Is it Just Bad Luck?

[Smoke bid]

Hi. I bought several pipes this year. The main reason? They keep burning holes in the briar.

I keep my tobacco on my deck outside. I am beginning to wonder if this is the problem.

I lost a Nording after one week smoking, I lost a Savinelli after one week. I lost a Peterson after one week.

Just last night my four month old Brigham burned a hole in the top lip edge of the pipe. I also bought a Roma which is looking after two smokes to be in trouble with a crack inside and a near hole too.

I of course have other pipes. There is no trouble. Several are more than a few years old.

But this is uncanny. I assume a good pipe can last for more than one week!

 

[RL Bucktails]

Are you using a torch type lighter?

 

[Smoke bid]

Are you using a torch type lighter?

I am using a soft flame lighter with a one inch flame.

 

[ziv]

Are you buying them new, or are those estate pipes?

 

[Smoke bid]

Are you buying them new, or are those estate pipes?

These are new pipes. I started inspecting them before I light them for defects. So far the last two were ok, but the Roma is an out. I have a new Baraccini which sits fine. I think overall I like my Stanwell. I just bought a second one and hopefully this might be now my brand of choice.

Like I said, there are about seven other pipes that did not do this and five are over three years to even ten years old. Uncanny. I think the seller has agreed to refund the first three.

Could leaving tobacco outdoors make it burn more harsh?

 

[MrTallbutBuxomley]

How unfortunate, I do notice some of my estates burn particularly "hot" and I try to be extra slow with them and yet some old estates can handle any tobacco cool as you like. So far from inspecting the briar etc I can't find any reason for this, in fact some of my more "prestigious" briars are my worst smokers and some no name ones have become my " go to". I think it's more art than science most of the time!

 

[Smoke bid]

I'll also note I am using mostly bulk purchased tobacco and sometime more a pouch stored tobacco.

The Nording was a Signature Black pipe with the flat sitting bottom. The Savinelli was an Oceano Cherrywood pipe. The Peterson was a sandblasted Dracula dublin.

Basically, three very nice pipes.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Let's see some pics of these pipes.

 

[InWithBothFeet]

Probably unrelated, but why are you storying your tobacco out on your deck? That just seems odd.

 

[Smoke bid]

Let's see some pics of these pipes.

That is the humdinger. I hate cameras so much I did not bother to take. It was before this forum popped up!

 

[Smoke bid]

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Probably unrelated, but why are you storying your tobacco out on your deck? That just seems odd.

Well. Table outside. Smoker outside. Pipes mostly kept inside. Too much tobacco in two medium boxes today. No need to shuffle back indoors. Don’t steal!

 

[Sigmund]

Are you smoking fast to where the outside is really hot on your hands?

 

[Smoke bid]

Let's see some pics of these pipes.

Hole clean through back of Savinelli 3mm below the top. Hole in side of Nording on the right did not burn full as I stopped smoking it. But the outside buckled. And such a fine thick briar!

Hole in Peterson was midway down on the side by the back.

Top side of the Brigham begam a burn to cut the side.

 

[Smoke bid]

Are you smoking fast to where the outside is really hot on your hands?

I think I do smoke puff by puff. But it has never been trouble before.

 

[Sigmund]

Is your deck where you smoke windy?

 

[Smoke bid]

Is your deck where you smoke windy?

Windy at times. I use a wind cap some of the time. Its not bad. We are not near the ocean.

I wonder if some of the tobacco burns harsher than others but still maybe it was just the new pipes.

 

[Smoke bid]

Windy at times. I use a wind cap some of the time. Its not bad. We are not near the ocean.

I wonder if some of the tobacco burns harsher than others but still maybe it was just the new pipes.

Its been about eighty degrees and not too humid the past few months.

 

[dottlejockey]

This is really odd to me that you've had that many burn outs with new pipes. Savinelli, Peterson and Nording are all well-made. Nordings are particularly chunky, typically. Would really have been interesting to see the evidence here.

Whatever you put in em, smoke em slow and if they start feeling hotter than you can touch, set em down for a minute.

 

[The Libertine]

Are you puffing like a freight train late for it's pickup?

 

[BingBong]

I think you should donate the remains to somebody like Livermore Labs, there's a promising source of usable energy you have which may make fusion redundant