I pulled out my GBD Lovat to load it tonight. I always load at night for the morning smoke on the way to work. As I was wiping it down I looked in the bottom of the bowl and there are a couple of small cracks. I don't think this will effect the smoking quality. I haven't smoked this pipe in a few months. Just wondering why it cracked. Could the bottom of the chamber got too wet and when it dried it cracked?