I got an estate pipe thrown in on a purchase I made. It's a briar, bent billiard. The stamp says "Benton" on it. It smokes very well, dry, and really just ash at the end. But the 2 bowls I had out of it were blah, not bad, just kind of muted in flavor. Why? I tried two different tobaccos I know well, and both were kind of flavorless.
When i got the pipe, I gave it 3 alcohol/salt treatments to rid it of a ghost it had. It reeked of something like 1-Q, or something equally unsettling. I have let it sit 4-5 months since the cleaning. Is it the cleaning that took it back to 'non-broken in' status? I didn't ream it to the walls, just to a little less than a dime thickness. Or do some pipes just smoke muted?
When i got the pipe, I gave it 3 alcohol/salt treatments to rid it of a ghost it had. It reeked of something like 1-Q, or something equally unsettling. I have let it sit 4-5 months since the cleaning. Is it the cleaning that took it back to 'non-broken in' status? I didn't ream it to the walls, just to a little less than a dime thickness. Or do some pipes just smoke muted?