Then we need some kind of elaborate cooling system for the bowl!
Or don't suck too hard.....
I know we can make this shit work!
Or don't suck too hard.....
I know we can make this shit work!
Moisture On Outside Bowl Bottom
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I've always felt pipe smoking was much too simple.
Someone needs to design a heat exchange system that will draw moisture and heat away from the chamber walls and cool down the smoke. I"m figuring that all in, including batteries and microprocessor controlled circuitry, we could keep the size and weight down to about equivalent to a brick. Makes it a bitch to clench but think of the advantages.....
Someone needs to design a heat exchange system that will draw moisture and heat away from the chamber walls and cool down the smoke. I"m figuring that all in, including batteries and microprocessor controlled circuitry, we could keep the size and weight down to about equivalent to a brick. Makes it a bitch to clench but think of the advantages.....
Popper famously said you can count as many white swans as you like but it does not prove all swans are white. But, if you find a black swan you have proved all swans are not white.
However if you try to smoke a swan it stinks!
However if you try to smoke a swan it stinks!
Neither Mr. Lee nor Mr. Embers are right. But the latter is closer to the truth. Briar does absorb moisture but minute amounts, forced at high temperatures. (over 400º F.)
That's why when you smoke wet, it takes days to dry the pipe at room temperatures. Also why, if the pipe is smoked dry, a hot water flush will not force water into the briar, as it's a few seconds at 140º, vs. 30 minutes + at over 400º.
That's why when you smoke wet, it takes days to dry the pipe at room temperatures. Also why, if the pipe is smoked dry, a hot water flush will not force water into the briar, as it's a few seconds at 140º, vs. 30 minutes + at over 400º.
I've always thought birds eyes were tubes that contain moisture, caught in cross section. Kind of like blood vessels. But according to Wikipedia, it is not known what causes this phenomenon.
Just repeating what you and ashdigger have said.
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This is the same pipe I tortured previously with a 12 hour soak. In case anyone wonders what kind of pipe it is, it's a commissioned Eric Paulson Sandblasted Large Billiard with Saddle Stem. I have two of them that are identical in weight and dimensions. When I pulled it from the 12 hour bath it...
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When I by accident dunked a Kaywoodie for a few years in a bucket of water, that there pipe done got full on hydroscopic on me, it surely did.
When I’m breaking in new Lee, it always tastes good, even new.
But I break one in all the way to the bottom. Near the bottom, during break in, the pipe gets hot and water —-
Condenses from the atmosphere?
Hmmm
Why does a fully broken in pipe no longer get as hot, and where is the water on the bottom of the pipe?
Life is a mystery.
My old old stained Lee apple has no problems with water on the outside of the bowl bottom.
Is it getting trapped inside?
Thanks for the advice, but after 50 years I know how to light a pipe. ?no clue. When you first light the pipe? More then one pipe does this? Make a video showing your process and hear all the experts condemn you technique.
I just fired up a Brebbia Linea A with the same situation. I now think it’s the carnuba wax I applied after my last full cleaning ritual a couple weeks ago.
I appreciate all the comments and advice.
I appreciate all the comments and advice.
Just when I thought I have heard it all, I read a post like the above. I have never heard of anyone dealing with this issue. No newbie, no old timer no one in between.
The carnuba wax explanation makes some sense but I think you would have to put a really thick coat on it and small droplets seem to be too little of an amount. I have owned plenty of highline pipes in my day but I have never seen what you are describing. I will be curious to see if someone comes up with the correct answer.
The carnuba wax explanation makes some sense but I think you would have to put a really thick coat on it and small droplets seem to be too little of an amount. I have owned plenty of highline pipes in my day but I have never seen what you are describing. I will be curious to see if someone comes up with the correct answer.
Since most pipe smokers don't experience this phenomenon of moisture collected at the outside bottom of the bowl, I suspect it is something about the area where the pipes are stored, like a temperature differential in the room that causes condensation or even a small leak in the ceiling above the pipe rack, some kind of micro climate going on in this particular place. Otherwise, we'd all recognize the pattern and know what causes it. So far, no one else is chiming in with a strongly similar experience.
I have to admit I was thinking it might be something like that. That doesn't prove a thing but. I was wondering what you might have put on the outside of the pipe. Sorry I have to get sarcastic at times, keeps me from slapping people. Recently there has been some discussions about why does this or that happen that have gotten heated and feelings hurt. In a way I was hoping to at least give a slight hint that such might happen. While also saying that details would probably help because that situation is a bit unusual.
I caught that sarcasm and liked it. Best to you and yours.