This guy seems to have no issues with water in his pipe either. - Sherm Natman
My New Water Flush Finish.
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This guy seems to have no issues with water in his pipe either. - Sherm Natman
I Smoke inexpensive PIPES, but only the FINEST TOBACCO ever tickles the inside of their bowls.
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I’m actually sold on the water rinse. Did another right after smoking today. Fast, easy and the bowl looks and smells fresh equating to great tasting smokes.
My priority is relaxing and burning tobacco. I can see some caution with Rare or valued pipes, but from what these guys are all saying, they’ve had no issues or concern.
I’m chalking this up to this particular pipe, which is an old no name.
Nope.. I don't buy it. I think these anti-flushers work for the chinese.
I left when I was 9. Thanks mom & dad. Growing up in So Cal was better.
Well if a rule is something you're told you're not supposed to do... I think that for a long time people where told to not use water near with a briar pipe. Not saying one way or another about what anyone does with their pipes. And I wonder if there was some reason for that rule at one point. Or if it's just something that was assumed would damage a pipe. That's all.
Or we just prefer breaking our pipes down and cleaning them.
OP...I know my input here is probably dreaded but I'm wondering why this specific result happened. Maybe it had more to do with the temperature of the water and the water pressure than the water itself. You mentioned that it felt like the finish was flaking off and that gets me to remembering all the Peterson pipes whose finish bubbled and flaked off when smoked even remotely hot. Might be something similar.
There are some water based stains used but they tend to fade relatively uniformly when exposed to running water. This is, in my opinion, not one of those.
Best of luck figuring it out OP.
Shush comrade...they may find us out.
Chuck her in the dishwasher to finish the job then get some codger shine onto that bare briar with your nose wax.
Not for nothing, I used some water to get soot off the rim of my Kaywoodie and some got on the shank and whilst wiping the water off, it lifted some stain to the paper towel
A lot of people at the consumer level assumed it would damage a pipe due to stern warnings by those who made and/or sold bottles of liquids. Of course it was non-sense but marketing will do what it will do.
I keep hearing that but haven't seen anything confirming it. To me it looks more like those liquids took the ball and ran with it. For one they don't seem like that much of a money maker especially when the reps for those products tell you that you can use alcohol instead but if you don't want to buy a bottle of booze you won't drink we have this product. Although there are a huge number of common products that did literally make up the need they serve (razors for women because they're not supposed to have hair on their legs, deodorant because the market for antiperspirant wasn't big enough and so on). But it seems like that no water thing goes back before the product for cleaning pipes. Personally though with zero proof I think it feels more like one of those rules that did used to have a reason and the reason is gone or mostly gone but the rule stuck. And having an older pipe have a reaction to water that alters the finish like this might indicate a good reason to avoid water in a pipe.
So y'all are russians? These days you just know its gotta be one of those two...
I've never commented on any of these water flush posts, but I cant help thinking that carvers spend years curing Briar blocks to get the moisture OUT of the wood, why the Hell would I intentionally apply water TO it???
Just think of how ticked all those ship-builders were for hundreds of years to undertake drying and curing lumber just for idjits to go plopping their wooden ships in the ocean of all places!
Many a fine pipe would be preserved pristine behind glassed cabinet, as tall ships are safest in harbor.
But ships weren’t built for harbors, nor men to stay at home to eye Pipes through glass.
But ships weren’t built for harbors, nor men to stay at home to eye Pipes through glass.
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