tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post1077783917566007118..comments2024-03-09T04:53:54.412-05:00Comments on The Talbert Pipe Blog: The Deadly Trap of Pipe RepairTreverThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-70590285199346121472013-04-28T19:08:01.808-04:002013-04-28T19:08:01.808-04:00Walker Pipe Repair in Michigan did very nice for m...Walker Pipe Repair in Michigan did very nice for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638372202028431261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-826026717413215862013-03-29T19:16:57.996-04:002013-03-29T19:16:57.996-04:00Ronni Bickascan is also excellent for repairing pi...Ronni Bickascan is also excellent for repairing pipes and making replacement stems, but like most expert repairmen, he is charging appropriately for making a quality replacement stem, which runs $60 and up. I learned a lot from George's articles on making stems, and found an even greater appreciation for just how much work it is to make a replacement stem.<br /><br />Still, I have also come to appreciate even more the effort that goes into making an appropriate stem for a fine new pipe. Charatan from the 1960s is a great negative example -- awesome briar and horrible, cheap rubber stems. Many of you newer pipe makers, like you, Trever, and Rad Davis or Michael Parks or Michael Lindner, make stems worth of the pipes you create.<br /><br />I say: there are probably a lot of "old friends" that may smoke well but have no collectable or intrinsic value, that should simply be retired. But if you have an exceptional looking, great smoking Barling or Ivarsson or whatever, you just have to suck it up and pay for a quality new bit. Period.Tad Gagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-85211113866925511922013-02-11T23:58:15.096-05:002013-02-11T23:58:15.096-05:00Another excellent pipe repairman is
Rich Lewis
5...Another excellent pipe repairman is <br /><br />Rich Lewis<br />527 Marquette Ave.<br />Minneapolis, MN 55402<br />Telephone: 612-332-9129<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-48343059422667420562012-11-06T23:01:48.493-05:002012-11-06T23:01:48.493-05:00Just heard fro another pipe repairman who's st...Just heard fro another pipe repairman who's still in business:<br /><br />Restoration Pipe Repair<br />P.O. Box 3<br />Stacy MN 55079<br />Frsams@ frontiernet.net<br />651-462-0187<br />Is anyone is interested. Read your article on pipe repair.<br />Frank StormTreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-97964292364125122012-10-05T23:47:11.223-04:002012-10-05T23:47:11.223-04:00Ahh, cool, it's good to hear you're back i...Ahh, cool, it's good to hear you're back in biz. If you can remember, let me know when your site is open and I'll post a notice here. And sorry for the delay in publishing your comment - I've spent the whole day today working on the Halloween catalog for the website.TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-61950853142439514602012-10-04T01:43:26.733-04:002012-10-04T01:43:26.733-04:00Hi, Trever
George Dibos here, the Precision Repai...Hi, Trever<br /><br />George Dibos here, the Precision Repair guy. Though I dropped off the radar at the end of 2010, it was for sudden (near-catastrophic, in fact) health reasons, and had nothing to do with business. I'm on the mend now, though, and started working through my backlog this past Spring. The site will be updated with the particulars before the end of the year, and an "open for business sign" will once again hang over the door.<br /><br />Being both a perfectionist and someone who loves a challenge, I actually doubled down business-wise in the interim, investing in a sweeping shop upgrade that will speed up throughput considerably from PSPR&R's first incarnation while improving quality at the same time. In fact, I'm reasonably confident that the new shop is the best equipped and stocked dedicated pipe repair shop on the planet.<br /><br />Your spelling out the difficulties of the repair trade is most appreciated, btw. Such information coming from an established and respected carver makes it easier for people like me when dealing with customers who are skeptical of what's involved with the job on my end.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />George George Diboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00628862655095053909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-18909036295016140892012-09-18T12:02:29.450-04:002012-09-18T12:02:29.450-04:00Seen their website. seems they still sells. Thank ...Seen their website. seems they still sells. Thank you a lot for the information :):):)Anonymous againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-70607074517997811602012-09-02T23:48:37.328-04:002012-09-02T23:48:37.328-04:00Out of curiosity, have you tried PE Hermann? http...Out of curiosity, have you tried PE Hermann? http://shop.hermanns.dk/<br />They sell lots of pipe repair parts including replacement stems, or at least they did the last time I ordered anything from them, which was probably in 2001. Really nice people to deal with, though, as I remember. TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-35990445065042252232012-08-29T13:59:03.766-04:002012-08-29T13:59:03.766-04:00Anonymous guy again, sorry for that absence of nam...Anonymous guy again, sorry for that absence of name ;)<br />Yup, I understand your point.<br />But my 30€ pipe was really "the love of my life" ;). Due to her low price, I had not hesitated to enhance it (I added a homemade lid for smoking under rain), use it by all weather outside, etc. I was not searching too for a perfect fit of the tenon and mortise. As long as it works, it was fine. Look didn't matter much to me. <br />But if it can helps, here is how I did:<br />I basically found a piece of bamboo with an innate hole not too big and which could fit into my mouth. Hard to describe. I cut it to the proper length using a simple knife. To adjust it to fit in the pipe, I used a file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File (tool) (not sure it's the proper word, me frog, not English... - it's a big sadness you left Brittany, by the way ;)) to design the proper diameter, finishing it with some sand paper. The final stuff was a bit smaller than the pipe hole, so I used some paper as a joint. That's all :) <br />Fact is I think when you have time and you do not matter too much on a perfect finish (and that's the point of buying a 30€ pipe!), you may have no need of tenon turning tool or other complex machine that were creating for producing quickly and perfectly.<br />Speaking of it, having learned basic woodwork as a boyscout long time ago, I was saddened when I get to the local DIY shop and couldn't find a drawknife. Worst than that, the shopkeeper, a guy in his thirties, told me he had never heard of it...! Vindiou! Either I'm getting too old, either our countries are getting too... industrialised and dependant of the electricity faerie.Anonymous guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-5103360035536569682012-08-26T21:21:14.629-04:002012-08-26T21:21:14.629-04:00I think that would be a great solution but for two...I think that would be a great solution but for two problems - Most guys have no means to accurately turn the tenons to size, and the stems are too cheap to make money from by mail order. Molded rubber stems are very inexpensive, usually a dollar or less, so the prices have to be pushed way up to even make them worth shipping to someone (the time of wrapping them up and mailing takes more than the stems are worth). <br /><br />My best suggestion would be to look at the web shops of Pimo and Pipemakers' Emporium, where they sell a wide variety of stem shapes. Ideally, though, these are items bought in bulk to be worthwhile, not in singles as a pipe owner would want. Then there is also the cost of the tenon turning tool, which is not cheap... and the time and practice to use it accurately. Really, in the case of a 30 euro pipe, it is much cheaper and easier to simply buy another pipe than to try to replace parts on the one you have. TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-44739127249162879852012-08-26T19:11:14.270-04:002012-08-26T19:11:14.270-04:00Being a pipe smoker and not a pipe maker, I howeve...Being a pipe smoker and not a pipe maker, I however understand the trouble you're having. I suppose people imagine the price by the cost of the material, not by the time it may costs to make it. <br /><br />When I bought my first pipe, it costs around 30€ (I live in Europe). It was perfect, rough and standard but doing its job nicely (ie: burning tons of tobacco!). When once the stem broke, I wanted to make it repair but I found nobody around to do the job (ie: not even a pipe maker). Trouble I had was my local pipe seller told me he couldn't even sell me standard pipe stem :(. I ended using some bambou growing in my garden to make my own handmade replacement stem.<br /><br />I suggest you could use an other option for people asking you to repair their pipe stem if they're not ready to pay 500$. Give them the address of a reliable seller of pipe stem. Then put a few advices (and if it doesn't take you too long to do it, a howto on the making a new stem :) ) on your website. People like me not having 500$ in their pocket but sad not to be able to use their old pipe anymore would be ready to take the time to learn how to repair themselves their pipe. On the other hand, if I had enough money to pay for a 500$ pipe, I would probably be happy to pay 1000$ to have it properly repaired...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-43577500681236675772012-08-22T17:11:28.535-04:002012-08-22T17:11:28.535-04:00Yeah, Mark does good work. He did a ton of pipe r...Yeah, Mark does good work. He did a ton of pipe repair all through the 90's but I wasn't sure if he was still active with it. Part of the problem is that the prices can vary so much. I mean, if someone sends me a factory pipe with a military mount stem and I have a molded one in stock of the same style, I can do a "replacement" for ten bucks. BUT, that's rare to find matches unless you have a huge stock of stem shapes, and often people ask for handcut stems anyway. And the labor range expenses are so broad that people get pissed - "You did a stem replacement for him for $35 and you're telling me that mine will cost $200??? You crook!"... and so forth.TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-60891386968963306532012-08-22T17:01:23.364-04:002012-08-22T17:01:23.364-04:00Having hand cut only four stems so far I really un...Having hand cut only four stems so far I really understand where you are coming from. Very labor intensive. No way around it. I have heard recently of Mark Tinsky doing repairs.Michael Labohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664328554852861971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-24191546850422319512012-08-19T17:13:51.034-04:002012-08-19T17:13:51.034-04:00That's good to know, I'm glad to have cont...That's good to know, I'm glad to have contacts to share with people when they ask. It has seemed like, "Do you do repairs or do you know a good pipe repairman?" has been one of the big repeating questions I've been getting lately. TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-15969247555119957582012-08-19T12:03:16.060-04:002012-08-19T12:03:16.060-04:00Tim West of Columbus, Ohio has replaced several st...Tim West of Columbus, Ohio has replaced several stems for me over the last five years or so. I see him every year at the Chicago Pipe Show. Does very nice work. Also sells buffer supplies and most everything for making pipes.<br /><br />Here is a link to Tim's website. <br /><br />http://www.jhlowe.com/tobacco_pipe_repairs.htmcarlknightenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566983633614837954noreply@blogger.com