I Thought I Smelled Something...

[chilllucky]

I looked around the woodshop for what could have been making that burning smell and didn't see anything. Then I put my pipe down.

 

[BROBS]

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I looked around the woodshop for what could have been making that burning smell and didn't see anything. Then I put my pipe down.

Did someone shoot you with a laser?!

 

[lawdawg]

YIKES! Were you puffing like a freight train?

 

[bent1]

Maybe a large sand pit?

 

[lukasstrifeson]

I have never seen anything like that before!

Hope you're okay first and foremost!

 

[magicpiper]

It burned a clean, round hole too. Never seen that before on a pipe.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I had something similar happen once. Huge sand pit just under the surface of the bowl interior. Once it hit the sand pit, it was all over in a hurry.

 

[hawky454]

I’m always amazed when I see a burnout. I’ve tried my hardest to burn out a pipe from smoking one and for the life of me, I can’t do it! I do understand sometimes there are hidden flaws and what not that can contribute to a burnout, I guess I’ve just been lucky over the years. One of these days, I’ll burn one out... one of these days.

Sometimes while driving, I hang my head out the window like a dog while smoking my pipe.

 

[hawky454]

I had something similar happen once. Huge sand pit just under the surface of the bowl interior. Once it hit the sand pit, it was all over in a hurry.

I’m curious, what brand pipe was it? I know you are into artisan pipes but I’m wondering if it was a factory pipe or not. If you don’t want to name names, I completely understand.

 

[jaytex1969]

Now, you have a nice carburetor pipe!

I’ve tried my hardest to burn out a pipe from smoking one and for the life of me, I can’t do it! .....One of these days, I’ll burn one out... one of these days.

It's good to have goals!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I’m curious, what brand pipe was it? I know you are into artisan pipes but I’m wondering if it was a factory pipe or not. If you don’t want to name names, I completely understand.

This happened a long, long time ago. I'm pretty sure it was a factory pipe. But it could happen to any maker. Sorry if x-raying the bowl, how would you know?

 

[chilllucky]

This was my "shop pipe". It was a factory second from France, and it was my only sitter. There are a bunch of little fills, which I had thought was a no-big-deal, purely aesthetic issue. I guess one of them was the small end of the telescope.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

That is one beautiful burnout. I would be keeping that pipe in my collection.

 

[mortonbriar]

You could shove another stem in there and make it a 'valentines pipe', the romantic gesture every spouse yearns for...

 

[mikethompson]

That's some hole!

At least it was just a shop pipe and nothing too fancy.

 

[newbroom]

drill it out to clean wood and fill it with something like a mixture of wood glue and ash or sawdust or like that and build a little cake and it'll still be a shop pipe.

 

[prndl]

I see a bonzai in your future.

 

[chilllucky]

drill it out to clean wood and fill it with something like a mixture of wood glue and ash or sawdust or like that and build a little cake and it'll still be a shop pipe.

Given how little the pipe means to me, and how close to the center line that hole is, I'm actually thinking of making a cut-away through the burn out. Just to see what really happened/as a teaching tool.

 

[mikefu]

I thought that this was going to be another Brussels Sprouts thread.

That’s a crazy burnout!

 

[newbroom]

I've had a few mishaps with pipes in the few years I've practiced and it always seems to be with a pipe I value for one reason or another...I've had mortises blow out from simple stem insertion w/o warning, dropped 'em and cracked the shank or broken it in half, burned out a cob or 2 (naturals and 2nds at that) or lost it.
The sense of loss is becomes a bittersweet memory.