Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow

[Wildcat]

I think the consesus is that anything over and inch and a quarter is too big for burn characteristics. Under that, your good.

I think this is why I don't recall my dad smoking the KW mentioned. Some evidence, but no cake. I never did smoke it. As I said it was a dust collector.

[Wildcat]

JB Weld is an epoxy, great for fixing engine blocks, but I would not like to smoke it. I would really hate trying to remove it from the pipe too. It's a decorative piece now.

+1

[Tsal]

How do you think I could reduce the size of the bowl. I’ve already added a thin layer of JB Weld. I’m just concerned how a bowl this big would actually smoke.

JB Weld is toxic if your planning on smoking it. Perhaps take it out. People on the internet have claimed that large diameter bowls are great for English blends.

[Thelonious monkfish]

I believe @Thelonious monkfish has a KW Meer lined with missing meer my dad smoked for a very short while. I believe it was a hand-me-down to my dad from my Papa Jim. I reamed it down to wood and it was a dust collecting piece of my childhood but with no real sentimental value so I moved it on.

All that said, maybe Alex has plans for it, he's quite the
pipe restorer!!

I recall somebody using plaster of paris, maybe Troy on the Grabow site years ago. Vermont Freehand sells pressed meer plugs for inserts, pretty cheap but they'd need drilled.

Regarding the stain left on the recessed areas, did you try acetone?

[Woodrow1953]

Some pro restorers have used JB Weld for cracks inside the bowl. Finishing up with a coating of sour cream and charcoal. I think I may try it. I’m going for a smooth look. Here’s the latest on the journey thus far.

[Ronv69]

Your pipe makes me think of the revolver I inherited from my father. I was once tempted to shoot it. It was originally nickel plated, a 1950s German made copy of a Colt, but double action. It's in 32 Colt. I would shoot it except that the timing is so far off that the cartridge doesn't line the primer up with the firing pin. Instead, I stripped the rust off, gave it a quick rub with steel wool and a cold blue and put it in a shadow box. Some things aren't worth fixing, regardless of the sentimental value.

[Mr Beardsley]

Your pipe makes me think of the revolver I inherited from my father. I was once tempted to shoot it. It was originally nickel plated, a 1950s German made copy of a Colt, but double action. It's in 32 Colt. I would shoot it except that the timing is so far off that the cartridge doesn't line the primer up with the firing pin. Instead, I stripped the rust off, gave it a quick rub with steel wool and a cold blue and put it in a shadow box. Some things aren't worth fixing, regardless of the sentimental value.

Rock solid wisdom

[Woodrow1953]

Well. I took the JB weld out. I did some research. I’m not really sure after reading, how to fix a crack IN the bowl, but the pipe was calling for Plaster Of Paris. Still a few fills to work on, but the old fella isn’t dead yet.

[Silver]

The old Doctor has some nice grain!