Ruminations on the Porosity of Briar

[bullet08]

As to coloring, the wood was scrubbed. That lightened the coloring. The fact it darkened after 4 bowls just means the old coloring came back due to handling the pipe. With density of briar, there's no way it would have been the oil has come through from chamber to wood surface that quickly. Unless it's real crap briar and the chamber can't hold the water.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Not in four smokes.

Thermodynamics demands equilibrium, if you chemically remove the surface oil from a piece that is saturated then the dry surface will quickly become re-saturated with oils from inside.

Regardless of the concept that wood becomes totally saturated, as long as the outer surface was saturated beyond just the very surface then the same effect would still apply.

 

[didimauw]

Maybe we'll just end this here. Next thread can just be pictures of pipes sawed in half!