Small Crack in the Mortise

[rsshreck32]

I noticed this little crack, or what appears to be a little crack in the mortise area of my Radice Rind. My fingernail doesn't catch on it but a small pocket knife does. In the photo, its top left area. I know its not the best photo, but my phone camera is lacking. I'm not sure how this happened, any solutions?

 

[lraisch]

Have a repair band fitted and don't insert the stem until that's been done.

 

[Briar Lee]

Perfectly good green money is a terrible thing to waste.

If there was a pipe shop in town, and $20 would put a band on it, that’s one thing.

But I have a few pipes with worse cracks that never give trouble.

I’d smoke it if it were mine.

That crack isn’t headed towards the center. That pipe could outlive you.

 

[troutface]

I would band it pronto. Don't insert the stem till it's banded. Why risk cracking it and having an even more expensive repair bill ?

 

[Briar Lee]

I would band it pronto. Don't insert the stem till it's banded. Why risk cracking it and having an even more expensive repair bill ?

The argument for just smoking it and trying (admittedly that will be hard) to forget you ever saw the crack is if it ever leaks air it will require a band. And the band will cost the same then, as now.

I have one beautful little Comoy’s with a tiny crack all the way through, in the same place. The tenon goes further in the mortise than the crack. It only hurts my soul, to know it’s cracked.

The pipe could be replaced for the cost of a band, it doesn’t need after twenty years of smoking with a tiny crack.

 

[LeafErikson]

Don't try to put the stem back in and send it off for a band. It'll look even cooler with a sterling silver band on it.

 

[rsshreck32]

Don't try to put the stem back in and send it off for a band. It'll look even cooler with a sterling silver band on it.

Any recommendations of who to send it to?

 

[sablebrush52]

Any recommendations of who to send it to?

One of my favorite Barlings had the same issue and sent it to George Dibos, georged on this forum, for a band and a replacement stem and he produced a faultless job.