HONEY! Really?

[davek]

Honey, jelly, or sugar water, will build up a cake, but that cake is said to be less solid. So I go for a milder version. I have a little dropper bottle of half honey, half water and I will put drops in bad spots in a bowl and then rub the ashes around after smoking. A couple drops go in the bottom of a new cob. I have found that the MM hardwoods need all the help they can get building a cake initially as well, so they actually might get a coating.

 

[chopper]

Wetting the pipe during break-in - the chamber walls- makes sense. It will slightly reduce the chance of igniting the briar, esp if it's a very dry pipe.

That would seem logical but I've got quite a few NOS briars ranging up to and over 100yo. Not an issue with any of them.

 

[jmill208]

Today we learned:

Honey is hooey,
Jelly is gooey,
Just smoke your damn pipe,
It won’t go kerflooey.