Bamboo Shank Hole

[rodo]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob

Was just given a lovely Erik Nording from 1998 with a nice bit of bamboo between the briar shank and the stem. As I was inspecting it, I noticed that one of the nodes (a spot where a bamboo branch would emerge) was missing. I held my thumb over the bowl and blew and, yep, it's a hole into the shank. Anyone else patched a section of bamboo before?

 

[mau1]

Do you have a picture to share?

 

[rodo]

The reflected light points to the part of the shank where the node (if that is the right term) is missing.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looks like insect damage.

 

[rodo]

Maybe. Don't know which insects smoke too hot.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Maybe. Don't know which insects smoke too hot.

Carpet beetle larvae are notorious for eating horn and bamboo accents and stems on pipes.

 

[BROBS]

I agree that it could be a bug hole, or it just got poked with something.
I would probably use wood filler and then stain to match the bamboo?

 

[gamzultovah]

Tinted epoxy resin and a syringe will do the trick

 

[rodo]

Good advice, thanks. And I should not ever let any insects smoke my pipes?

 

[gamzultovah]

Good advice, thanks. And I should not ever let any insects smoke my pipes?

Never! ??