so who knows

 

[xrundog]

So crusher clay from another pipe layered with CA glue would be a bad idea? I was going to test it out on another pipe first of course.

What to use as a binder is the question. Any kind of glue will really stand out. I’m thinking just try water to start. A matte patch might be preferable to a shiny one.
There’s a nugget in the back of my mind that egg white is a good binder. I haven’t used it though.

 

[Briarcutter]

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Box and all! What a gem. I don't think there's anything weird about that mouthpiece, just the way they use to make them.

 

[Dshift]

What to use as a binder is the question. Any kind of glue will really stand out. I’m thinking just try water to start. A matte patch might be preferable to a shiny one.
There’s a nugget in the back of my mind that egg white is a good binder. I haven’t used it though.

I thought no i might try some of those methods since they all sound not permanent and if I don't like how they look i could just revert to the original.

 

[FLDRD]

Box and all! What a gem. I don't think there's anything weird about that mouthpiece, just the way they use to make them.

I had one similar to that on a 68 but I detested it. I had a custom stem made instead.

 

[Hillcrest]

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That is an Orific bit/stem. My two Erica seconds, which I bought in 1983ish, came with those and mine are acrylic. Some people prefer those.