Briar burned a bit

[caprider]

After returning to this thread, and spending over 18 seconds poring over the photos, I'm going to advance the theory that the wonderful Peterson bowl coating on your pipe is fighting a duel to the death with the honest cake build-up that is superimposed on it. Looks like the latter has flaked off or something, through no fault of its own. That would tick me off, and if I were you, I'd probably scrape and sand the hell out of it, and start over. Second option, send it back to wherever you got it and bitch like a wailing banshee.

I understand this correctly, you're saying that it's cake built up and cake has fallen from the supposedly burned area. I thought about this myself, just didn't want to scratch the bowl too hard just to confirm this theory.

A pipe defect is the last thing I'd advance. That's why I didn't mention it.

 

[burleybreath]

I understand this correctly, you're saying that it's cake built up and cake has fallen from the supposedly burned area. I thought about this myself, just didn't want to scratch the bowl too hard just to confirm this theory.

A pipe defect is the last thing I'd advance. That's why I didn't mention it.

I'm the last person to ask about what I was saying. I don't understand it myself. But in spite of that, let me ask, if you hold the pipe up to the sun, can you see daylight shining through the side of the bowl?

 

[caprider]

I'll have to check this tomorrow, when it's daytime.

But I'm not sure if this is a joke or serious question. Measured with a caliper, the pipe wall is about 10mm thick where the supposedly burn mark is. With or without cake, with or without 1mm burn, I don't understand how sunlight can pass through.

What would be a gentle way to check if cake is accumulated, without affecting the briar? I don't want to scratch too hard.

 

[FurCoat]

You have the standard bowl coating there, and they can discolor. I don't see any burn-out process going on, just the gradual break in until the carbon layer evens out. What you can do is. mind your technique, so you are "sipping," that is drawing fairly gently on the pipe, and not puffing ardently. Everyone puffs a little to get lit or to get a blast of flavor, but generally, that's not good technique. Keep an eye on the chamber, but I doubt you have a problem.

I think mso is correct.

 

[boston]

I appreciate the concern, but don't sweat it. Smoke the pipe normally and if something goes south and this hole or fissure or whatever gets worse call Sykes at smoking pipes and tell him. He owns Peterson. If it's a defective pipe, give him a chance to make good. Doesn't matter where you purchased it...but you can try the retailor first if you prefer.

I have never burned a hole in a pipe. This is not a hobby that requires excessive worries. If something goes south call the carver or manufacturer. If they don't help, don't buy another.

 

[OzPiper]

I'm just curious, are able to use a pipe for tens of years and have the briar completely unaffected by burns?

Quite a few members on the Forums own pipes that are >50 years old (and even >100 years old) and smoke them regularly.