I know that extreme cold or hot weather effects most wood products. Am I correct in this assumption? If so I'm curious what kind of pipe I might could keep in the car all the time, in n.Texas temps get well above 100* for several days of the year. Also can I stick a small pouch of tobacco in there, say a few bowls, & it survive?
Weather vs. Pipe/Tobacco
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I read that sunlight accelerates stem oxidation. Wood could fracture if it is very cold and all of a sudden there is a fire against one side--as in lighting a pipe. North Texas is a cold place in the winter--especially when the wind is blowing. I will stay here in Houston.
I'll go against the grain on this one.
I've inherited a Peterson Dublin 80s with a huge chip out of the side that lives in my center console. So far, it's surviving the Canadian winter with no detrimental effects. I do allow it to warm to my hand before I apply flame though. I know my great-uncle used to take this a step further, and leave his pipe on the patio (he lived in Winterpeg, much more extreme climate than Vancouver sports).
My biggest concern with her isn't the briar cracking, but the tenon breaking free due to expansion and contraction. I do notice that the pipe doesn't "breath" to the same degree as my "indoor" smokers, likely due to the higher humidity; and as such requires a deep clean more often, but it still smokes like an old Pete should.
I also keep a pouch of Amphora Original Blend in the center console; but that's not doing it any favours...more for those "Oh crap" times when I run out the door without any tobacco and don't have time to stop. As one would expect, it dries out when the humidity drops, and ends up over-moist when it rains for a month straight...
I've inherited a Peterson Dublin 80s with a huge chip out of the side that lives in my center console. So far, it's surviving the Canadian winter with no detrimental effects. I do allow it to warm to my hand before I apply flame though. I know my great-uncle used to take this a step further, and leave his pipe on the patio (he lived in Winterpeg, much more extreme climate than Vancouver sports).
My biggest concern with her isn't the briar cracking, but the tenon breaking free due to expansion and contraction. I do notice that the pipe doesn't "breath" to the same degree as my "indoor" smokers, likely due to the higher humidity; and as such requires a deep clean more often, but it still smokes like an old Pete should.
I also keep a pouch of Amphora Original Blend in the center console; but that's not doing it any favours...more for those "Oh crap" times when I run out the door without any tobacco and don't have time to stop. As one would expect, it dries out when the humidity drops, and ends up over-moist when it rains for a month straight...
I live in Sugar Land, TX and I wouldn't keep any of my pipes on the seat of a car in the TX heat and humidity. However, you may try the glove box which would be out of the direct sun. As for the tobacco in a pouch again I would leave tobacco in the direct sun and the glove box probably would work and long as you only kept it in the glove box for a day or two at a time. After that your tobacco may lose most of the taste and stale. Good luck.
@salewis - These guys from up north (ie north of Conroe) cannot understand heat in Houston the same way I am glad I do not understand the winter in Chicago. As the tobacco ages according to how it is preserved in a tin or jar so does it age in the environment the tin or jar resides.
Tom from the Champions Forest/FM 1960 part of Houston. Go Texans!!!
Tom from the Champions Forest/FM 1960 part of Houston. Go Texans!!!
I would never leave my pipe out in the West Texas sun, forget that. Tobacco maybe, Sweetwater, TX can be damn hot.
Carpenter.
Sorry I missed this post in the beginning.
I wouldn't leave a pipe in my car during the summer in texas. Even if the pipe's not in direct sunlight, your car will get pretty darn hot. I always carry a little one pipe pouch. Just put in a pocket and carry it around. I have two little nameless bents that go in the pouch when I'm running around. If I know I'm going somewhere where I can sit and relax, I'll put a nicer pipe in it.
Granted, I have left those two little pocket pipes in the center console in the truck on occasion, but not for an extended period of time. Tobacco may fare better. I should put a little tin of something in there to see how it does. Looks like I have myself an experiment this summer ;-)
Sorry I missed this post in the beginning.
I wouldn't leave a pipe in my car during the summer in texas. Even if the pipe's not in direct sunlight, your car will get pretty darn hot. I always carry a little one pipe pouch. Just put in a pocket and carry it around. I have two little nameless bents that go in the pouch when I'm running around. If I know I'm going somewhere where I can sit and relax, I'll put a nicer pipe in it.
Granted, I have left those two little pocket pipes in the center console in the truck on occasion, but not for an extended period of time. Tobacco may fare better. I should put a little tin of something in there to see how it does. Looks like I have myself an experiment this summer ;-)
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