Banding a Cracked Shank
Well, I am not doing a great job keeping this blog up to date. We have had all the same struggles that the rest of the world has experienced during this lovely year, and it has left little time for…
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What is a Pipe Part 5a: Stummel Materials
We call the bowl and shank of a pipe the stummel. Stummel is a word borrowed from the German language meaning stump, stub, or butt. I am not sure why this word became associated with pipes, but can guess that…