Title edited for brevity. Original: "Returning to Pipes Question: Pre-Carbonizing Corncob Pipes with honey and active charcoal to build up Carbon Cake at the bottom. Yea or Nay?"
Hello everyone, I've been an on and off Pipe Smoker from 18-33 with plenty of success and failures when smoking.
I just now reinvested into two pipes, one handmade briar and one classic corncob from MMC. I've used the cheap $4 corncob pipes before and I made the classic mistake of leaving it outside in Florida's humidity. But now I'm buying something a bit fancier and I want to do right by my purchase and do what I can to extend the life of the pipe (yes I know I can always buy another).
I was looking into pipe mud which I absolutely agree is just a simple one and done or if I had more free time, I'd cut the inside shank bit and level the whole bottom, but I also lead a busy life working full time.
What caught my eye in particular was an interesting method of just applying a thin coat of honey and coating with active charcoal to help build carbon cake at the bottom.
What I want to know is that can the pre-carbonized honey method be effective for protecting the bowl and the bottom enough to skip the normal pipe mud method and just pre-coat, dry and smoke and will the honey harm my pipe if I let it dry?
Hello everyone, I've been an on and off Pipe Smoker from 18-33 with plenty of success and failures when smoking.
I just now reinvested into two pipes, one handmade briar and one classic corncob from MMC. I've used the cheap $4 corncob pipes before and I made the classic mistake of leaving it outside in Florida's humidity. But now I'm buying something a bit fancier and I want to do right by my purchase and do what I can to extend the life of the pipe (yes I know I can always buy another).
I was looking into pipe mud which I absolutely agree is just a simple one and done or if I had more free time, I'd cut the inside shank bit and level the whole bottom, but I also lead a busy life working full time.
What caught my eye in particular was an interesting method of just applying a thin coat of honey and coating with active charcoal to help build carbon cake at the bottom.
What I want to know is that can the pre-carbonized honey method be effective for protecting the bowl and the bottom enough to skip the normal pipe mud method and just pre-coat, dry and smoke and will the honey harm my pipe if I let it dry?
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