Just curious, what do you mean ruin, I’ve done some charring to the bowl of at least one pipe by smoking too fast and hot, it’s still perfectly good to smoke, just trying to not make it worse.I often have to remind myself that I smoke a pipe to relax. I have ruined many pipes, I like the ones I have, so I often smoke "in the moment", with nothing distracting me from my pipe.
I've burned a few pipes through at the stem or so thin they crush. I had some really bad early smoking habits, I've has a pipe burning in my hand so badly the exterior of the bowl was smoking. Had a pipe bowl crack it was so hot and a chip fall out of it.Just curious, what do you mean ruin, I’ve done some charring to the bowl of at least one pipe by smoking too fast and hot, it’s still perfectly good to smoke, just trying to not make it worse.
Cheers, it’s a common problem.I've burned a few pipes through at the stem or so thin they crush. I had some really bad early smoking habits, I've has a pipe burning in my hand so badly the exterior of the bowl was smoking. Had a pipe bowl crack it was so hot and a chip fall out of it.
My Savinelli is charred, so I rarely smoke it. Too big a pit to repair with mud.
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Rustiepyles recently repaired a Rattray's pipe for me that had a serious charring pit above the draw. It's wonderful now.
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