Recently I bought a "new" Peterson System 317 (the new in quotes because what I actually received looked to be a well beat display model).
Having recently bought some Captain Black White as well and absolutely loving it (as tried in one of my other pipes), I figured that'll be what I use to break in this "new" pipe (those quotes again!).
It's only my 2nd smoke in the pipe, but oh man is it ever NASTY! It smoked hot and bitter (attributes that are complete opposites to what Captain Black White baccy offers) both times. It's as if some feral cat took a shit right in the bowl before I took it outside to smoke. I don't know whether to atribute that to the crimson red coating in the bowl, or maybe there was still some leftover gunk in the stem (I had to fish out clumps of gunk from the stem when I got it).
Now I have to decide if I want to pull out the Isopropyl and clear out that coating, or just work through it until it hopefully breaks-in...Whatever the case, BLECH!
Having recently bought some Captain Black White as well and absolutely loving it (as tried in one of my other pipes), I figured that'll be what I use to break in this "new" pipe (those quotes again!).
It's only my 2nd smoke in the pipe, but oh man is it ever NASTY! It smoked hot and bitter (attributes that are complete opposites to what Captain Black White baccy offers) both times. It's as if some feral cat took a shit right in the bowl before I took it outside to smoke. I don't know whether to atribute that to the crimson red coating in the bowl, or maybe there was still some leftover gunk in the stem (I had to fish out clumps of gunk from the stem when I got it).
Now I have to decide if I want to pull out the Isopropyl and clear out that coating, or just work through it until it hopefully breaks-in...Whatever the case, BLECH!