Last week a pipe was discussed at length to illustrate functional vs. undetectable repair work:
I thought you might find the backstory satisfying.
The long-thought-to-have-been-lost-forever stummel was found by chance by its owners son. And the son, remembering how much his father had treasured and loved the pipe, hatched a plan...
Instead of announcing its discovery and getting a quick "up and working again" fix, he kept finding it a secret until it could be made NEW again. Something capable of triggering a time machine trip of nearly half a century.
Why? So he could hand it over at his dad's 85th birthday dinner.
When was that?
A few hours ago:
Example of "Invisible Repair" :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
From time to time there's a discussion on this board about repair or restoration quality, which ranges from simply being able to use a pipe again and who cares what it looks like, to not being able to detect it was ever worked on at all. The lovely 1977 Dunhill half bent pot seen here was badly...
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I thought you might find the backstory satisfying.
The long-thought-to-have-been-lost-forever stummel was found by chance by its owners son. And the son, remembering how much his father had treasured and loved the pipe, hatched a plan...
Instead of announcing its discovery and getting a quick "up and working again" fix, he kept finding it a secret until it could be made NEW again. Something capable of triggering a time machine trip of nearly half a century.
Why? So he could hand it over at his dad's 85th birthday dinner.
When was that?
A few hours ago:
