Advice on a Cracked Pipe

[Ryan]

I’ve been looking at a pipe for sale and I like the pipe and it is at a nice price.

However, there is a problem. There is a very small “crack” right where it transitions to the shank. Looks in the pics like it might be about 3/8” long. Doesn’t look like it really goes in very deep at all, and the seller says the inside of the chamber has no fissures, cracks, or anything out of the ordinary.

If I buy this pipe, is it a matter of time before the little surface crack grows into something terrible?

 

[georged]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Ryan]

Pics or it didn't happen

It looks no deeper than a scratch

 

[georged]

Probably not structural, so unlikely to get worse with smoking.

(small chance there is a soft spot---or even a void---underneath it, though, in which case nothing can be done in any event)

 

[crashthegrey]

Meh. If the price is right smoke it and enjoy it. Looks surface but hard to say. I've smoked worse with no issue.

 

[gkunkel]

I’ve filled cracks with wood filler and in some cases refinished

 

[didimauw]

Hey hey hey we're not that kind of forum...

Oh.... crack(ed) pipe. Gotcha! Hahaha.

I'll see myself out.