Pre-Carbonized Pipes

[olemissrebel]

I recently purchased a Savinelli Mister G 129 Billiard and it looked to be pre-carbonized. Are Savinelli's pre-carbonized?
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[drwatson]

Some of them are. I have noticed that there is no reason or rhyme to their madness. I actually had two Savinelli pipes, same model but different shapes. One came pre smoked, the other not.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I've had one Savinelli come pre-carbon lined and three that weren't pre-carbon lined. As mentioned, I'm not sure there's much rhyme or reason to their bowl coating. If it is an issue for you, I'd contact whoever you're intending to buy from and confirm that it does/doesn't have the pre-carbonized bowl.

 

[dryseason91]

Does the pre-carb really make much of a difference? I've never smoked from a bare bowl.

 

[sfsteves]

dryseason91 asked:

"Does the pre-carb really make much of a

difference? I've never smoked from a bare bowl."

I have smoked new pipes with bare bowls and others with the pre-carbonized bowls ... I've found little difference between them. In each case, it's been my experience that some pipes are more easily 'broken in' than others. In general, it's my feeling that better pipes 'break in' more easily in either case.

 

[mso489]

Mostly, I haven't had a problem with pre-carbonized bowls. I'm always delighted when a bowl isn't coated in advance;

the unfinished bowls break in nicely and give a sort of purist satisfaction. The only pipe that gave me any complaint was

a Parker cheerywood that I bought about a year ago that seemed to give up some of that bowl coating every time I ran a

pipe cleaner through it for a dozen or more smokes. The Parker is a good pipe, but the bowl coating shouldn't have

drooled down into the shank airway and lasted for months. These little quality points count. Kudos to Chacom,

Salvenelli when they don't coat, Ser Jacopo, and others that skip the bowl blacking. Thank you so much to them.

 

[olemissrebel]

No problem with me. Just curious is all. Thanks guys.

 

[petes03]

As others have said, with Savinelli, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. IMO, it probably doesn't make much of a difference.

 

[brdavidson]

In my very limited experience there is little to choose from in terms of smokeability at the beginning between uncoated and coated. However the pipes I own with the best cake forming on them were all coated pipes. Just some food for thought.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

I ordered a 320 KS Trevi a while back and it came carbonized. My other Savinelli's did not, and it took forever for me to break in the 320 pipe where I couldn't taste that carbonized crap. The first 5-6 bowls were absolutely horrible. I personally don't care for carbonized pipes.