Chronicling An AliExpress Pipe For Science 2.0: The Re-Chronicling

[bent1]

In this post, a fellow forum member was saved by his Missouri Meerschaum, which passed an impact with flying colors.

Today My Pipe Was Personal Protective Equipment! :: Pipe Talk

I posted my Missouri Meerschaum Morgan filled with Irish Flake in the WAYS thread this morning. I was smoking it while changing the hydraulic fluid and filters in my tractor. What I didn’t post about in that thread was how that little pipe saved me from a trip to the ER for some stitches and/or...

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Question is, can the Old Fox Sandalwood pass an impact test?

 

[AroEnglish]

In this post, a fellow forum member was saved by his Missouri Meerschaum, which passed an impact with flying colors.

Today My Pipe Was Personal Protective Equipment! :: Pipe Talk

I posted my Missouri Meerschaum Morgan filled with Irish Flake in the WAYS thread this morning. I was smoking it while changing the hydraulic fluid and filters in my tractor. What I didn’t post about in that thread was how that little pipe saved me from a trip to the ER for some stitches and/or...

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Question is, can the Old Fox Sandalwood pass an impact test?

Yup, this needs to be the next test.

 

[mikethompson]

Question is, can the Old Fox Sandalwood pass an impact test?

Yup, this needs to be the next test.

The people have spoken.

 

[Sigmund]

can you shoot it from a cannon?

 

[mikethompson]

Give me the cannon.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

“Yes dear, the pipe is fully wood, and fully metal”

ah the quantum pipe

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I think that's just the low quality wood used. It certainly isn't aged briar.

or Algerian

 

[mikethompson]

There is certainly lack of sap

 

[FLDRD]

There is certainly lack of sap

Ah, but I think you have to smoke it to inspire the sap!

 

[mikethompson]

If it survives the next test, just maybe...

 

[bent1]

thinking about it, maybe launching the bowl from a sling shot Into a brick or cement wall?

 

[Michigan_Bill]

thinking about it, maybe launching the bowl from a sling shot Into a brick or cement wall?

Or shooting it out of a cannon! That’s a good test for a pipe!

 

[AroEnglish]

Or shooting it out of a cannon! That’s a good test for a pipe!

Yes, next PMSS let’s pool funds to get @mikethompson a cannon.

 

[mikethompson]

Yes, next PMSS let’s pool funds to get @mikethompson a cannon.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I’m thinking dog chew toy test.

 

[mikethompson]

Dropping a pipe is a heart wrenching experience, especially for Meers, but also for a wooden pipe. To simulate repeated falls, this pipe was subjected to multiple blows from a hammer on the lower bowl portion.

My guess? With everything this pipe has been through, it will probably just shrug it off.



After about 12 furious blows:



An ever-so-subtle dent in the bowl is all the evidence this pipe was attacked with a hammer.

 

[bent1]

Dropping a pipe is a heart wrenching experience, especially for Meers
After about 12 furious blows:

An ever-so-subtle dent in the bowl is all the evidence this pipe was attacked with a hammer.

The concern for future purchasers of this smoking instrument shows a deft approach to the subject. This impact resistance test, the Old Fox looks to be a winner.

Wonder if it can withstand a rigorous chamber cleaning (ream)?

 

[mikethompson]

We know this pipe has withstood blasting heat and freezing cold. But how will it take to 10 minutes in boiling water?

My guess is that this pipe will emerge unscathed as it always has, and may even laugh at me.

The before:





During:

 

[mikethompson]

The water certainly changed colour:

 

[mikethompson]

The after:



Other than what I would call the "pores opening up" the pipe is unchanged. I'm starting to think that the assumed practices of pipe maintenance might be a little misplaced. Remember when cleaning the bowl and stem with running water started a firestorm here?

This cheap pipe is really impressing me with the fight its putting up.