A lot depends on the porosity of the briar, which is often not uniform. One of the pipes I've been smoking recently gets hot in one section, but smokes just fine.
Outside of my Bowl is Darkening.
- Thread starter Jonas T Perrin
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It just gives your pipe character and makes it unique. 
To save those who haven't seen that gross picture, I have deleted it. Hard to unsee things for some of us.