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pitbullpiper

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Hello all,

I just joined pipsmagazine.com today and am thrilled to be a part of this community. I look forward to learning more about the piping world and meeting everyone.

Long story short, I am wondering if a pipe I bought less than a month ago ($30 briar Churchwarden) has experienced some burnout. I have been smoking it everyday for a month, and noticed something last night that appeared to be part of the bowl cracking. I used my pipe tool and a piece of the bowl flaked off. I am attaching a few pictures that show the pipe and the piece of it that cracked off. The dark spot on the back of my bowl above the shank is where the chip is.
http://pipesmagazine.com/members/pitbullpiper/album/picture/27720

http://pipesmagazine.com/members/pitbullpiper/album/picture/27719

http://pipesmagazine.com/members/pitbullpiper/album/picture/27718

http://pipesmagazine.com/members/pitbullpiper/album/picture/27717
I have a couple of questions:

1. Is this safe to keep smoking/would you keep smoking it?

2. Is this from my technique or does the quality of pipe contribute to this as well? (wondering if this happened because I bought a relatively inexpensive pipe. I welcome constructive criticism as well.)
Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

pitbullpiper

 
haparnold

haparnold

Lifer
Aug 9, 2018
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Let me help you out:
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pitchfork

pitchfork

Lifer
May 25, 2012
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Hard to tell from the pics, but are you sure it's not just a piece of "cake" (the build-up of tar, ashes and tobacco residue inside the bowl)?

 
smittyd

smittyd

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Feb 7, 2018
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Agreed it looks like a piece of cake. Excuse the pun! If you start by cleaning up the rim , you should be able to see how far the bowl is burnt down on the sides.

 
mso489

mso489

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Feb 21, 2013
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Reaming a pipe by an inexperienced reamer can ruin it in short order, so if you do that, with a reamer or a knife, do it tentatively and gently. You can take off the cake and go into the briar, and then you will have a problem. If you determine you do not have a process going, just have some cake breaking off, you might consider how to proceed with this and other pipes. When starting with a new pipe, you can scoop out the ash after a smoke and then just wipe out the bowl afterwards, maintaining the carbon layer but not building much or any cake. This maintains the inner diameter of the bowl and eliminates the need to ream which keeps the bowl from getting scored. Most like to build cake, but many others are devoted to this non-reaming method.

 
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