Chronicling an AliExpress Pipe and Purchase for Science

[mikethompson]

TEST 1

If I drop the pipe from about 6ft up in the air and let it fall, what will happen?

Result:

 

[bent1]

TEST 1

If I drop the pipe from about 6ft up in the air and let it fall, what will happen?

Result:

View attachment 54676

There goes the ‘Durable’ part out the window. Can you get a refund?

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

ooops

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

That should improve the tight draw

 

[brut666]

TEST 1

If I drop the pipe from about 6ft up in the air and let it fall, what will happen?

Result:

View attachment 54676

?? Hope you ordered some for the next test. Still, with its beautifully crafted case, it's still a "showroom" pipe

 

[bent1]

It broke because it was missing that rubber gasket

 

[mikethompson]

?? Hope you ordered some for the next test. Still, with its beautifully crafted case, it's still a "showroom" pipe

Tomorrow comes the bowl tests.

 

[tobefrank]

TEST 1

If I drop the pipe from about 6ft up in the air and let it fall, what will happen?

Result:

View attachment 54676

Damn, I was hoping that your first test would be actually trying to smoke it or at least burn something in it.

 

[Kottan]

I'm starting to think that this pipe isn't handmade briar or wood at all

Be happy! This is called "understatement art" making a hand carved briar pipe look like plastic.

 

[Spinkle]

Please tell me this is an ideapipe.

 

[brut666]

Please tell me this is an ideapipe.

?? Imagine

 

[mikethompson]

Please tell me this is an ideapipe.

haha! I don't think so but I do somewhat think I'm partly responsible for summoning aliexpress to this site.

The test for today may or may not include a hammer or a brick.

 

[mikethompson]

We all know that Peterson, Dr. Grabow, Comoys, and Nording put their pipes through a rigorous quality control process. One of these tests I'm sure is to test how they would withstand a burn out.

TEST #2

How will the metal/wood whatever finish take to being blasted by a heat gun for a few minutes?

Before:


After:



Result:

I'm going to say it didn't handle the heat very well. The bowl actually seems to be made of some sort of black plastic substance, even though it felt like metal.

 

[brut666]

We all know that Peterson, Dr. Grabow, Comoys, and Nording put their pipes through a rigorous quality control process. One of these tests I'm sure is to test how they would withstand a burn out.

TEST #2

How will the metal/wood whatever finish take to being blasted by a heat gun for a few minutes?

Before:
View attachment 54818

After:

View attachment 54820

Result:

I'm going to say it didn't handle the heat very well. The bowl actually seems to be made of some sort of black plastic substance, even though it felt like metal.

?? You should be there quality controller

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I'm so confused. Did you burn away the luxury? They promised luxury.

So, like a heat gun is usually 500-700F, that thing would have probably melted while you smoked it. Did you even get a chance to try it out?

I'm so disappointed .

 

[scloyd]

I'm glad Mike didn't actually smoke it. Who knows if he'd be around tomorrow for TEST #3.

 

[strave19]

Damn, what a world. This whole thing went from funny to sad for me real quick...

 

[mikethompson]

Did you even get a chance to try it out?

Are you suggesting I can't smoke it now?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Are you suggesting I can't smoke it now?

well... not now?

 

[chilllucky]

You should consider patenting that flame-thrower based rustication technique.

Ya'know, before the Chinese steal it.