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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 22:02:08 GMT -5
When I've seen pipes that thickly caked, I've always wondered if they were used for cigars.
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Post by skeeter456 on Feb 2, 2019 12:04:36 GMT -5
Why would to much cake crack a bowl? Cake built up in a pipe expands at a different rate than briar. When cake gets too thick, it puts more pressure on the briar than it can handle. Ahh makes sense |
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Post by Mac on Feb 2, 2019 14:48:53 GMT -5
Yes, and even if they expanded at the same rate, the inner circle (cake) is going to heat up much faster than the briar, and will put pressure on the chamber walls as it expands.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 15:11:29 GMT -5
Yes, and even if they expanded at the same rate, the inner circle (cake) is going to heat up much faster than the briar, and will put pressure on the chamber walls as it expands. Sure, but you're talking about a good amount of cake build up. A couple of millimeters in a sound briar doesn't hurt anything. at least that's my experience. |
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Post by Dramatwist on Feb 2, 2019 15:24:49 GMT -5
As with all advice/dogma/myth about pipe smoking, do what works for you. If it's satisfactory, I am genuinely happy for your smoking enjoyment, whether it agrees with my views or not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 15:58:31 GMT -5
I believe Marie Antoinette had something to say on this subject.  |
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Post by instymp on Feb 2, 2019 18:06:54 GMT -5
I like some cake, I use a pipe knife when it gets over a dime. Try to avoid using a reamer.
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Post by Mac on Feb 2, 2019 21:45:30 GMT -5
Yes, and even if they expanded at the same rate, the inner circle (cake) is going to heat up much faster than the briar, and will put pressure on the chamber walls as it expands. Sure, but you're talking about a good amount of cake build up. A couple of millimeters in a sound briar doesn't hurt anything. at least that's my experience. Oh, absolutely. I was referencing only those pipes that have a massive build up of cake. I keep my cake under a dime's width, FWIW, but wouldn't expect a quarter inch of cake to be a problem as far as expansion goes. Certainly results in a smaller bowl! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 23:54:25 GMT -5
I'm in the neglect camp.  |
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Post by Mac on Feb 3, 2019 10:41:40 GMT -5
Presumably "benign neglect"!
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Post by toshtego on Feb 3, 2019 11:06:11 GMT -5
When I've seen pipes that thickly caked, I've always wondered if they were used for cigars. I remember an elderly German immigrant who smoked a piece of cigar in his pipe, an inch or so above the bowl. That seemed odd to me at the time. |
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