George was showing an amazing repair he performed on a horn-shaped pipe that was snapped in two. In his posting, he mentioned horn as a material which prompts me to ask "can a crack in the horm/material be easily fixed?"
I have a nice Preben Holm pipe that has a couple of serious cracks in the horn that need to be repaired. I'm not thinking of doing it myself, rather having it done by one of our repair guru's, but I find the solution intriguing.
Would jamming the stem in have caused the cracks in the first place because of natural weakness in the horn? Would it happen again after a repair but in another section of the horn?
I was thinking it might be possible to fill the cracks with super glue or other bonding material but you would have to have a pretty light hand and matching the colour would prove difficult. Would you clamp the horn? And would the stem fit afterwards? Inquiring minds wish to know
Thanks
I have a nice Preben Holm pipe that has a couple of serious cracks in the horn that need to be repaired. I'm not thinking of doing it myself, rather having it done by one of our repair guru's, but I find the solution intriguing.
Would jamming the stem in have caused the cracks in the first place because of natural weakness in the horn? Would it happen again after a repair but in another section of the horn?
I was thinking it might be possible to fill the cracks with super glue or other bonding material but you would have to have a pretty light hand and matching the colour would prove difficult. Would you clamp the horn? And would the stem fit afterwards? Inquiring minds wish to know
Thanks