Obstinate Ghost in the house.

[woodrow]

I have posted the refurb of a Meer lined Grabow previously here A Meer-lined Grabow. What to Do? :: Pipe Repair and Maintenance - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/a-meer-lined-grabow-what-to-do.94312/#post-36690670

reviewing I replaced the Meer lining with a mixture of plaster, charcoal and table salt. Reworked the finish etc, and smoked several bowls Virginia blends, non aromatic.

I’m surprised after many dunks in alcohol, cleaning the shank, sanding and all, I STILL have a Lakeland ghost. I can’t figure it out.

I can do the cotton ball treatment again, but I’m worried about ruining the plaster coating inside the bowl. Should I ream again and start anew.

During the refurb this bowl has been submerged in alcohol more than a pickle.

The Lakeland flavour must be baked into the walls of the briar.

Ideas welcome. Thanks in advance.

-Bill

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Sometimes, all there is left to do is...

 

[Davy]

Fight Lakeland with...Lakeland. Start smoking some Lakeland into it. It will neutralize the previous ghost. It will be your own, personal ghost.

 

[UB 40]

Fight Lakeland with...Lakeland. Start smoking some Lakeland into it. It will neutralize the previous ghost. It will be your own, personal ghost.

Yes, maybe the „like cures like“ principle of homoeopathy, the law of similars might work on pipe ghosts to.

 

[canucklehead]

You need some professional ghostbusting. Who you gonna call?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

When cleaning the shank, did you scrape out all of the caked gunk in the mortise that sometimes gets trapped where the inner wall of the shank meets the vertical wall face of the draught hole? Quite often, tools are required to dig out the stuff.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

You need some professional ghostbusting. Who you gonna call?

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^^^^^^ He's not wrong. Sometimes you just gotta smoke the ghost out. The Five Brothers will definitely give you all they have.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

I've been having a bareknuckle brawl with a vanilla aromatic ghost that has taken up residence in an estate pipe I purchased. I've found that Old Joe Krantz is a pretty decent ghostbuster in his own right.

 

[kcghost]

Simple as pie. Get another pipe.

 

[jhowell]

Put just the strummel in a 200 degree oven with the door open and bake for 24 hours...

 

[AJL67]

Learn to like Lakeland, now you have a pipe just for Lakeland and you don't have to worry about ghosting any other bowls. Baring that, I mean the fact you replaced the meer liner with a plaster concoction kind of means this bowl has seen better days so you could always put it out of it's misery.

 

[bullet08]

That one needs extra strength holy water with a papal seal. If not, you might have to look into Korean shamanism. Potent stuff.

 

[mso489]

I just saw "The Exorcist" on Turner Classics. That might give you some ideas.

 

[ThermionicScott]

The Lakeland flavour must be baked into the walls of the briar.

Ideas welcome. Thanks in advance.

-Bill

It's too bad that estate pipe sellers generally don't list what a pipe was smoked with in its previous life. I feel like that's more impactful than "slight rim darkening" or "minor tooth marks on stem."

Anyways, if I were in this position, I'd figure that this pipe was my Lakeland pipe now. If not a Lakeland fan, the most humane thing would be to sell/trade it to one...

 

[boston]

A few bowls of Balkan Sasieni. I think glp told me that two decades ago. Worked for me. Of course he also said the ghost couldn't be 'that bad' and it wasn't. Save the pipe, kill the ghost.

 

[woodrow]

Yup. Sounds like it’ll be my Lakeland / cherry / mixture 79 pipe. It’s a yard pipe for sure. If not I can always use as a tester for fill material, dyeing etc.

 

[mosin1932]

It's too bad that estate pipe sellers generally don't list what a pipe was smoked with in its previous life. I feel like that's more impactful than "slight rim darkening" or "minor tooth marks on stem."

Anyways, if I were in this position, I'd figure that this pipe was my Lakeland pipe now. If not a Lakeland fan, the most humane thing would be to sell/trade it to one...

You would think they would, since most sellers on eBay list "pre-smoked" pipes like they deserve a premium lol.