Hi all,
I left my favorite briar pipe lying on the windowsill for several weeks expoused to sunlight (stem separated from pipe). That was a big mistake. Now the stem no longer fits into the shank of the pipe. My conjecture is that it is the expousure to tempurature changes due to direct sunshine that has made the shank tighter. And it is really bad, with force the stem can be pressed in no more than a milimiter or so. If the problem were the opposite, if the stem was sitting too loosely in the shank, then I would know how to go about it. But I never had this problem before, and the stem has always fitted perfect on this particular pipe. I have removed the pipe from the windowsill and it has been laying for a week now, hoping it perhaps would have some effect, but it is just the same.
Is there any hope of fixing this? Some clever method? I hate to see my favorite pipe go wasted like this. Thanks in advance.
I left my favorite briar pipe lying on the windowsill for several weeks expoused to sunlight (stem separated from pipe). That was a big mistake. Now the stem no longer fits into the shank of the pipe. My conjecture is that it is the expousure to tempurature changes due to direct sunshine that has made the shank tighter. And it is really bad, with force the stem can be pressed in no more than a milimiter or so. If the problem were the opposite, if the stem was sitting too loosely in the shank, then I would know how to go about it. But I never had this problem before, and the stem has always fitted perfect on this particular pipe. I have removed the pipe from the windowsill and it has been laying for a week now, hoping it perhaps would have some effect, but it is just the same.
Is there any hope of fixing this? Some clever method? I hate to see my favorite pipe go wasted like this. Thanks in advance.