Update:
Communicated with the seller regarding the pipe.
Ok, now I'm done.
Communicated with the seller regarding the pipe.
Ok, now I'm done.
Chronicling an AliExpress Pipe and Purchase for Science
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How is it “half wood,” “half plastic,” and “generally metal” all at the same time? It’s an engineering marvel! And to think, you broke it! ?
You need to chop that thing up to look for some wood in it.
?. If you count the charcoal briquette material (possibly of wooden origin), that’s the ‘half‘ referenced by the customer dis-service rep.
Yeah cmon it’s half metal, half wood, and half plastic, honey!
The humans will be along shortly to confirm.
The humans will be along shortly to confirm.
I saw someone in a Facebook pipe group post one of these (with a blue white swirl painted outside) in the past day or two asking of he should smoke it. The comments were turned off so quickly I couldn't even link this thread, lol.
This pipe was smuggled from Area 51
You can't expect ten year olds to know what is wood and what is plastic and metal.
My cheap Chinese pipe that my MIL bought me is actually 100% wood. I was somewhat concerned after seeing this thread so I confirmed by olfa knife sampling. It has a somewhat plasticky coating on the exterior, but the inside of the chamber, mortise, and bottom of the pipe all have the same wood and the grain matches.
Now that's what I call a "@bnichols23 shank", its slightly off center.
Now you're just being picky! It's brown wood, I'm sure all brown woods are the same, no need to question.
Only one way to check if it is real wood! Now where is my heat gun...
This scientific thread has been one of the most informative and educational of the entire forums so far. In particular, the explanations on the part of the manufacturer to the technical innovations of his pipes were amazing. Here, the physics of the 3 basic materials used were overcome in a vivid, yet never before seen way. Plastic could become wood, wood could become metal, or even metal could become wood, and always in a constant final ratio of half/half or in one materiaj only. Please keep in mind, we're talking about a handmade high-end pipe here, not the kind of pipe you can get from a gumball machine or toy store. The human customer service is friendly, knowledgeable and seems to be regularly trained by means of educational films like...
Unfortunately, the progress of the thread was unintentionally stopped because the pipe was expertly checked for wooden contents, but just at that moment completely switched to plastic mode, which, I suppose, only the manufacturer's own human customer service could have reliably detected.
Unfortunately, the progress of the thread was unintentionally stopped because the pipe was expertly checked for wooden contents, but just at that moment completely switched to plastic mode, which, I suppose, only the manufacturer's own human customer service could have reliably detected.
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Well that was a journey to read through this thread bahaha!
Kind of like a "Schrödinger's Pipe" situation. It was all wood, but also metal, until heat was applied to it and it turned to plastic.
@Kottan , thank you for summing up my findings in a very eloquent way. Feel free to publish in a scientific journal if you see fit.
"It is not the destination, but the reading of 15 pages"
- Abraham Lincoln, probably
Thanks Mike,
but it was your scientific research and I do not want to adorn myself with borrowed plumes. I had so much fun watching the whole experiment unfold in real time from start to finish. Well, the pipe unfortunately died, but so would Schrödinger's cat, if he had not only carried out his experiment mentally, but also experimentally like you. And at least you got along without prussic acid.
Seriously, I have the suspicion that the manufacturer of this pipe did not consider the essential aspect of heat at all when constructing it. A cold pipe that was already dead when it reached you. I think you were able to show that very nicely in your last attempt.
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