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Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
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Guerneville, CA
The wife and I shared four different pipes (in total) last night. One, presumably a pre-1935 Sommer Paris had a hot bowl. Hot to the touch. Excellent draw and experience, but the bowl was certainly hot. 2 different types of tobacco over the course of the evening, same result. All the other pipes' bowls with nominal heat. We "sip", and take the patient approach to pipe smoking. Is this just a cheaply made old pipe (low quality briar)? Not heavily used over the years even though old and in need of further break-in? Ideas?

Thanks, gents.

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Before anyone could do anything other than just try to look smart with any sort of respons... I have to start by saying that it is nearly impossible to answer without knowing a bunch of other stuff.
Do you always smoke the same pipe so many times in an evening?
Has it ever smoked hot before?
What is the pipe?
How old?
Is it new or old briar?
Is it broke in?
What was the tobacco?
Could you post a video showing us just how slow a smoker are you?
How was it packed?
Was the tobacco dried out before you started?
What did you have for dinner?
And, we will need to see a picture of your wife... you know... for science. puf
 
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Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
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6,936
Guerneville, CA
Before anyone could do anything other than just try to look smart with any sort of respons... I have to start by saying that it is nearly impossible to answer without knowing a bunch of other stuff.
Do you always smoke the same pipe so many times in an evening?
Has it ever smoked hot before?
What is the pipe?
How old?
Is it new or old briar?
Is it broke in?
What was the tobacco?
Could you post a video showing us just how slow a smoker are you?
How was it packed?
Was the tobacco dried out before you started?
What did you have for dinner?
And, we will need to see a picture of your wife... you know... for science. puf

OK... I like your sense of humor. Thanks for making my day.

To your point, this might be too generic a question. I just like the pipe and compared to the the other 3 pipes (and any of my other pipes... about 20 in total) the bowl was hot. Probably more surprising because it is presumably (dating not an absolute certainty), by far, the oldest pipe I own. As can be seen in the photo, not a super-thin wall. Oh well...
 
There are so many reasons for a pipe smoking hot, but you might try letting the pipe rest a bit before smoking it again. I am not one of these dogmatic, "vou must vrest a pipe vor 24 hours after schmoking it" types. But, sometimes it makes sense to let it cool off really well.
But, like I said, it could be the briar, the engineering, or maybe the stars just didn't line up for you that evening.
 

jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
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Carmel Valley, CA
Briar can have different rates of conductivity. If the walls are about the same thickness as your other pipes, that could explain it, if all other things were held constant.
 
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lawdawg

Lifer
Aug 25, 2016
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It's hard to know, and as the others have said, there are lots of reasons a pipe can smoke hot. I will say one thing though - when I don't like how a pipe smokes for one reason or the other, I just chalk it up to being a "bad smoker" (at least to my own tastes) and don't worry about it any further.

Of course it makes sense to try and understand what specific characteristics of a pipe you might dislike so you can avoid buying a pipe with those characteristics again in the future, but my point is that there will be many pipes you don't like for one reason or another which you never would've predicted in advance, so just keep the pipes you like, get rid of the pipes you don't, and understand that you'll probably dislike a certain portion of pipes you buy in the future, regardless of how careful you are about your pipe buying.
 

cortezattic

Lifer
Nov 19, 2009
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Chicago, IL
One of my very first pipes was a Kaywoodie Supergrain with a bowl wall thickness of about 3/16". Always got too hot to hold by the bowl, although the smoke was OK. Ever since, I've stayed with pipes that had thicker chamber walls. Clays will heat up and quickly become untouchable, and I've heard that morta heats up quite a bit too. Maybe a morta owner can comment on that.
 
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Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
1,881
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Guerneville, CA
Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the comments. My initial question was ambiguous and you guys were patient with me. I am going to give this pipe another try. If it runs hot still... back on the market it goes.
 
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