Here's part II with some pretty interesting information -
Bowl Coatings - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Part II
Bowl Coatings - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Part II
Bowl Coatings - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Part II
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Interesting article. My limited experience has been that the intentionally coated bowls ( like the dark coat on a Peterson ) didn't offset the taste, but those bowls with an interior stain ( Falcon ) tasted terrible. I recently acquired two new Rattray pipes with naked briar. Although I've only smoked one I didn't notice any ill taste and have found it is building a cake nicely. The falcon bowls however have the stain inside and do taste horrible for quite a few smokes - but of course with some breaking in taste fine. It would be interesting to know which pipe makers coatings infer a flavour- negative, tasty, or neutral to the first few smokes.
Interesting... I have a Brigham that I got two or three years ago, has a nice cake and is one of my favourites- smokes well ( without filter). I have two others on the way in the mail somewhere. What does the silicate coating look like? Would I be able to identify it by looks or will it look like a varnish inside the bowl? I can't remember the bowl coating but the exterior had a heavy coat that I rubbed with a dish towel to thin out ( it was a voyeaur and the stain actually stained the cloth) . I might have to invest in some sandpaper...one wonders why this coating would be used unless the pipe itself was of inferior materials... But as a Canadian I wanted to support the home brand. I'll take notice of whatever bowl coating is evident - until reading this article I wouldn't have thought much of bowl coating thinking a few bowls would sort it out.
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