So I'm making another tobacco pipe but hit a snag and need advise.
Scrap or Repair?
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I'm making this:
With this:
-Briar block
-White Cedar from my property
I got this far:
My goal to do aluminum inlay by simply layering:
The plan:
The sad reality... I couldn't see the rot from the outside.
The question is...
The rot doesn't go very far in and the wood is VERY hard. Can I fill this with epoxy mixed with fine saw dust and continue or should I scrap it and restart the stem? I don't have a whole lot more wood.
The reason I'm worried about having the cracks is because when you're smoking the pipe, a lot of warm moisture makes it's way into the stem which causes the wood to swell.
Or do you have another idea I should consider?
Thanks much!