I recently purchased a lot of pipes from an auction. There are a few that have been partially or completely filled with a white material, hard to the touch. They are all older and vary in condition and style. Any idea what the white stuff is?
White Resin in Pipe
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Is there even a draft hole??? It almost looks like someone put plaster in it to turn them into decorative paper weights.
Does it break apart at all if you scrape at it?
Does it break apart at all if you scrape at it?
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A white powdery crystal formation that happens to some tobacco products.
And apparently to some pipes.
Perhaps rendering them unusable as pipes made it easier to use them as props or decorations…
No draft hole, but they were pipes that are used and don't appear to have visible damage
I haven't tried to hard to scrape or remove but just trying to scratch it doesn't do anything
Pipe mud to reinforce the bottom of the pipe. Used when the pipe has been well used and usually significantly charred in the lower bowl. Used to prevent burn-through.
No such thing as plume or bloom - it's a myth, legend, fairy tale, etc. Scientific testing seems to confirm what we've always suspected, but been hesitant to admit: there's no such thing as plume.
The good folks over at Friends of Habanos put out a reward for anyone who can provide a cigar with plume that turns out to be anything but mold or bacteria. People responded. They sent the cigars to Australia Biotech Laboratories for testing. And they all came up with mold or bacteria.
Then there was a second round of testing. Same thing.
The good folks over at Friends of Habanos put out a reward for anyone who can provide a cigar with plume that turns out to be anything but mold or bacteria. People responded. They sent the cigars to Australia Biotech Laboratories for testing. And they all came up with mold or bacteria.
Then there was a second round of testing. Same thing.
Yeah, looks like someone added some kind of fire proofing and never got a round to smoking it. Who knows what it could be. People have done some very strange things to their pipes. I knew one gentleman that put Ponds cold cream on his rusticated pipes to shine them up! He was s high end collector too. His favorites were Barling quants, very strange indeed.