Over Heating Pipe
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yes it can. I've seen it. And I know certain smokers that go through pipes at a steady clip. Honestly the smokers I know that this happens to their pipes smoke so fast and hot that sometimes the varnish on the outside of the pipe will bubble a little bit.
That can also happen on poorly lacquered pipes when smoked cool.
yes. That's true. But the smokers I've known like this it happens sometimes on every pipe they've owned. I've seen that happen though.
I cannot imagine smoking a pipe like that. I cannot imagine how their tongue survives.
My Brigham pipes do overheat even when my tongue is fine. Their walls aren't thin but not very thick either. I've thought about burnouts, but they seem to be fine so far.
Not sure. Most of my pipes smoke cool as they break in. But some blends seem to smoke hot.
Of the estate pipes I've bought, the cracked ones were almost always ones with tons of cake in them. I think when a cake is kept uneven it disperses heat, expands and shrinks at different rates which can stress the wood more and lead to cracking. Possibly the thicker walls enhanced with cake buildup could cause someone to smoke the pipe hotter as well.
A couple of my large Danish (mostly)straight grain pipes have cracks in them. They had lots of cake and are in the chunky thick Danish freehand style. Definitely smoked heavily, so I can't say the cause. The cracks are still growing, but I got them for super cheap thrown in with some other pipes I bought off someone and they smoke great, so I don't mind. Alot of times a crack will take years to develop and won't really even affect smokability for a long time.
It all depends and is somewhat unpredictable, sometimes a thin small pipe can take alot of abuse and sometimes a thick pipe will give up at some point. But stress is the key factor. Keep the cake even and heat distribution even and it should last longer. A pipe will eventually wear out, but it might not be for many many years, and the less stress the wood has, the longer it will last.
A couple of my large Danish (mostly)straight grain pipes have cracks in them. They had lots of cake and are in the chunky thick Danish freehand style. Definitely smoked heavily, so I can't say the cause. The cracks are still growing, but I got them for super cheap thrown in with some other pipes I bought off someone and they smoke great, so I don't mind. Alot of times a crack will take years to develop and won't really even affect smokability for a long time.
It all depends and is somewhat unpredictable, sometimes a thin small pipe can take alot of abuse and sometimes a thick pipe will give up at some point. But stress is the key factor. Keep the cake even and heat distribution even and it should last longer. A pipe will eventually wear out, but it might not be for many many years, and the less stress the wood has, the longer it will last.
I bought a group of estate pipes and one of them had been over reamed and had a crack on the bowl. I still smoke it but it gets very hot
I don't think the question was if some pipes smoke hotter than other pipes. No question, some do. And some pipes may get a bit hot to the touch with even the most patient of smokers. But that doesn't mean a pipe should survive being smoked so fast you could fry an egg on the outside of the bowl. Doing that repeatedly will unquestionably damage the pipe over time. If/when a pipe gets hot to the touch, and I think it happens with everybody at least occasionally (well, except Chasing Embers), just put it down until it cools off. I do not believe this will or should damage the pipe.
And allowing too much cake to form can damage the pipe as the cake will likely expand faster than the briar when heated exerting force on the bowl of the briar. Something has to give. At the same time, cracks in the cake do not necessarily mean the briar has cracked either. Cake will chip, crack and flake off over time. Nothing to be alarmed about. It is built up brittle carbon.
And allowing too much cake to form can damage the pipe as the cake will likely expand faster than the briar when heated exerting force on the bowl of the briar. Something has to give. At the same time, cracks in the cake do not necessarily mean the briar has cracked either. Cake will chip, crack and flake off over time. Nothing to be alarmed about. It is built up brittle carbon.
Yes you guys are on it here. Thick cake will crack a pipe... not saying heat couldn’t, but the cake also dries a lot slower than the briar. So you’ve in effect got a fat sponge inside the chamber if you have thick cake.
cake is the main culprit of cracked cobs too, whether it looks like there is cake there or not.
cake is the main culprit of cracked cobs too, whether it looks like there is cake there or not.
I mean I like to have a layer but one so thin it’s undetectable by the naked eye.
