Ceramic pipe repair

[JustTroItIn]

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/go...e-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:

[El Whedo]

You can buy thin sheets of real cork meant for woodwind instrument repair.

They can be found on ebay fer sure, and probably amazon too.

[Bruck]

^^^as a former clarinet player, that's what I would do^^^

meanwhile, nice lookin pipe!

[JustTroItIn]

After cleaning it up and seeing how everything fits together, I think I have a pretty good idea of how I'm going to go about the repair. I'll show pics when I'm done.

[cbr310]

nice pipe! cant wait to see what you do.

[GWBowman]

Very nice and interesting pipe. Good luck. Looking forward to seeing the fix and finished product.

[Branzig]

Never seen a pipe like that, but it sure is beautiful! Love the little village/windmill scene on it!

Can't wait to hear how it smokes.

[JustTroItIn]

A trip to ACE, $0.37 later, and here is the fix.













Ashton Flake Medallions for the first bowl. Not a bad smoker either.