Brand new Peterson has a crack. What do I do?
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Looks like a chip from drilling or being smoked too hot. Appears insignificant.
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New? The wood is thin at that juncture and it looks to me that it has suffered a burn.
Not at all. Just don't overheat it when smoking.
Gotcha, should i try and exchange it for a new one or just keep smoking this pipe and building a good cake?
This is fine and won't be a problem. That's just a nick from the drilling. I doubt it will expand unless you smoke the pipe really hot down there, which you shouldn't do anyway. I would keep it, and I doubt they would even take it back.
Okay sounds good, i’m pretty new to pipe smoking and this is my first “expensive” pipe so i just wanted to take good care of it. i’ve only smoked a few bowls of peterson flake through it so far.
I bought it brand new from tobaccopipes.com last week. it tends to get a little hot when I relight, so far i’ve only smoked va in it
Looks like a chip from drilling as others have said. I wouldn't worry about it.
Don't try to smoke to the bottom of the bowl. It's the best way to get what you got.
The was no flaw in the pipe to justify returning a pipe that's already been smoked.
For used pipes with damages due to hot smoking of prior owners I use a drop of sodium silicate mixed with ash or better removed cake from another pipe and apply on the spot. It will withstand much higher temperatures than the briar but the downside is the wood will not soak up moisture there, so apply sparingly (if at all in your case).
That's a weak point of all pipes, especially bents. But it looks more like a chip in excess bowl coating (if it came with the stuff) than anything else. Whatever it is, it doesn't require any concern except avoiding the aforementioned hot smoking, as you should with any pipe.
Looking at the crazing in that cake, it appears that you're smoking way too hot. Dry your tobacco more, like close to, but not quite, bone dry so it stays lit better, and slow way down on cadence. Aim for the bowl never getting more than a little warm to the touch. Relight when you need to, and avoid trying to smoking down to the absolute bottom of the bowl.
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Who was that guy who burned through a pipe bowl a week? He was very accomplished.
I recall a Canadian member that posted burning through two or three pipes with what sounded like freight training.