Burn Through New Pipe (photos)

[fnord]

Sparrow:
You pursued the appropriate course of action.
But, holy shit, what a spectacular burnout!
I'm sure the Peterson wonks would want to know as well as the eBay seller. I'm 100% sure you'll be covered by the Bay and I hope, as well, Peterson will cover the seller.
Please keep us posted as to how this plays out.
Fnord

 

[rfernand]

I think @georged's explanation is the simplest, most likely one: Ahidden cavity, which can happen to any brand. Even Dunhill had his famous guarantee for a reason. It would also explain how it escaped the ordinary QA process of such a successful manufacturer. It's harder to believe you bought a cheap imitation that would have fooled you (since you are also a Peterson habitual consumer).
Spectacular incident. One more great story to tell when you next visit your pipe club

 

[jpmcwjr]

Are you sure that it's not a counterfeit? Based more on the thinness of the wall than the burnout, which as experts have noted, could happen to anyone in a "perfect storm" of faulty wood.
And did the rim get charred, or is that just the lighting on the photo?

 

[newbroom]

Did it taste sweet?

 

[janosh]

We have a great controversy (among Hungarian pipe smokers) because some of us had problems with Peterson's, and as I know that is because some Balkan folks started to make fake Peterson copies.

(if you send it back to the Peterson in Dublin they will replace - even if it's a replica)

 

[onestrangeone]

Wow, I have never seen anything like that! and I hope that I never will!

 

[sparrowhawk]

To put closure here: the seller wasn't happy with photos of the damn thing so I had to send it back, but with tracking I had to pay more than the seller did, and he didn't want to pay the extra amount and instead tried to send a replacement when I asked for a complete refund (during this time I had bought a smooth green Dublin churchwarden from shaintiques); eBay stepped in and I got the total refund including full postage. The green Dublin is great for flakes: so far no burn-through!

 

[cigrmaster]

sparrow, you do realize that you are not supposed to light your pipe with a cigar torch and then smoke your pipe in a 40mph wind. Only way I know to burn a hole that big in a pipe. hehe

 

[fluffie666]

Holy flurking shnit!

 

[averagegent]

You know, I've actually seen a picture (floating around Google) of a similar pipe that had burned through... I've no way of finding the pic again, but I wonder, manufacturing issue (if it was a factory pipe)??

 

[sparrowhawk]

Cigrmaster, unlike you poor guys, I don't have a wife to tell me to smoke outside...heh...and I don't even know what a cigar lighter looks like. Said fire was ignited by an old fashioned Zippo while in the dining room. I think one would need an acetylene torch to create this kind of hole.

 

[huntertrw]

Those images bring a whole new meaning to the phrase "smoking a pipe"!

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Wow! How did I miss this thread? Sorry to hear about that pipe, Sparrow. But glad you were able to get things taken care of.

 

[cigrmaster]

sparrow, so you admit you used an acetylene torch, I am telling the retailer.

 

[ericusrex]

Duct tape it.

 

[halfy]

I have seen another man burned a hole through his Dunhill...but your hole was much more spectacular LoL

 

[sparrowhawk]

Wish the seller would have let me keep the remains: I could have donated it to Paul's Pipe Shop smoking museum. But nooooooo, he had to have it back and try to replace it in the process w/o my permission.

 

[oldseadog]

Did you use a turbo lighter? I have never had a burn through and I smoke Missouri meerschaum pipes.

 

[sablebrush52]

Peterson's quality control is becoming legendary...

 

[7ach]

It had taste/smell funny right?