Part of the equation may be continuous, multiple relights...if it's someone who doesn't dry their tobacco much.
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Part of the equation may be continuous, multiple relights...if it's someone who doesn't dry their tobacco much.
If you want your pipe to always stay pristine and look like new, don't smoke it.
and right after you say you don't like nose warmers. The stem is so short the rim hides it.This is why I don't like pretty rims.
I have this Comoys Gold Bark that has a wide rim chocked full of 3D looking birdseye. I have smoked it a bunch because it's a great smoking pipe. But it's irritating to mind the rim constantly. I'm not too worried about it, but do take more care than normal.
But, after 100s of smokes, it definitely has it's battle wounds.
I just noticed this picture is an optical illusion....where is the rest of the pipe?...oooooooo
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It's a simple tool designed for a simple use. A hunk of wood not intended as an object of reverence. Some folks attribute mystical powers to their pipes. Some revere and, still others, simply smoke/enjoy them, maintain them and smoke them yet again. I'm in "simple tool" group.
I just noticed this picture is an optical illusion....where is the rest of the pipe?...oooooooo
Ah, the trick is to not smoke during those hours.
Personally I'm a fan of darkened and burnt rims, kind of like how some people like the look of beat up guitars over brand new ones.
There was a time when I had some rare and collectable pieces. I didn’t smoke them.
Eventually I decided I would only keep pipes that I smoked and did not want to be a collector. So I traded or sold them away. I should of kept them and smoked them, but thats besides the point.
So all of my pipes will be smoked. If I see a rare piece, and it is unsmoked and I feel like I wouldn’t smoke it, I will pass on it and let a collector appreciate it.
Eventually I decided I would only keep pipes that I smoked and did not want to be a collector. So I traded or sold them away. I should of kept them and smoked them, but thats besides the point.
So all of my pipes will be smoked. If I see a rare piece, and it is unsmoked and I feel like I wouldn’t smoke it, I will pass on it and let a collector appreciate it.
Just like with cars. Spend a fortune on a car just to keep it in a controled environment garage and just teke it out (on a trailer) to show it in some kind of festival once a year, for me it's like disrespecting the work of those who built it. It's an exotic, powerful car? Then burn the tires on the tarmac. Powerfull cars were made to use the power they have. Same with pipes.
I can totally relate to this! When it comes to owning/collecting something expensive, that has an actual use, other than looking pretty on a shelf , I am of the opinion that you honor the item more if you actually use it. Ask my work pipe(a 50 years old silver spigot Pete) or my motorcycle that I am supposed to ride only to Starbucks, but instead we are happily rolling in the dirt.
P.S. Looking for a budget Thorens Single Claw lighter to be my daily driver
I agree with this to a point.
If you have a 1969 GTO Judge in Warwick Blue with the parchment interior, burning it up and letting it rust and corrode would be a real shame. Or taking your Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake to the drag strip could cost tens of thousands of dollars per burnout.
SOME of these cars need to be preserved for future generations to experience.....in my opinion.
But this should be left to the super rich. The rest of us can just build a "regular" 1969 GTO and have just as much fun.
Of course it's a personal choice. Not that mine is best than any other.I agree with this to a point.
If you have a 1969 GTO Judge in Warwick Blue with the parchment interior, burning it up and letting it rust and corrode would be a real shame. Or taking your Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake to the drag strip could cost tens of thousands of dollars per burnout.
SOME of these cars need to be preserved for future generations to experience.....in my opinion.
But this should be left to the super rich. The rest of us can just build a "regular" 1969 GTO and have just as much fun.
But in my case I prefer to give objects the use they were intended for, but obviously in a responsible and accountable way, so they can endure and last long. But use it...usage wear/patina is the best thing about an old object. As I said before that's only my opinion. Not trying to make anyone change their opinions/beliefs.
I find that most all my pipe rims end up like that, and I'm cautious to not char them while lighting them. I also do not own a cigar lighter. I think the charring comes from clenching the pipe and the smoke just rolls back over that area of the bowl. As someone else said, it's really prevalent in the 6-8 range
I put people who complain about other people's rims in the same category as people who let their wives make them smoke outside, or guys who won't smoke in their own car because they think tobacco stinks... sheesh.
That's rim build-up and can be cleaned off. Charring is when the rim is burned.
There is use and there is use. I agree that rim char should be avoided. Yes, pipes are a tool or instrument. Tools are meant to be taken care of. The more expensive the pipe, relative to one's budget, is definitely also a factor. If you can drop 650 on a pipe each weekend, you have the luxury of blasting through them at will. There was a guy who would come into the Tacoma Tinderbox 1-2 times a year and get a Nording in the $100 range or so because he used a torch and just blasted through the sides of them. Can it be done? Obviously. Is that the preferred or prevalent way? No.
Do what you like, but I am in the take care of your stuff camp.
Do what you like, but I am in the take care of your stuff camp.
100% agree.
I'd love to have that 69 GTO Judge in Warwick Blue!
I'd sell it immediately and spend that quarter of a million dollars on building driver cars for the rest of my life. Yes, one sold for over $300 000 also. If driven, it would be around $100,000 But I sure wouldn't drive it.
Same goes for pipes.
A few years ago a Bo Nordh pipe sold at auction for $30,000.
Again, I would love you have that pipe!.......to sell.....so I could buy a smoker pipe and build a driver car.
I own zero things I can't use.
But, I do understand that some things maybe should be kept perfect for historical value.
Years ago my brother and I found a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere with matching 426 Hemi street engine. It had been in a dirt floor barn sinse 1971. It had 27,000 original miles.
We put about $12,000 into it to get it back to factory. Everything was good, except the normal parts that corrode or dry rot with age.
Long story short. We were offered $75,000 for the car from a fellow car guy. We turned him down. I kept it here in WNY for a few years. Once the Northern climate took hold, I sent it to Albuquerque with my brother. He's been weekend driving it for a few years now and doing some car shows. It's now worth about $30,000. That's about the price of an original engine of that year. If it was still in 27,000 mile condition....it may be over $100,000.
Sometimes it doesn't pay to have nice things.