How to clean a Yello-Bole brylon

[nsfisher]

i have just aquired a lorenzo spitfire, pictures will take awhile, i paid 11.00 for it an i know nothing about it. I do like the looks of it tho. I am becoming terrible impatient, as i now have 5 pipes in the mail. Wife said i could shop so i have been.

 

[kcvet67]

Try a wood chipper.

 

[nightmarejones]

Thanks for all the info guys I will definitely try the soak and give the pipe a go to see since I don't have much of a choice now that my crappy "Sanda"[metal/plastic pipe] broke yesterday

 

[brewshooter]

Hey, brylon's going to be a HUGE step up!

 

[igloo]

There is nothing wrong with Brylon . If thats what you have smoke it . Mix up some Dawn and hot water and give her a bath . At one time Hugh Hefner used to smoke Brylon and there are ads out there to prove it . They have a longer history than you think and some people even collect them . Hell some people even prefer them to briar . The most important thing is to have fun with your hobby and ignore those who scoff at what you have or like .Here is a link so you can learn more . http://www.thepipe.info/history/index.html#References

 

[judcole]

Nobody was scoffing at something he liked - we have someone who has never smoked one, asking for advice - so those of us who don't care for them are giving it.

Hugh Hefner used to smoke Brylon

So? Hugh Hefner used to smoke Mixture 79,too, IIRC - does that mean we should all go smoke it? I smoked enough bad tobacco in my time, I am trying to smoke good stuff, these days. ::

 

[pipetrucker]

I had one Brylon pipe. I tossed it out the window of my truck at 70mph. Cleaned it right out of my rotation. Horrible things.

 

[olderthandirt]

Nobody was scoffing at something he liked - we have someone who has never smoked one, asking for advice - so those of us who don't care for them are giving it.

The advice asked for in the OP was:

Does anyone know the best/cheapest way to clean it?

To which responses such as

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Buy the best pipes you can afford. Better to have 1 good estate (Stanwell or whoever) then 10 pieces of junk.

Nothing wrong with buying bad pipes when you don't know any better,...

don't quite address and could well be construed as being "scoffing" in nature.

 

[judcole]

*Shrugs*

He's a new pipe smoker. He got this Brylon pipe as a hand-me down. He hasn't smoked it yet. He wants to know how to clean it. Some of us are telling him not to bother, but to throw it out.
I first smoked a pipe 40 years ago. I have smoked cheap drugstore pipes, and heavily cased aromatics. I can't afford fancy pipes, but I have learned that a better quality pipe and better quality tobacco make for a more enjoyable pipe smoking experience.
I am going to say, over and over, "Buy the best pipe and tobacco you can afford." If all you can afford is an inexpensive pipe and tobacco, that's perfectly OK - and I'll tell you to get a cob, and a codger burley, and save your pennies for a better pipe, if you can. If I can help somebody have a better pipe smoking experience by that advice, then hooray! That's why I participate in this forum.
Anybody who can't handle those comments needs to figure out why they are so touchy. ::

 

[bigvan]

I've never been a believer in the "everything everyone does is always perfect" mantra. If a veteran can give a rookie some guidance, pitfalls will be avoided.
And brylon is, in the opinions of many, a huge pitfall.

 

[olderthandirt]

Deep sigh
I should have listened to my own suggestion to brewshooter and saved my breath on this.

 

[portascat]

Best advice is this....
1. clean your pipe with the booze and salt, maybe a bit of oxy clean.
2. Smoke a half dozen bowls out of it.
3. a) if it smokes well enough for you, enjoy it.
b) if it smokes only so so, put it in the back of the rotation
c) if you hate it, toss it.
All the rest is debatable. It is hard to believe that the hobby has existed so long, with so few good pipes out there to enjoy smoking from.

 

[portascat]

addendum:
I would not purchase a Brylon pipe, because I have no interest in them. If I was given one, I would smoke it.
I have had a few "system" pipes in my collection. One, a Kaiser Hygenic, has about as bad a set of reviews as you can find on a pipe. It smokes wonderfully, it is just a bit tedious to clean.
I also have a Duncan Hill Aerosphere. It smokes moderately well, but it does get some use. It will be a nice pipe to give to someone just starting out.

 

[judcole]

I've never been a believer in the "everything everyone does is always perfect" mantra. If a veteran can give a rookie some guidance, pitfalls will be avoided.
And brylon is, in the opinions of many, a huge pitfall.

+1

 

[patiobum]

I have a couple of 40 year old Yellow Bowl Brylon pipes that I schmoke in the garage.

If you drop them, they usually won't break. Nylon bit, great for clenching.
Clean it up and schmoke it.
On the cheap :
91% alcohol, plenty of pipe cleaners, couple of paper towels.
Dip pipe clleaner in a small container/ shot glass of alcohol ( small container keeps the whole bottle from being contaminated with tar gunk ) Brisk;y clean the inside of the bowl and bit, use a clean pipe cleaner, repeat process till the cleaner comes out clean. Let the pipe rest for a few hours / overnight he schmoke it !!

 

[brewshooter]

The outrider lowered himself to the dusty ground and scanned this new town. The acrid smell from the molasses processors hung in the air. The molasses was used to make a rough, alcoholic drink that the locals bartered with neighboring villages. The stench permeated the land. You could smell it in the ground, the water, even the people. Leaning down, he rustled the ears of his dog and surveyed the grim scene. Dark, questioning eyes peered out between half closed and shuttered windows. These were hard people and not to be taken lightly, but the outrider was not a man to be trifled with and he had business to conduct with the area governor.
He shouldered his weapon, and drew from his belt pouch a smoking pipe. Made of a rare plastic substance, it was one of his few treasured possessions that survived the horror which had consumed flesh, bone and wood. He filled the deep bowl with the local ditch weed as the residents looked on in amazement at the man and his rare smoking instrument. His weathered hands struck flame to match and the bowl of the pipe erupted with tongues of fire and smoke. The outrider smiled and strode forward through the smoke with confidence crying, "Where is the man who calls himself Grish?"

 

[olderthandirt]

@brewshooter

LOL and thank you for that (-:

 

[rigmedic1]

Is that from Stephen King's "Glass Tower"?

 

[brewshooter]

Uh, no, I wrote it just now.

 

[portascat]

The crowd parted from the back to the front, much like a zipper. A tall good looking man walked through. handsome and steely eyed, but his scent made young children cry. He called his odor "La-tak-ee-ya", an old Indian name, but everyone suspected he pronounced it wrong, although none would say it to his face.
"I am Grish", he stated quietly. "Grish Grabow"
The Outrider felt a tremble run up his spine, and he clenched his pipe nervously, spilling ashes and crumbs of ditchweed. The Outrider noted the crossed bandoliers of once common, but now rare "stingers", whose purpose was unknown, but littered many an abandoned workroom floor. Grish, with lightning speed, whipped out a bowled tube of his own, one stamped with the mysterious "Spade" and quietly asked "how much cake do you have, stranger?"