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White/grayish residue inside bowl of “new” pipe?
Just a brief update to close the topic: I did eventually get in touch with P. Morel directly (a very sweet person btw). Long story short, he was happy to assuage my fears and confirm what many of you had suspected: the pipe is indeed perfectly safe to smoke, with the bowl’s appearance simply... -
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White/grayish residue inside bowl of “new” pipe?
Thanks guys, I appreciate the different opinions. I should’ve mentioned that the pipe is still supposedly unsmoked, so whatever that is, it’s not ash. It literally arrived looking like this. The yoghurt/ egg white hypothesis had also crossed my mind (ie perhaps it’s a pipe that sat there unsold... -
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White/grayish residue inside bowl of “new” pipe?
Hi everyone, New user here asking for some veteran advice. I recently purchased a very nice Pierre Morel billiard from an online tobacconist (European); the pipe wasn’t cheap, and was sold as “new”. Anyway, upon reception, I noticed that the inside of the bowl was afflicted with a...