I have a pipe which cannot be smoked clean (without the gurgle) no matter what sort of tobacco I use in it, and it is the only pipe out of about a dozen which I use through the week. This new Kaywoodie (and the very last one which I will buy new) is drilled visibly off-center when you look down the shaft, although this doesn't seem to make the draw difficult. Therefore, I am wondering if this pipecleaner-test failure is more responsible for the gurgle than the fact that I got it going pretty hot first-off (which didn't take much, it's a thin-walled and generally narrow and deep Dublin-calabash shape). The finish is dark, but there are no apparent scorch marks on the outside. I smoke my pipes mostly in my hand, and I don't like hot smoke, so I stop when I notice the heat building up, but this pipe sure didn't take much puffing (nor deliver much satisfaction) before the heat began to feel dangerous.
Can the failure of tenon/draw-hole alignment be responsible for overheating, even without noticeable draw impairment?
Can the failure of tenon/draw-hole alignment be responsible for overheating, even without noticeable draw impairment?
