Cob Burnout?

[HalfMadHatter]

I started smoking pipes about a month ago. I just finished a bowl and noticed this little indentation at the bottom of the bowl directly across from the draft hole. I didn't notice any off taste and didn't notice if it was there before or not but don't remember it being there. It just seems weird that it is so perfectly symmetrical and centered in the bowl. Also I would think a burnout would be more charred than it is here. Kinda hard to get a good pic

 

[Akoni808]

This looks like a normal cob that has been smoked. I don’t see burnout.

 

[Streeper541]

Nope. That's just what a cob pipe looks like. Keep smoking!

 

[craig61a]

This is a burnout…

 

[OzPiper]

Doesn’t look like one.

If it’s a burnout you will taste or smell burning wood/cob as distinct to tobacco

 

[PipeIT]

I started smoking pipes about a month ago. I just finished a bowl and noticed this little indentation at the bottom of the bowl directly across from the draft hole. I didn't notice any off taste and didn't notice if it was there before or not but don't remember it being there. It just seems weird that it is so perfectly symmetrical and centered in the bowl. Also I would think a burnout would be more charred than it is here. Kinda hard to get a good picView attachment 228723View attachment 228724

Missouri Meerschaum Explains Shank In Bowl Bottom

Missouri Meerschaum Explains Shank In Bowl Bottom :: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions

Hello Pipers! Just like myself, and for those that wondered about the shank at the bottom of the bowl you might see in a Missouri Meerschaum, they explained it to me, because I know some people like to burn it out over time. ——————————— We assemble our pipes so the spoon on the shank goes all...

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[RustiePyles CPG]

This is a burnout…

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There's no birthday party for me here...

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

This is a burnout…

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LOL, was wondering how many posts in I’d see him!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Doesn’t look like one.

If it’s a burnout you will taste or smell burning wood/cob as distinct to tobacco

I even heard some crackling on one of mine that was burned out. (It was not a cob).

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Nope, you're good. Just about all my MM cobs look like that. It's normal. Keep smoking it.

 

[OverMountain]

Totally normal! That’s the way the stem meets the cob. Decidedly low tech, like turning back the clock on the way our great grandparents enjoyed a pipe.

 

[AJL67]

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This is a burnout…

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That turned into a wife beater that turned into a douche bag.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

No, it looks like its been jammed with a pointy metal wire tip.

 

[mso489]

Treat that cob nice and it could last a long, long time. I'd consider that pipe "permanent party," as they say of crew members of a ship.

 

[anotherbob]

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That turned into a wife beater that turned into a douche bag.

and also a really crappy writer too.

 

[dsturg369]

It's all good... Keep enjoying.

 

[bullet08]

Let me guess. You didn't look inside the chamber before loading the tobacco and putting the light on. What you are looking at is how the bottom of cob pipe chamber looks like. That block of wood is called "spoon" by some. And, no, they don't fill in the spaces around the spoon.

 

[ThermionicScott]

OP isn't talking about the spoon. There's a hollow forming in the chamber wall opposite the stem, at the bottom.

It's happened to a couple of my cobs, too. I'm not sure if it's the result of getting poked by the end of a pipe cleaner too many times or what. I wouldn't worry about it yet, but you could try dabbing some pipe mud in that hollow if you want to protect it.

 

[HalfMadHatter]

OP isn't talking about the spoon. There's a hollow forming in the chamber wall opposite the stem, at the bottom.

It's happened to a couple of my cobs, too. I'm not sure if it's the result of getting poked by the end of a pipe cleaner too many times or what. I wouldn't worry about it yet, but you could try dabbing some pipe mud in that hollow if you want to protect it.

I've never ran a cleaner through it deep enough to get to the opposite end in the chamber. And if I have it would have been too light to do that, and have only used it for a couple weeks. Unless somehow I did without even noticing. Someone else mentions that it could have been the drill bit running in too deep when they were cutting the hole for the shaft. Which is what I think it looks like

 

[HalfMadHatter]

Let me guess. You didn't look inside the chamber before loading the tobacco and putting the light on. What you are looking at is how the bottom of cob pipe chamber looks like. That block of wood is called "spoon" by some. And, no, they don't fill in the spaces around the spoon.

Not the spoon. In the wall of the chamber at the bottom directly across from it. It's hard to get a good picture of what I'm talking about