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Post by johnlawitzke on Sept 7, 2018 20:22:41 GMT -5
Actually, you don’t need a torch lighter to cause serious damage to a pipe. You can do it with a soft flame lighter and enough repetitions... I know someone in one of my pipe clubs who is a purely a pipe smoker and doesn’t care about the condition of his pipes as long as they burn tobacco. He uses a Bic to light his pipes. He holds the Bic horizontally in his right hand and the flame crosses over the right front portion of his rims. He has one pipe that he has smoked so many times that there is now a U shaped divot burnt out down out of the bowl wall about 1/3 the height of the bowl from where he consistently crosses the rim with his flame. Some want to keep their pipes looking nice. Others couldn't care less. Fair enough. I just fail to see the point of springing for a really nice straight grain pipe with a beautiful birdseye rim and trashing it. Me too! |
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cubish
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Post by cubish on Sept 7, 2018 21:59:58 GMT -5
I love my Imco Square black. It has a replaceable Flint. It's refillable. Cheap. And never blackens my bowl.
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Sept 8, 2018 0:05:37 GMT -5
I look at this like tooth marks. I don't care. It means its a pipe well smoked and loved. If someone gets my old codger's pipes and doesnt like them someday after I'm dead because the bowls a little dark and theres tooth marks - Whatever. I won't be around to be worried about it, will I?  |
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