Cavalier is leaking.

[mpjetset]

I ran x-fine sandpaper around the briar because the cap was tight and I thought I would eventually break something. A slight but annoying leak stops midway througha bowl, and I'm assuming that's because the briar swells a little with moisture. (In the meantime I use the "oil" on my beard!) I can wet it and wait before lighting up, but is there something else I can do to correct it, will it eventually re-seat, or should I send it to Mark for repair?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Is the cap vulcanite?

 

[huntertrw]

"Hummm, I seem to be leaking!"

 

[mpjetset]

Is the cap vulcanite?

Yes it is

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yes it is

Try slightly heating the cap's tenon with a hair dryer or flame to barely expand it to make up for any material loss from the sanding.

 

[jguss]

Leakage is what led to the Roundhead victory at Marston Moor. The Cavaliers were mired in a sticky morass of their own creation and hapless victims of the more continent and nimble soldiers of the Parliamentarian and Covenanter armies.

 

[OzPiper]

Try beeswax

 

[mpjetset]

Try slightly heating the cap's tenon with a hair dryer or flame to barely expand it to make up for any material loss from the sanding.

Thank you. Would you press it against a hard surface after slight heat like you would a stem' tenon?

 

[mpjetset]

Try beeswax

Will be my first try, thanks.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Would you press it against a hard surface after slight heat like you would a stem' tenon?

You don't have to press either, pressing will warp them. Heat expands the material.

 

[mpjetset]

Try beeswax

Will be my first try, thanks.

You don't have to press either, pressing will warp them. Heat expands the material.

Oh, excellent then. Heat, cool, repeat as necessary. I'll report back.