What would cause thick "residue"?

kabong30

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I received 5 "estate" pipes from the 'Bay today and they all had some thick "residue" at the top of the bowl, but the bottom seemed relatively clean. It was suggested by my MIL that a less than legal substance may have caused the issue and I just wanted to ask if there might be some other explanation for it. Seems a shame that some idiot would smoke dope out of a nice briar pipe, but stranger things have happened, I'm sure. Any input is appreciated.

 

batdemon

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• Jun 17, 2012

• #2

Odd that it's at the top of the bowl. I would think anything like that

would tend to be at the bottom. I really don't have a clue.

 

nsfisher

Lifer

Nov 26, 2011

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• Jun 17, 2012

• #3

May just be a case of removing Cake from the middle to bottom of the bowl and not the top half.

 

kabong30

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Here ya go, my wife also thought she detected a dope smell out of it

 

dervis

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• Jun 17, 2012

• #5

Just looks like a used pipe to me, should clean up fine.

 

kabong30

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• Jun 17, 2012

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Cool. Thanks! I was just concerned keeping the things around.

 

wayneteipen

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• Jun 17, 2012

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Yup, looks pretty normal to me too. It appears that the owner only smoked the first half or so of the bowl pretty regularly which would account for the thicker cake at the top of the chamber.

 

nsfisher

Lifer

Nov 26, 2011

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• Jun 17, 2012

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Yup, that is about right. Lots of rim charring. Lots of "spit and elbow grease" will clean up the rim nicely mate.

 

batdemon

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Upon seeing the pic, I agree with what everyone else had said.

In your original post I thought you meant a residue other than cake.

 

kabong30

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^

I thought I did too 8O

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

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• Jun 17, 2012

• #11

+1 on Herbinedave.

I would add; that once you have them cleaned and ready to smoke, you should "screw" a paper towel into the "warm" bowl to maintain a smooth cake and even cake.

The bottom of the bowl is the most difficult area on which to build a cake, especially if one smokes Aromatics.

::

 

matchstickman

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Jul 15, 2011

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• Jun 17, 2012

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If the "residue" that you are referring to is the charring on top of the rim, that stuff is pretty bad. Here is something that you can do to get rid of it: Get yourself a shank brush, dip it into some crazy hot water, and scrub away. That char will be gone in no time!

 

cortezattic

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• Jun 17, 2012

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Until you took the time and effort to post that picture, I thought it was a put-on. A guy with a handle like "kabong30"

has a problem with dope residue. Ya, right! :lol:

 

topd

Lifer

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• Jun 17, 2012

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My grandfathers pipes were just like that. It's because he never smoked all the way down. He'd smoke a little, dump it back in the pouch, stir it and repack. He never smoked more than half way down, hence the carbon cake just at the top.