A while back I posted that I has bought a rusticated bent Sasieni from a local B&M.
I got it for a great price, but in my inexperience I never really went over the way it was drilled.
I smoked it a few times and realized that the bowl was drilled too deep. I was getting a lot of gurgle and a lot of unburned tobacco at the bottom of the bowl.
I posted and was recommended that I try building up the bottom of the bowl with some cigar ash, or fireplace mortar.
Old Cajun mentioned the gurgle was probably from a tenon that was drilled too small and recommended that I should try and bore it out slightly.
I was kindly offered some help, but I decided that in my quest to really be able to refurbish and repair pipes I should try this project myself.
I bored the tenon slightly and noticed that the draw was much better and the gurgle was very much less... Score one for the new guy.
I went and bought a nice Nat Sherman cigar, my first in over a year. I enjoyed it, but realize how much more I prefer the pipe. The cigar is a one note song to me... I digress.
I saved my ash and made my mortar and built up the bowl.
I can see the merits of doing this. After the ash/mortar dried I was finding less waste on the bottom of the bowl. I was also finding that all of my smokes tasted distinctly of cigar.
I am not sure if I had the mix wrong. I left the mix to dry in the bowl for over a week, but I couldn't shake that taste.
I eventually just dug the mortar out and did a good cleaning of the pipe.
Perhaps I should have taken the good advice of the Old Cajun and used some fireplace mortar instead.
In the mean time the pipe has a nice open draw and doesn't gurgle at all. I have been enjoying it and dealing with the tobacco lost. I am just considering it the angel's cut.
Jim
I got it for a great price, but in my inexperience I never really went over the way it was drilled.
I smoked it a few times and realized that the bowl was drilled too deep. I was getting a lot of gurgle and a lot of unburned tobacco at the bottom of the bowl.
I posted and was recommended that I try building up the bottom of the bowl with some cigar ash, or fireplace mortar.
Old Cajun mentioned the gurgle was probably from a tenon that was drilled too small and recommended that I should try and bore it out slightly.
I was kindly offered some help, but I decided that in my quest to really be able to refurbish and repair pipes I should try this project myself.
I bored the tenon slightly and noticed that the draw was much better and the gurgle was very much less... Score one for the new guy.
I went and bought a nice Nat Sherman cigar, my first in over a year. I enjoyed it, but realize how much more I prefer the pipe. The cigar is a one note song to me... I digress.
I saved my ash and made my mortar and built up the bowl.
I can see the merits of doing this. After the ash/mortar dried I was finding less waste on the bottom of the bowl. I was also finding that all of my smokes tasted distinctly of cigar.
I am not sure if I had the mix wrong. I left the mix to dry in the bowl for over a week, but I couldn't shake that taste.
I eventually just dug the mortar out and did a good cleaning of the pipe.
Perhaps I should have taken the good advice of the Old Cajun and used some fireplace mortar instead.
In the mean time the pipe has a nice open draw and doesn't gurgle at all. I have been enjoying it and dealing with the tobacco lost. I am just considering it the angel's cut.
Jim
