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   bogie
   

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   I have a new Dr.Grabow Omega. Ive only smoked a few bowls out of it. Nothing tastes right out of this pipe! I put Autumn Evening in it yesterday and man I just couldn't get the flavor through in this pipe. It seems everything tastes the same when smoking this pipe.

   At most I may have 7 bowls through this pipe. Could it be that it just needs broken in? Even after hanging in the rack a cple of days it smells like an ashtray.

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   That's a factory pre-smoked pipe, right? Hard to understand, and even harder to make a suggestion.
   Maybe it just needs more smoking. I hope it's just a break-in problem.

   I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
   as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- Thoreau

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   I hope so too. I really like the looks and feel of this pipe. I had bought one earlier last year and it smoked great. But i gave that one to my father in hopes he would be a pipe smoking buddy lol.

   But yeah i do hope its just a break in thing.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   I would recommend breaking it in with a burley like CH or PA and they are not pre-smoked anymore, they come with a bowl coating. Every now and then I get a new DG that takes a little longer to break in and come around, but not often, the last 15 or so new ones I've purchased in the past year have smoked well from the first bowl and caked up quickly.

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   I can't add much to what's been said already and considering I don't have a Doc G, I can say I have several pipes that were just hard really break in. I had a Rand Wiley that didn't have the pre-carb and everything tasted foul until it built up a bit of cake.

   I have a new Pete, with the pre-carb, that tastes funky.

   So hopefully it's just a break in thing...each pipe has it's own little personality.

   Good luck with it, hope it becomes a good smoker for ya!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Just take your alchol or choise and swab the bowl. I use Rom or sometimes whiskey. Should take away that funky taste

   The Swede
   
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   Posted 6 months ago #

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