? Pipe leaking!

[chopper]

Hey guys, I know is not a piece of art, but it's the kind of pipe I bring with me when i go out at night. And believe me, this is the type of pipe I really like to smoke. I can abuse it freely withouth worries, I can drive on a motorcycle, drop it multiple times, splash some beer on it who cares. I learned this after breaking a $200 Peterson wich i tought was very solid.

And apart from the fluid that sometime come out, the pipe smoke really well.

Please have some love for the rejected pipes of the world

Try using superglue, just enough to seal the outside of the bowl.

If that fails, buy yourself a bag of Missouri Meerschaum seconds.
They're all smokable but are seconds due to aesthetics [or so I've been told]

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I had a Grabow that after about 6 or 7 bowls back to back started to leak while I was working. I was driving roughly 300 miles a day and nothing but time to smoke. Noticed my hand getting wet, and looked down to see a huge crack in the shank. When I got Home I scraped the bowl and used the cake to seal the crack up. Worked for a while but I eventually tossed it.

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That's the kind of thing that could be patched with a good epoxy. Seems a shame to have tossed it.

 

[Homer]

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[petes03]

?

 

[snagstangl]

I was thinking the same as a few others, dig out the fills and fill it back in with briar dust and superglue.

 

[mso489]

Make a deal with yourself. Do a repair and continue to smoke the pipe. But if the dam breaks again, retire the pipe to the landfill or retire it to a drawer.

An MM hardwood makes a fine kick-around pipe, probably won't leak, and costs five dollars and change.

 

[jpmcwjr]

If moisture leaks from a hole in the bowl or shank, I think almost anything can plug it, given that the exterior is a hot mess of fills.

A hole will also affect the draw, as it's likely some air will be pulled through it when you take a drag. Or puff. Or sip.

 

[alan73]

Wood putty works fine