Hi guys. I'm new to the site and hope this is not a redundant question but I just picked up a Wiley pipe at a flea market for $10 it does not need restoring just cleaned and shined up. Does a oil cured pipe need to be treated different from a regular pipe.
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Welcome to the forum. To answer your question, no, you just load it and smoke it just like any other pipe, after a thorough cleaning of course. The oil curing affects the briar in relation to how it smokes, some say drier and that it imparts a nutty flavor.
My Wiley smokes great! I got mine new and would say it smoked great from day one. While I knew that it was oil cured, I don't think I would have noticed anything in particular.
In your case, yours is well broken in (presumably). Great score! Enjoy!
In your case, yours is well broken in (presumably). Great score! Enjoy!
mithrandir:
Welcome aboard, Sir!
Here is a link (Curing) to an interesting article on the curing of briar (including oil-curing) by Mr. R.D. Field.
Incidentally, it is a little-known fact that The Andy Griffith Show paid homage to Mr. Wiley's wife, as may be seen in the following clip:
Mrs. Wiley
Welcome aboard, Sir!
Here is a link (Curing) to an interesting article on the curing of briar (including oil-curing) by Mr. R.D. Field.
Incidentally, it is a little-known fact that The Andy Griffith Show paid homage to Mr. Wiley's wife, as may be seen in the following clip:
Mrs. Wiley
Randy Wiley pipes are kickass, if you got it $10 you are one luck son of a gun. Clean it and enjoy.
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