a cracked shank

[mrpipster]

I rely on a zip tie to repair a cracked shank. There is no residue to react to heat and you can tighten that thing up so that there isn't a leak. A zip tie preserves the pipe's integrity without altering its basic chemistry. The addition of a zip tie to a shank is like the addition of a wedding ring to your fiancee's finger. You don't want to glue any part of a woman shut. Why would you want to do that with a pipe? A zip tie is the least expensive, the least invasive, and it is the most easily correctable of all possible solutions. A zip tie on a pipe is aesthetically pleasing.

Shank ties! Get yer shank ties HERE!

[simplepipes]

I can't see a picture, but after @simplepipes recent experience with sending a pipe to Grabow I would pass.

I reached out to them on two occasions (via email) with no response.

I will continue to seek certain vintage Commodores / Westbrooks but have no use for anything new from Grabow.

-sp