Before...After...Now

[Mozjo33]

About a month ago, I posted a thread displaying my unbelievable stupidity that resulted in my favorite pipe (Bead Blasted Brandy) being broken. I contacted the maker of the pipe Abe Herbaugh (Herbaugh Pipes) who said he could try to repair it.

I got to tell you, Abe knocked this repair job out of the park! You have to look incredibly close to see any signs of repair. Abe went as far as re-blasting the repaired area and re-staining the pipe. The only difference in the pipe is the overall weight due to the addition some tubing used to repair the shank. Thanks to Abe, my favorite pipe is back at home!

Before

After

Now

 

[riff raff]

That is a SF Giants like home-run repair! Abe sure makes some beautiful pipes, so I'm not surprised he can do a repair as well.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Aha! Cool, you got it fixed! :cheers:

Nice job, Abe. Moz, now that you've learned your lesson... :evil: ...no more breaking your nice pipes! :lol:

8)

 

[Mozjo33]

Aha! Cool, you got it fixed! :cheers:

Nice job, Abe. Moz, now that you've learned your lesson... :evil: ...no more breaking your nice pipes! :lol:

8)

Yes sirrrrrr... :roll:

 

[dshpipes]

Wow! That's a great looking repair job. :cheers:

 

[the rev]

very happy for you, that is a well done job.

rev

 

[Jers]

Great job! :cheers: :cheers:

Fraternally

Jers

 

[the rev]

I am just having a hard time understanding something

Why is their dark on the inside of the cracked shank? When a shank breaks off you should see where the stain penetrated, and then light briar. Yours looks darkened at the top almost into the airhole. I am wondering if there was a hairline crack there to begin with that the stain seeped into. And when you dropped it, it broke with the force.

rev

 

[the rev]

looking more closely it seems it might be right into the airhole and maybe it is smoke stain?

rev

 

[Mozjo33]

looking more closely it seems it might be right into the airhole and maybe it is smoke stain?

rev

Hey Rev.

The break was caused by studpidity of resting it against a golf cart wheel and my friend not knowing it was there.

Also, I smoked the hell out of it - not sure if that caused the discoloration, but it never gave me any problems.

 

[the rev]

yeah, that is a way to break a pipe

I guess it makes sense that the wood wood color right there, forget I said anything

I wasn't suggesting any thing untoward that is for sure.

rev

 

[Mozjo33]

yeah, that is a way to break a pipe

I guess it makes sense that the wood wood color right there, forget I said anything

I wasn't suggesting any thing untoward that is for sure.

rev

No worries! :cheers:

 

[kieveryuu]

Nice. Glad to see you have your pipe back.

 

[Steveaux]

Damn, Moz ... when you break 'em, you break 'em good.

Glad it worked out for you.

 

[gravel]

That is a great repair job, bringing a cherished pipe back into service! Kudos Abe!

 

[lestrout]

Great looker and great repair. Looking at what the rev said about stain seepage, I see a light virgin area just under the shank outer surface. There may have been a fissure inside the shank junction which opened into the air draft.

hp
les