What is Wrong With This Pipe

[jpmcwjr]

I’ll bring it to shop no big deal. Must have been cheap to begin with. Knowing me.

Where is the shop and/or you?

 

[Goofeyfoot]

Raleigh NC

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ah, good, so you have some choices!

Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why: It will save time for others as to where you live when you mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts, and for you in not having to reply to inquiries. .
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.

 

[bullet08]

Raleigh NC

Pipe by George is the nearest shop, I think.

 

[mso489]

I have a MM hardwood pipe, maple, that smokes well, doesn't overheat, has an open draw. I think it sells for five bucks and change. I wouldn't work too hard at fixing this one.

 

[Goofeyfoot]

I have a MM hardwood pipe, maple, that smokes well, doesn't overheat, has an open draw. I think it sells for five bucks and change. I wouldn't work too hard at fixing this one.

You mean I’m smoking a tree? I didn’t even know that.

 

[jhowell]

I'm gonna say the pipe is some kind of composite / synthetic which is why it gets hot...

 

[condorlover1]

Is it made of Brylon?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I like the grain; it's a nice looking pipe. I'll be curious to learn what the potential issue(s) might be.

 

[tbradsim1]

Yes it doesn’t look like a briar pipe meaning what the others have said a synethic material, if so Chuck it!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Is it made of Brylon?

Never had one of those get hot.

Yes it doesn’t look like a briar pipe meaning what the others have said a synethic material, if so Chuck it!

I've got a briar with similar grain.

 

[tbradsim1]

For some reasons yours looks very real, the other NOT!

 

[condorlover1]

@Chasing Embers . Yes but that is a very nice pipe. Who was it made by anyway?

 

[condorlover1]

@tbradsim1: You just put into words what I was trying to say without upsetting anyone!

 

[Chasing Embers]

@Chasing Embers . Yes but that is a very nice pipe. Who was it made by anyway?

That's one Bruce gave me when he retired. ?

 

[TheWhale13]

I don't know what you all are talking about, that really looks like briar to me. Just not the best grain. There's no way there's a synthetic material that simulates briar's grain so well with the birdseye and everything?

 

[Goofeyfoot]

On the other side from where it says “Maine Pipe Smoker “it reads “Imported Briar - Italy” but who knows?

 

[FLDRD]

I had a pipe I had purchased that did the same thing. I liked the aesthetics but it felt "fake" (feather light weight, plastic feeling) in the hand and got hot as heck. Sent it back to the Ebay seller indicating I thought it might be brylon.

Supposedly he did a test of some kind that confirmed that it was briar (but refunded me), so I just had to presume it was a unique issue with that particular pipe.

Not all women smoke the same either...

 

[Hillcrest]

The walls seem too thin and the pipe seems to be lacquered so the briar can't breath and cool. You'll have to make a decision on whether its worth the time to investigate and correct the issue. I had a thin walled bent brandy that did the same thing no matter what tobacco and rate of cadence. I could stand it no longer and gave it away.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Lacquer, paint, varnish, heavy wax - Have almost no effect on heat of bowl. And briar breathes very slowly in any event.

Thin walls, heat conduction of that particular bit of briar- or whatever materiel- are what makes the bowl hot.