Ruthenberg Estate Pipe

[antbauers]

Great decision to snatch that pipe, I'm sure there were eyes on it!

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

Today I tried to get the dottle at the bottom of the pipe lit. Stupid. I know. I ended up with a little unpleasant taste. I almost had a heart attack. [] So I used vanilla extract to "fix' the pipe. I hope it will be OK now. I did smoke it one more time before the vanilla to see if the pipe is damaged. That taste was there but went almost completely away as I smoked. I hope the vanilla extract does the trick.

Drunk post much? 8O

 

[tbradsim1]

Never heard of that, Man up and smoke the Dottie, it's not a snickers bar , it's a pipe, you may have ruined a fine smoking machine with that Betty Crocker fix,SHEEZ,!

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

Or don't smoke the dottle- dump it out and rest your pipe. Or you could put some strawberry frosting in there to see if it makes it taste good. Either way.

 

[elpfeife]

My wife's family has been in the vanilla extract business for three generations. I love vanilla. Many, many things go better with vanilla. But the idea of putting vanilla extract in my pipe has never occurred to me and hopefully I can banish the thought from my memory!

 

[tucson]

I used damp but not wet pipe cleaner. So I did not pour the vanilla into the pipe. Doesn't this make a difference?

 

[tucson]

Sorry for the double post. My father used to use vanilla in this way. I just found out the vanilla is an oil. So it looks like I damaged the pipe. What can I do to repair it? There is pipe cleaning fluid that I can order. Maybe an alcohol based repair solution can get rid of the oil?

 

[elpfeife]

I doubt you really hurt the pipe. The alcohol should dry out and you can smoke out the vanilla taste. The oil content should be slight.

 

[tucson]

Good news. My pipe is smoking alright with a little vanilla taste. I still plainly taste the tobacco I am smoking. However, I still taste briar due to allowing the flame of the lighter to touch the bottom of the bowl for a few seconds.