JustTroItIn
04-04-2015, 09:31 AM
I recently picked up my first ceramic estate pipe, a Goedewaagan Baronite double walled pipe made in Holland. Hopefully I don't break the damn thing while I'm cleaning it.
The material used to hold the tenon into the shank has disintegrated. From what I can tell it appears to have been cork. It looks to me like it's supposed to be a push pull type and that the cork gasket would have remained on the tenon, not in the shank (this is a guess). I'm going to start cleaning it up and my plan is to drill a cork and shave it to fit, but I'm curious if anyone may know if this is actually how this pipe was originally designed.
I did find this article where the restorer had the same problem http://rebornpipes.com/2012/09/03/goedewaagen-ceramic-double-walled-pipe-restemmed-2/. He opted to drill and tap the stem to fit a Delrin push pull tenon. I'm not 100% against going that route, but I think I would rather forgo trying to drill and tap the stem.
Here are a few pics:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_56_zpsyciaqwye.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_56_zpsyciaqwye.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_58_zpskvwcw3j3.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_58_zpskvwcw3j3.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_60_zpshpruyu3m.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_60_zpshpruyu3m.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_64_zpsd0ickhn3.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_64_zpsd0ickhn3.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_65_zpss365ug8d.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_65_zpss365ug8d.jpg.html)
The material used to hold the tenon into the shank has disintegrated. From what I can tell it appears to have been cork. It looks to me like it's supposed to be a push pull type and that the cork gasket would have remained on the tenon, not in the shank (this is a guess). I'm going to start cleaning it up and my plan is to drill a cork and shave it to fit, but I'm curious if anyone may know if this is actually how this pipe was originally designed.
I did find this article where the restorer had the same problem http://rebornpipes.com/2012/09/03/goedewaagen-ceramic-double-walled-pipe-restemmed-2/. He opted to drill and tap the stem to fit a Delrin push pull tenon. I'm not 100% against going that route, but I think I would rather forgo trying to drill and tap the stem.
Here are a few pics:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_56_zpsyciaqwye.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_56_zpsyciaqwye.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_58_zpskvwcw3j3.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_58_zpskvwcw3j3.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_60_zpshpruyu3m.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_60_zpshpruyu3m.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_64_zpsd0ickhn3.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_64_zpsd0ickhn3.jpg.html)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/jclarke7/_65_zpss365ug8d.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/jclarke7/media/_65_zpss365ug8d.jpg.html)