New Briar, Weird Reaction Please Help
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I’m inclined to think it might be the tobacco ad well. But you mention that these are your first briars? Also could be that the other pipes (what are they?) are absorbing something that the briars arent, hence the irritation from more of whatever irritant is getting through. Tou might try the balsa filter especially until the briars are broken in.
Maybe 3 or 4 times each. That’s all times I’ve smoked them.
The others include corn cob, ozark and Imbuia (Brazilian wood)
Yes my first briars. Others are ozark, corn cobs and imbuia wood.
I haven’t thought about that possibility, but it makes sense.
I might have to try all tobaccos I have with the SAVs and see how they react.
And weird thing is, I thought that the balsa filters would do something, as they help with bite ( not actually the case here ) and Moisture. But no, nothing, nada. Same irritation.
Well I’ll keep smoking them, I can only hope this has something to do with braking in and eventually it will be gone.
Have you tried smoking something other than Amphora Original in the Savs?
Yes, that’s when all the trouble began. When I smoked my usual rotation in the savs and in my old ones at the same time.
Sip here, sip there, and testing.
Ah, yes, I see you already said that in your original post. I guess if I were you, I would try to break the Savs in some more. Maybe treat the bowls with some honey if the mouth feels really bad. Tell us what you do and good luck!
Burley is tricky. I overlook it because I like burley in most blends or as a single leaf. But people react differently. Some dislike it; some throw up. Some can't taste it. Some only like it sparingly in blends. Etc. So you may be allergic. Bear in mind, burley is the base in many blends, or a condiment, in over-the-counter and/or aromatic blends. I enjoy Amphora Burley, but that's me.
Yeah I’ll keep firing them up! Let’s see what happens.
I was 100% sure it was the burley from the amphora.
But then I packed with my usual blends and happened again, so it doesn’t make sense to me.
Well, time will tell. I’ll keep smoking those bastards...
There’s probably still some remnants of that Burley in the pipe. I’d give it a good cleaning with some hot water and then smoke something different in it. ?
I’ll try to do that also.There’s probably still some remnants of that Burley in the pipe. I’d give it a good cleaning with some hot water and then smoke something different in it. ?
A new pipe will sometimes smoke searing hot until it's broken in. I've damn near burned my mouth on new pipes.. even really expensive nice ones.
it's not hard and fast but I've noticed a tendency for that and especially noticed that often the worst it is new the better it is broken in. Again my Peterson was only a few steps down from fresh too hot pizza roof of mouth removal, now it's great and gentle.
I've even had handmades unleash a mouthful of flaming hot steam. sometimes it just takes some smokes to get past it.
Is that possible even if the pipe feels cold in the hand and I’m smoking slowly?
I wonder if it can smoke hot while not feeling hot.
yes it can. it's because there is no carbon coat in the chamber.
Just an update guys. I’m smoking right now my coolest non biting tobacco ever ( Presbyterian) on my 321.
And the weird tickle or mild irritation is still there. It goes away after 30min or so after finishing the bowl and it does not feel like my mouth is burned or scorched.
My god this is driving me crazy...
Do you guys think that a cotton and alcohol treatment would help?
Maybe exorcise something that may be causing an Irritation?
And the weird tickle or mild irritation is still there. It goes away after 30min or so after finishing the bowl and it does not feel like my mouth is burned or scorched.
My god this is driving me crazy...
Do you guys think that a cotton and alcohol treatment would help?
Maybe exorcise something that may be causing an Irritation?
