RebornPipes Does It Again

[greysmoke]

Several months ago I snagged a nice estate American Dublin at auction and was pretty happy with it. Great ring blast. Classic shape. But a few months later, a large crack opened up in the bowl. The pipe also became incredibly dry, like a piece of driftwood. I was bummed.

I packed it off to Steve Laug of RebornPipes. The Canadian postal service was on strike, but Steve had a solution for that.

I just got it back today. The complete story is here.

Restoring and Repairing a Tinsky American Sandblast Dublin Reg No C 486/*S 5

by Steve Laug Just before the Postal Strike here in Canada I received an email from Baker regarding a Tinsky American Smoking Pipe that he had purchased that needed some attention. He sent me a lin…

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I’m a happy camper. Thoughts?

 

[dd57chevy]

That's remarkable ! Beautiful ! Congratulations !
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I had no idea a guy could mix up briar dust "Bondo" .

 

[Waning Embers]

I had no idea a guy could mix up briar dust "Bondo" .

Yep, a fairly common trick. You can also mix vulcanite dust with CA glue for holes in vulcanite stems.

 

[DesertDan]

Congrats! Steve does great work.

 

[Jo L.S.]

Steve did a remarkable job.

 

[N8theGr8]

Absolutely LOVE that stem!!