A Good Turn Downunder

[darwin]

Custom Falcon bowl on its way from Mr. Dave in Brisbane.

 

[dottiewarden]

Interesting picture. I've never seen a briar with finish on the inside of the bowl.
Smoke on!

 

[toby67]

That is probably by far the best falcon bowl I have ever seen. My falcon is the same except for the leaking draft tube entering the aluminium base of the pipe. I'm Still unsure if I want to replace it. If not I will send you my falcon briar bowl, also I have 2 packs of unopened falcon filter rings I will send if I decide against replacing the falcon pipe.

 

[darwin]

According to Mr. Anderson he only uses carnauba to finish his bowls so a bit may have gotten on the inner surface. Might take a smoke or two to eliminate but probably not much more than that. In fact a bit of alky on a cotton pad should take care of it. Also his bowls are not threaded but instead use a groove and o-ring setup that he swears by.
None of my Falcon stems have any mechanical issues but I've only been using them for about 8-10 months and they don't see heavy use in my rotation. Thanks for the offer toby but I've got more Falcon rings than I'll need for a long time plus they are absurdly easy to fab up with pipe cleaners.

 

[toby67]

What about the Falcon bowl, do you want it? It's a briar with a dark stain and has a lot of use left in it

 

[darwin]

Thanks but I have several factory bowls, a meer bowl, and the one coming from 'strailia so I'm set for a couple decades at least. Regarding your stem I'm thinking that a wee dab of JB Weld, judiciously applied, might fix things right up.

 

[toby67]

Ok I'll try, thanks

 

[darwin]

Update: Finally got the Anderson bowls in (mine and others for friends) and so far they smoke a treat. The billiard bowl has fairly thin walls and a very generous capacity for a Falcon which results in the bowl getting quite hot even though the smoke is not hot or harsh at all. Even the stem got really toasty so I head scratched and came up with this. I slid two 9mm "white" Softy bits down the twist shank until they were near the bowl junction. Problem solved. Looks a little screwy but it works great. The heat doesn't seem to bother the briar at all but I'm keeping an eye on it.
I used a similar fix on my black/white bent with meerschaum bowl but used black 9mm Softies instead of white. Rather less obtrusive in this case I think Now I can both keep my fingers cool and away from the bowl, if I feel like it.