Sad End To Clay Pipe

[oldmansmoking]

Sad end to Clay Pipe​

Great shame my clay pipe broke today, snapped Like a biscuit. I don't know if smoking it every day made it brittle. But it just snapped. Great loss.

I will miss the 15 minute smoke I got from it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Gives you an excuse to buy another. :wink:

 

[aldecaker]

That is sad. Nice looking pipe. I've always wanted a clay, but don't want a pipe I can't hold by the bowl when I'm not clenching.

 

[agnosticpipe]

Wait! You can still smoke that pipe, just sand the end of the stem a little to get rid of the sharp edges, and now you've got a gen-u-wine nose warmer!

 

[oldmansmoking]

Thank you for your view Orleans will give it a try, do you think over smoking caused it to become brittle? Or was it just bad luck.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I wouldn't think smoking caused it. People clean those things in ovens and with torches. Flaw in the clay perhaps?

 

[woodsroad]

There must be a glue that will adhere well to clay.....

 

[bluegrasspipe]

I glued a 14" old German tavern pipe that was broken in two pieces, against my better judgement, and let it dry out for weeks, and I don't notice anything wrong with it at all. I figure it's fine..

 

[aldecaker]

I once glued a meer bowl back together with superglue and now my head hurts. All the time.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Epoxy is often used on pipes.

 

[bluegrasspipe]

Epoxy is often used on pipes

. Yep

 

[condorlover1]

Sand the end down and repaint the mouth piece with red nail varnish and you are good to go!

 

[64alex]

[I've always wanted a clay, but don't want a pipe I can't hold by the bowl when I'm not clenching.]
Try a Lepeltier clay pipe. They have double walls with interspace in between and they don't get hot, you can definitely hold them as long as you want.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I've always wanted a clay, but don't want a pipe I can't hold by the bowl when I'm not clenching.

Look at old art. Clays were never meant to be held by the bowl.

 

[ophiuchus]

I've glued the cooler end of a clay back on with Crazy Glue. It's not pretty, but I can still smoke it. Just let the glue do its work for a couple days before smoking it again.
On the other hand, a broken clay makes nice decoration ... (Sorry it happened, anyway. That's a fine looking clay.)