So some months back there was a lot of pipes on ebay that had Kaywoodie churchwarden in it along with a handful of other pipes that looked pretty rough. Among the rough lot were 2 Carburetors they both had good stems but the bowls were pretty far gone, One was split from the top of the bowl to the shank. I tossed them on the bench to remove and save the old heavily oxidized 4 hole stingered stems (with patent numbers). My other half bless her heart was listening to me yatter on about how each of the pipes in this particular lot had been smoked absolutely shut the woodies along With a couple of Linkmans and one other, cant remember the brand but it was an old mountain laurel. So as I was right in the middle of my poetic waxing about who owned them and the fact that he definitely enjoyed quality pipes she pops up with well are either of them smokeable? I of course poo-pooed this notion and carried on....for about a week. Then I took the finer of the 2 and set to cleaning it up to see if indeed I could smoke it. It worked and I smoke this one a couple of times a week now. It is an excellent smoker even though it is a little rough around the edges there is enough cake to block the crack. I cant help but think it odd that some gentleman kept the pipes that were smoked so hard.
