My friend Jim told me a story recently about a bulldog pipe that he owned years ago, (he didn’t have a manufacturer name that I can recall). Although he really enjoyed the pipe, eventually he offered it to his friend as a gift after much adoration. He explained that his friend really loved smoking this pipe for a number of years until one day when he suddenly gave it back to him. It’s my understanding the pipe appeared to be very used and upon further inspection he realized there was a hole burned right through the bottom.
My reaction was that he didn’t take very good care of it and Jim responded quickly that wasn’t the case, “he just really loved it and smoked it to death”. We debated this for awhile, I said when a pipe is too hot to touch to your cheek it’s time to set it down and reach for another pipe. He responded that some of the burning tobacco makes contact with the wood and burn out is inevitable.
I am guessing that a heavy cake built up and eventually lit while smoking too hot and burned a hole right through the pipe.
Thoughts? Has anyone “codger” smoked a pipe until they burned right through it?
My reaction was that he didn’t take very good care of it and Jim responded quickly that wasn’t the case, “he just really loved it and smoked it to death”. We debated this for awhile, I said when a pipe is too hot to touch to your cheek it’s time to set it down and reach for another pipe. He responded that some of the burning tobacco makes contact with the wood and burn out is inevitable.
I am guessing that a heavy cake built up and eventually lit while smoking too hot and burned a hole right through the pipe.
Thoughts? Has anyone “codger” smoked a pipe until they burned right through it?