Good on you for not holding up a smoking device as something holy that ought not be tampered with. Some may say you ruined the value of an antique but IMO if a 100 year old antique is unable to do the job it was designed and built for, then it's a shame someone didn't throw it in the trash 99 years ago. Now you've got something that functions like it should, AND it's old AND it's cool! It just doesn't get any better than that. Now just be careful not to go and drop it on the concrete... which is something that would invariable happen to me...