Howdy yall! It’s been a while. I come with a question! So basically I bought an Estate Old England (Sasieni) straight pot. And I’m having a problem.

[MonarchistPiper]

So basically the pipe just smokes wet, I get an acrid taste when I get past the 1st third and I really can’t enjoy a bowl. I’m smoking Englishes in it. Anyone know what the problem could be? The stem has oxidation if that makes any difference. I will post pictures when I can.

 

[MonarchistPiper]

 

[OzPiper]

Off tastes usually is a problem with tars and In the shank and mortise.
A deep clean of the shank and mortise will hopefully fix the problem

Running a pipe cleaner mid-smoke to get rid of XS moisture will definitely help

A badly oxidised vulcanite/ebonite stem can also be the source of a “sour” smoke.
I had one such pipe and no amount of cleaning helped.
I eventually had a new acrylic stem cut which “fixed” the problem

 

[Sobrbiker]

I’d ream out the cake, clean crannies of mortise, hot water flush the stummel, shank brush the airway with Everlear, then do a salt (cotton ball)/Everclear treatment if it still smelled any funkish.
De-oxidize stem and clean the crap out of stem’s airway.

Basically what I do to any estate (I think only 3 of my thirty+ briars were bought new).