Hey all, first time poster here. Waiting for my shipment of tobacco from smokingpipes, but while I am doing that I have a question to ask the more experienced here. My uncle passed away this past fall, and he used to be a dedicated pipe smoker. Anyways, he gave me this pipe when I was like 9 years old haha, and I've kept it my whole life. Just says "Well Bent - Italy", but looks like a Peterson 317 System Standard (in my opinion). Anyways, that's not the reason for this posting.
Anyways, I want to smoke the old pipe he had given me, but I noticed (now that I'm actually into pipes) that the outside of the bowl looks dark in a couple of areas. The inside of the bowl (sorry for the poor pic) actually doesn't look that bad to me, although it needs some cake in it. So my question is this: Are the dark spots on the outside of the bowl due to him smoking it too hot in the past (and thus the reason he passed it to me), or is it simply the grain of the briar? I'm hoping it is the latter, and I (naively perhaps) believe that I should see some manner of burn out inside of the bowl as well... would this be a correct assumption to make?
Thanks for the answers in advance! I look forward to picking the brains of so many brilliant people on this site
Anyways, I want to smoke the old pipe he had given me, but I noticed (now that I'm actually into pipes) that the outside of the bowl looks dark in a couple of areas. The inside of the bowl (sorry for the poor pic) actually doesn't look that bad to me, although it needs some cake in it. So my question is this: Are the dark spots on the outside of the bowl due to him smoking it too hot in the past (and thus the reason he passed it to me), or is it simply the grain of the briar? I'm hoping it is the latter, and I (naively perhaps) believe that I should see some manner of burn out inside of the bowl as well... would this be a correct assumption to make?
Thanks for the answers in advance! I look forward to picking the brains of so many brilliant people on this site