Can I repair a hole near the lip of the stem?

[990rick]

I just acquired a lot of 13 pipes from eBay and one of the stems has a hole on the underside of the lip. It's still smokable, but it's both irritating in the mouth and to the eye. Anybody know if there's a way I can fix this aside from replacing the stem? Thanks.

 

[marmal4de]

Turn it upside down, and, voila it's a p-lip!

 

[lonestar]

Thats brilliant baskerville.

I'll have to try that

 

[kf5eqv]

OR, if you wanted the redneck version:

Wrap black electrical tape over the hole to seal it, then slide one of those bit protectors over it so you can't tell there is tape on it. :wink:

http://www.premierpipes.com/accessories-other.htm

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

I was just searching for a trick like this the other day. Baskerville, that's an awesome idea that I'll be sure to try on some of the stems I need to repair.

 

[990rick]

This is just the info I was looking for. Thanks guys. I'm going to scrounge up a broken stem and give this repair a go. This pipe is a surprisingly good smoker (it's a Dr. Grabow freehand) and I'd like it looking its Sunday best.

 

[colorduke]

There is some info on stem repair over on the drgrabow collectors forum also.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

colorduke, could you pm me the link to the forum?

 

[wallbright]

The Dr. Grabow forum can be found here:
http://drgrabows.myfreeforum.org/index.php