Repairing a Broken Pipe Case.

[RustiePyles CPG]

A while back @Ahi Ka gifted me a very cool pipe that needed some love (more on the pipe later). One of the things it was in need off was some case repair. The tip of the case around the button had been broken off one side of the clamshell. The repair is not a restoration, more of functional stabilization. It’s impossible to get the leather that these cases were covered in as it’s no longer made. So covering the repair with original type materials is out of the question. But I was able to make the case whole again. The repair is made of basswood as I suspect the case is also. Once the epoxy fully cures, I’ll get the repair blended in and clean up the rest of the case.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

 

[OzPiper]

Rustie,
As someone with 2 left feet in place of hands, I applaud your skills (which go beyond the handyman level)

 

[condorlover1]

@RustiePyles CPG : The case covering is still around. I had cases fully recovered and restored by the former pipe shop in Chancellory Lane in London. In fact Tim (@ashdigger) had one of mine from the 1890s in his collection for while before passing it on that was a fully overhauled case. PM me and I'll pass on the details! As an after thought you are spot on about the wood for the cases.

 

[kcghost]

I bow my head in amazement at your incredible skills.

 

[jhowell]

Smashing!

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

@RustiePyles CPG : The case covering is still around. I had cases fully recovered and restored by the former pipe shop in Chancellory Lane in London. In fact Tim (@ashdigger) had one of mine from the 1890s in his collection for while before passing it on that was a fully overhauled case. PM me and I'll pass on the details! As an after thought you are spot on about the wood for the cases.

Interesting, i had made my assumption based on having talked to a few people who work with leather and one who actually made pipe cases. But after reading your comment I did a little more digging and have ordered a few samples bookbinders leather (goat & lamb).
I’m gonna see if I can make them work for recovering cases and making new cases.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

 

[simong]

Interesting, i had made my assumption based on having talked to a few people who work with leather and one who actually made pipe cases. But after reading your comment I did a little more digging and have ordered a few samples bookbinders leather (goat & lamb).
I’m gonna see if I can make them work for recovering cases and making new cases.

I remember watching a video about making cases a few years ago, Lubinskis Italian website I think it was. It showed a Turkish lady & her sons making them from start to finish.

 

[dPero]

O man

 

[keith929]

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Great work! Now how about a picture of the pipe this case holds.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Great work! Now how about a picture of the pipe this case holds.

Patience, it’s coming..

 

[Ahi Ka]

Great work! Now how about a picture of the pipe this case holds.

The pipe is already in one of the pics

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

The pipe is already in one of the pics

There’s a lot of pipes in that picture. A few of them are yours.

 

[Ahi Ka]

There’s a lot of pipes in that picture. A few of them are yours.

I thought I recognised that cob

 

[AroEnglish]

And here I thought case making might be the one thing that no one in the US was doing/could do. I should've known better by now.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

And here I thought case making might be the one thing that no one in the US was doing/could do. I should've known better by now.

There was a guy named Max Capps who made some really fantastic cases for his pipes, he also made some really fantastic pipes was well. Unfortunately he seems to have stopped making pipes.

 

[orlandofurioso]

This is again so magnificent its almost getting boring
Can you post about something you cannot do ?

 

[AroEnglish]

There was a guy named Max Capps who made some really fantastic cases for his pipes, he also made some really fantastic pipes was well. Unfortunately he seems to have stopped making pipes.

Wow, looks like he did some great work:

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