"Burning Out" a Pipe

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whiteydoughton

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I'm going to ask this question for a couple of reasons 1) I don't know what that is and 2) somebody else might not know. What exactly is burning out a pipe? I have seen it mentioned on here in a few threads and know it happens from smoking too fast and hot but, what is the effect on the pipe? How do you know you damaged it?
I looked for this in the threads and didn't see it but honestly, I am feeling a bit lazy and only scanned 2 pages 8)
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whiteydoughton

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That is actually what I pictured in my head when I run across folks mentioning it. You really have to be crankin it out to do that don't ya.

 

ravkesef

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• Aug 27, 2014

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Sometimes on a new pipe when the cherry hits a soft spot, and nothing to do with puffing too fast. See below picture taken after first bowl, Non-aromatic tobacco, and I'm a slow sipper. The carver immediately took care of it. These things happen.

 

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whiteydoughton

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so it's a flaw in the wood itself or smokin it so hot you can shoe a horse, basically.

 

hawke

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• Aug 27, 2014

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I grabbed this image somewhere on this forum I think. Added the text and saved it for myself. A good time to share this. Interesting how a pretty good sized void/soft spot can be hidden even from a trained eye.

 

puffy

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• Aug 27, 2014

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In over 40 years of pipe smoking I've only had two burn outs.This leads me to believe that even a quality pipe can have a weak spot in the wood and burn through.I don't think it happens very often though.

 

ericthered

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• Aug 28, 2014

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Thanks for the pics, guys! As a newish smoker I've wondered what a burnout in a pipe looked like. Hopefully I never get to see one in-person!

 

condorlover1

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• Aug 28, 2014

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Never had one yet, touch wood on a meerschaum. I did just remove about 2/8th of an inch of carbon build up from one of my pipes last night. Thats about as exciting as it gets in 'meerschaum world'!

 

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ejames

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• Aug 28, 2014

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Here's an example of a bad burnout. This is a Nording 20,which I believe is the highest grade Nording.

 

literaryworkshop

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• Aug 28, 2014

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Yep, and burnout can also happen when the wall of the tobacco chamber is just too thin. That's not usually a problem with standard pipe shapes, but every once in a while there will be a thin spot on a pipe with an irregular shape. If the pipe gets hot enough before it builds up a cake, you can get burnout.
If you do begin to see the telltale discoloration on the outside of the bowl that precedes a burnout, you can carefully clean the pipe and apply pipe mud to the tobacco chamber. Sometimes this will keep a pipe smokable that would otherwise be ruined. Search for the Pipe Mud Thread on this forum for more information.

 

tallguy

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Whitey thx for the question, has I was as king myself the same questions while reading a few posts.

 

saltedplug

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• Sep 13, 2014

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I've only had one pipe burnout in the 13 years I've been smoking. It was a WO Larsen rusticated lovat, one of the first new pipes I bought. But it didn't so much as burn out as recede at the rim, but as this was no doubt from heat, it does fall in this class. I've owned 100 pipes without any other similar degradation, and that's why I am dubious about pipe makers coating the bowl. Even an uncoated bowl's chances to burnout are so small as to be negligible.