Tora, Tora, Tora - Zeus meerschaum takes a nose dive - need advice

[clanobucklin]

I can't believe it. I decided to smoke the pipe. And while gently smoking it I heard a

"KaaaChUNNNK" the stem cracked in a inverted V on the bottom the stem. My first impulse was to toss the sucker...but then remembering it was gift (and my friend's Dad's Pipe) I thought I will just baby till it falls apart. Anyone have any suggestions on fixing it? Or can it be fixed?

 

[lonestar]

Wow, that sucks. I would have to see a pic to tell exactly what you're describing, but I wonder of a metal repair band would hold it all together ?

 

[mlaug]

You can band it or glue it.
I've fixed a friend's meer pipe by carefully wicking in superglue along the crack. We were able to apply some twist to the stummel and open the crack a little to get the glue in.
This is certainly unfortunate.

 

[thesmokindragon]

Devcon 5-minute epoxy might work, stands up very nice..but again, I'm

No pipe repair expert here (there are a few US ones like Boswell's that you

may want to run it by