Time for a New Reamer
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Depends on the chamber shape. Buttner for conical chamber shapes,
Pipnet for cylindrical chamber shapes, and best of all, wadded up paper toweling to wipe the chamber walls after a smoke to avoid building up a thick soft cake in the first place.
Pipnet for cylindrical chamber shapes, and best of all, wadded up paper toweling to wipe the chamber walls after a smoke to avoid building up a thick soft cake in the first place.
I have had good luck with pipnet and a knife for stubborn or hard to reach spots. The knife doesn't need to be very sharp at all by the way.
Absolutely not joking:
Popsicle sticks.
Just the right hardness, just the right flexibility.
Popsicle sticks.
Just the right hardness, just the right flexibility.
Ive used my Buck Stockman pocket knife for many years. The three blades are perfect for all shaped pipes...in my opinion.
I’m going off topic a bit here…
But, I look at it like; You Pay Now Or You Pay Later…
Meaning, either way you look at it, you’re going to have to put a little effort/work into this.
But, the way I see it, if you always wipe out the chamber after smoking, and over time, if the carbon layer starts to thicken, if you put some water on a finger, and wipe it around the chamber just after you are done smoking, the carbon will be soft, and you can easily form it and wipe out any excess.
I don’t see the need for a reamer, unless someone is buying an old estate that has a thick build up on it.
Rhetorically speaking, which amount of work and effort is going to be the least, wipe after smoking, or ream down the road…
But, I look at it like; You Pay Now Or You Pay Later…
Meaning, either way you look at it, you’re going to have to put a little effort/work into this.
But, the way I see it, if you always wipe out the chamber after smoking, and over time, if the carbon layer starts to thicken, if you put some water on a finger, and wipe it around the chamber just after you are done smoking, the carbon will be soft, and you can easily form it and wipe out any excess.
I don’t see the need for a reamer, unless someone is buying an old estate that has a thick build up on it.
Rhetorically speaking, which amount of work and effort is going to be the least, wipe after smoking, or ream down the road…
My beater has gone from a 40 minute smoke to a 25, the upper part of the chamber I can deal with by knife, but there's an immovable coal seam below. I have a Dremel with lots of tools somewhere and a stupid idea...
This has been my method for years. I always wipe my bowl after each use. This way the cake that does build is slow and hard as a rock. When it's time to get some out, it scrapes out like shards of glass.I’m going off topic a bit here…
But, I look at it like; You Pay Now Or You Pay Later…
Meaning, either way you look at it, you’re going to have to put a little effort/work into this.
But, the way I see it, if you always wipe out the chamber after smoking, and over time, if the carbon layer starts to thicken, if you put some water on a finger, and wipe it around the chamber just after you are done smoking, the carbon will be soft, and you can easily form it and wipe out any excess.
I don’t see the need for a reamer, unless someone is buying an old estate that has a thick build up on it.
Rhetorically speaking, which amount of work and effort is going to be the least, wipe after smoking, or ream down the road…
I really dislike soft, thick cake, it makes your pipe stink.
I’ve never had to scrape any out. When it starts to get thicker, right when I’m done smoking, after I wipe the chamber out with a paper towel, I put some water on a finger and wipe the inside, and the water looses it up, makes it pliable to flatten/smoothen, or rub out. As long as this is done with the water on a finger, when the chamber is really warm, the carbon should be quite soft/softer.