First broken pipe!

[somedumbjerk]

Smoking pigtail in my mm Dane with a forever stem, and all of a sudden the smoke wasn't right. I look down and the shank split!

Lame! Now I have to shell out anoth $8

Heh. Just bummed because that pipe was smoking great!

 

[Brewdude]

Well don't that just suck!

:|


Cheers,

RR

 

[monbla256]

OH MAN!! Those dunhill Cob shanks are hard to find and expensive :twisted:

 

[MisterE]

OH MAN!! Those dunhill Cob shanks are hard to find and expensive  :twisted:

LOL. Yeah I was wondering about that dot, too....

 

[somedumbjerk]

Walker briar works forever stem

 

[Kyle Weiss]

OH MAN!! Those dunhill Cob shanks are hard to find and expensive  :twisted:

Heh, best post of the day.

SDJ, puritans may scoff, but I bet if you put some wood putty or wood glue in that break, stuffed quite a bit of rolled-up paper in the shank to keep the airway open (and stem able to be re-inserted) then put vise-grip pliers to hold it together, you'd be back in the game again.  

Don't blame me if the Cob Snobs snub you, though.   :heart:

8)

 

[monbla256]

OH MAN!! Those dunhill Cob shanks are hard to find and expensive  :twisted:

Heh, best post of the day.

SDJ, puritans may scoff, but I bet if you put some wood putty or wood glue in that break, stuffed quite a bit of rolled-up paper in the shank to keep the airway open (and stem able to be re-inserted) then put vise-grip pliers to hold it together, you'd be back in the game again.  

Don't blame me if the Cob Snobs snub you, though.   :heart:

8)

That's the Cob Spirit!! But why go to all that trouble when a couple of wraps of black electricians tape should do just fine! :twisted:

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Electrical tape?  :scratch:   This ain't some fancy Yuppie party.    :no:  :no:  :no:

 

[somedumbjerk]

So I went to clamp and glue it before I read your post, actually. The shank crank spread into the cob and pulled the shank out when I clamped!! Ham fist cob destroyer!!!

 

[loneredtree]

Sounds like you can repair the shank and insert it back in the cob applying glue. I was going to suggest using heat shrink tubing for electrical wiring to seal the shank and hold it together. It is a little more elegant the electrical tape.

 

[jefe1037]

duct tape hasn't been considered yet?

 

[somedumbjerk]

I was going to weld it back together

 

[Jers]

Superglue?

Fraternally

Jers

 

[somedumbjerk]

In all seriousness, the local news stand always has the hardwood bottomed cobs at $8. I threw this one away and I'll pick one up on Thursday.

 

[Hermit]

What a pity!
Was it insured?  

 

[Kyle Weiss]

The Cobgods are pissed.

 

[Growley]

Take apart a bic pen, shove the plastic white shank in the bowl with a little putty and you're back in business!

 

[Briar Spirit]

Always a bummer when a pipe dies, sorry for you Buddy, thank goodness it was a cob mate, tugs a bit when it happens to your favourite Briar, our younger daughter launched my all time favourite Pete bent system pipe, split the stummel, I was devastated, never had a pipe that smokes as well before or since.

 

[Dutch]

While cobs are cheap and easily replaced, I find it enjoyable to see just how long I can make a cob last.

The first thing I do with a new cob is to bulletproof it, best I can. This involves putting pipe mud in the bottom of the bowl, and adding epoxy to the joint between cob and shank. Once I have accomplished that, and allowed both to dry, I then wrap the shank in heavy gauge sewing thread, and then slather the thread with a coat of epoxy.

It takes a little time and effort to do this, but it is well worth the effort if you want your cobs to last as long as your briar and meerschaum pipes.

Here are a couple pics of a Missouri Meerschaum General with a Walker Forever Stem that is going strong. It is the first cob I wrapped the shank on, and I repaired this one after the shank cracked on me.

 

[Growley]

Wow Dutch, that's impressive!