So I had my first smoke in my new Yanik meerschaum
Now, the interior chamber walls just appear slightly browned at first, but now that I've used an alcohol soaked Q-tip on it, it's blackened quite a bit.
I know that discoloration in the chamber is without a doubt going to happen, and I know about the coloration that will permeate through the meerschaum and appear on the outside of the pipe as well.
What I'm concerned about is the chamber actually getting damaged and worn away by heat. Is this an inevitability of meerschaum pipes?
Now, the interior chamber walls just appear slightly browned at first, but now that I've used an alcohol soaked Q-tip on it, it's blackened quite a bit.
I know that discoloration in the chamber is without a doubt going to happen, and I know about the coloration that will permeate through the meerschaum and appear on the outside of the pipe as well.
What I'm concerned about is the chamber actually getting damaged and worn away by heat. Is this an inevitability of meerschaum pipes?
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