Good to know that it was not the manufacturer who thought this was an acceptable repair.
Do you have the original stem or was it salvageable?
New Stem For My Edwards. Such Disappointment
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Do you have the original stem or was it salvageable?
Perchance, was this your pipe-repairman (boy) (baby)?
Tim West, who makes, repairs, and restores pipes, recently did very right by me across 4 pipes.
I was thinking about bringing this pipe to the Columbus pipe show to see if Tim or someone there would work on it. Just not Pipes and Pleasure (has a table at the show) as that’s the shop I went to.
I'd elaborate a little on Edwards pipes. They were a significant pipe maker in the U.S. for many years and as mentioned did the house pipes for Iwan Ries for a number of years. Those were oil-cured Algerian briar. I don't know much about types of briar, but these have handsome grain and have held up functionality and in appearance.
The billiard I have, but especially the Canadian, have graciously ample bowls. If I had been jbrewer, I certainly would have gone for a new stem on this one. If Tim West or some other good repairman fixes him up with a good new stem, it will be a jewel of a pipe. I wouldn't bother attempting to smoke it with this haphazard job. Go for a real stem replacement.
Likewise, if you come across an Edwards (or Benton, or other Edwards pipe) in online retail or at a pipe show, I'd give it a serious look. The sourcing on the briar was expertly done.
The billiard I have, but especially the Canadian, have graciously ample bowls. If I had been jbrewer, I certainly would have gone for a new stem on this one. If Tim West or some other good repairman fixes him up with a good new stem, it will be a jewel of a pipe. I wouldn't bother attempting to smoke it with this haphazard job. Go for a real stem replacement.
Likewise, if you come across an Edwards (or Benton, or other Edwards pipe) in online retail or at a pipe show, I'd give it a serious look. The sourcing on the briar was expertly done.
From researching the brand a bit. It looks like they did use other briars on some of there pipe. This particular one is oil-cured Algerian briar. I just love the grain pattern on this one also. I’ll definitely be paying to have another stem made.
Who?! I'd think they deserve the notoriety.
Henceforth known to me as Pipes and Displeasure.
Algerian Briar Edwards seem to be decent and have a small following. I have seen a few shapes that caught my eye over the years. Under rated in my book.
I can do better work than that, ask Georged.
That is as bad as I have seen. WOW
I can do better work than that, ask Georged.
That is as bad as I have seen. WOWWhich would have been great, many high end pipes have the button slot drilled out and not cut with a disc, except whoever was working on this stem totally botched the whole process.
Yup, they are.
While virtually no one today walks around with a pipe in their mouth, at one time they did. (In 1949, 20% of all adult males in the US smoked a pipe... a large portion of them because it was "fashionable & sexy" the same way beards are now.)
Result? Chewing through stems was common in the 40's and 50's, and the Twin-Bore was born.
After the pipe faded away as a fashion item, though, the need for Twin-Bores shrank to near zero, and pipe repair shops were left holding a large supply of the critters.
Today, some shops are using them to avoid replenishing their supply of conventional designs.
In principle, yes, but in reality the majority of Twin-Bores are drilled too wide for the material "between the tubes" to be removed and the resulting slot to have a properly supported roof and floor.
If they just would have made it a triple bore instead of twin bore I'd probably consider it a superior design to a slotted stem.
Speaking of which, I couldn't stand the air restriction on my P-Lip:
The Peterson P-lip stem has a fabulous wide air channel inside but for whatever reason someone decided Peterson pipes should use the most restricted button of any factory pipe on the market.
Speaking of which, I couldn't stand the air restriction on my P-Lip:
The Peterson P-lip stem has a fabulous wide air channel inside but for whatever reason someone decided Peterson pipes should use the most restricted button of any factory pipe on the market.
Looking at this thread I get this distinct impression about stem jobs from shops. There are two ways they look at it. One is the stem is an important part of the pipe and needs as much love and attention as the briar. The other is slap something on there and get the pipe back out on the road who really cares about anything beyond the pipe is now functional again.
I would like to report that the shop did give me a full refund and would like the stem returned.
Glad to see they refunded you. Strange asking for the stem back.
Guess they plan to use it for another "repair".
Agreed, a stem that bad should be taken out back and shot.
Yes, it’s a very odd request. It might just be like how they want you to return the food when they make an error so you don’t have two meals. But in this case, no one would want that stem.