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addamsruspipe

addamsruspipe

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Evening all. On all of the estate pipes I have gotten to date the inner diameter of the bowl have been consistent from the top down to the bottom inner curve. However I have gotten a no name Italian Lovat that does not do this. The inner bowl is egg shaped. It goes down about half a centimeter then curves out, then in to meet at the bottom of the bowl. I've never seen this before and was curious what that means to the pipe if anything. I'm assuming that it does not impact it's ability to smoke well based on the amount of carbon cake I had to ream out of it.

 
jpmcwjr

jpmcwjr

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Could you kindly post a photo of same?
This is ONE way to add photos to your post:
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7.) Paste the image location into the window and click OK.

 
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B18

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It could mean that the pipe wasn't properly cared for.

 

addamsruspipe

addamsruspipe

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 4, 2016
790
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Albuquerque, NM
Ok, so was finally able to get some pictures of the bowl. It has been reamed back to the briar. And the inner bowl seems to be even and smooth on the interior so looks like it was deliberate.

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addamsruspipe

addamsruspipe

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 4, 2016
790
5,364
55
Albuquerque, NM
There were cracks in the cake and when those cracks came out more cracks showed up. So I kept going to get rid of them and then that's when the strange bowl shape came out. So it's down to the briar now and no more cracks.

 
Chasing Embers

Chasing Embers

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I would finish cleaning and sanitizing and fire it up. Looks like enough briar left to make a right proper smoker.

 
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