Looking to commission someone to make an exact replicate of the white threaded bowl on this beautiful pipe. It has some issues and I'd like a replacement. Any suggestions of someone who has the chops to pull this off? Thanks, brothers...
Who Can Replicate This Meer Bowl?
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Here's the story... I was deep cleaning all of my pipes. They were getting gross. Most of them are very old. I managed to chip the rim of this one while in the process... one of my all time favorites. I was so upset, I nearly threw the pipe away (yeah, I can get get a bit emotional about these things LOL). Then I thought "why not have a new bowl made"? I got some leads, but none of them could pull of an exact replica. So I thought... I might as well try to repair it myself. I am comfortable repairing briar pipes, but not old meers so much. Bottom line is that I topped it some. I did not have to take much off really. To do so, I sanded it with various grits 220, then 400, then 600. Finally, I put it ever so gently on to my buffer. This is the end result... Not what it was, but I will live with it. I do love this pipe (still angry with myself about injuring this one!) ...
Looks great to me. I too was wondering why a new pipe made and was really curious who could craft a meer bowl, other than reaching out to one of the meer purveyors and having them make a bowl, and the rest of the pipe, if it was just for the bowl you'd have to send them the pipe to craft a bowl that fit correctly and that seems like it would be costly and time consuming with more than one try. Looks great to me and yes that's what i would have done, just top it once you said what the problem was. In a few weeks you'll never notice the difference.
You did a great job on it! I don't think any of us would've noticed if you showed this as the original photo. If I had to put forward a name I'd go with the Kansas guys, either @georged or @RustiePyles CPG.
I think as you smoke it and it darkens a little it will look great. I cant tell its rebuilt.
