graybeard68
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 7, 2019 23:10:29 GMT -5
Hello all,
The other night here in NYC it was around 26 degrees outside, I was on the fence to fire up a bowl on my walk home from work due to the cold weather. I decided to hold off just incase I might do some damage to my pipe, a Dagner chunky poker. I figured that the difference of air temp and the temp of the inner bowl with the burning tobacco might stress the briar and crack it. So my question to you all is when is it too cold to smoke a pipe outside? Your thoughts.
Thanks
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Post by McWiggins on Mar 7, 2019 23:33:16 GMT -5
I know many who just do what they do and have no issues. I've smoked cheap briar in temps that low and had no issue at all. I can see having a pipe that a lot of money was spent on it and wanting to be careful. I would say get some cheap pipes that smoke well for such a thing. Molina is brand you can get for pretty cheap and they smoke well. I have a handful of them in various styles and I have no complaints about their performance.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 7, 2019 23:44:13 GMT -5
I wouldn't sweat it...You just don't want to take a pipe that had been sitting on the dash under them temps, load it up and fire away.
Keep the pipe indoors, load it up and carry on...it is the extreme shock to the briar (frozen briar/ Flame) that may have negative effects.
Nice here today, mid 70's.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 0:26:34 GMT -5
When your nipples cut glass.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 8, 2019 1:00:37 GMT -5
A MM cob.
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Post by chasingembers on Mar 8, 2019 2:14:16 GMT -5
My recliner's always nice and warm.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 7:12:09 GMT -5
I’ve never had an issue with a briar or Cob, I wouldn’t suggest doing the same with a Meerschaum.....” crack “!!!
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 8, 2019 7:20:41 GMT -5
My recliner's always nice and warm. Haha Same here. Even though I rent a non-smoking home. When I move, I'll have the walls and carpets scrubbed. It's worth a one time fee to smoke as I want for years. |
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 8, 2019 10:15:55 GMT -5
Thank for all the advice, I do have a balcony but its to small to fit a recliner...lol You know it never dawned on me to brake out some of my MM cobs...lol  I have a few of these for testing out new tobaccos. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 11:05:39 GMT -5
I smoke any and all of my briars and cobs in the cold. I have never worried about the cold affecting the pipes, but it would probably not be a bad idea to warm the pipe up in an inner pocket if the pipe is as cold as the outside temperature. I always have a pipe in my vehicle. Those probably get as cold as single digit temperatures on the coldest days. I would not fire one of those up without gradually warming up with a little body heat first.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 8, 2019 14:36:50 GMT -5
If you keep the pipe indoors, then it shouldn't make a difference, since the briar is at room temp and the ember will keep it warm. So there shouldn't be much of a differential between a warmer smoking environment and a colder environment.
... Or use a cob.
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 8, 2019 14:43:29 GMT -5
I have on a few rare occasions smoked briars in the snow. Nothing happened to the briars. But I wouldn't do that now. In the future I'll just take a cob out there. That assumes I'll ever smoke while in the snow.
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 8, 2019 21:15:12 GMT -5
Thanks for all the input!!! I think I'll go the cob route on the very cold days!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 22:31:35 GMT -5
I would not worry about temperature differentials.
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Post by bigwoolie on Mar 9, 2019 8:19:00 GMT -5
My son was a village cop in bush Alaska. He stepped out on the porch of his office one winter day at -20 to have a quick bowl...with a meerschaum. It didn't survive. But we've never had a problem with a briar.
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Post by briarbuck on Mar 9, 2019 8:51:48 GMT -5
It was -8 in Minneapolis Thursday AM. Wasn't too cold (for about 10 min lol)
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Post by highwaycobbery on Mar 9, 2019 9:22:43 GMT -5
When hell freezes over. 👻 But really, don’t worry about briar, it’s pretty durable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 8:35:47 GMT -5
You move south if it is too cold to smoke briars or as a bonus, marry a women like mine that let's me smoke in the house :-)
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Mar 10, 2019 22:18:17 GMT -5
Air has very low specific heat and it's an insulator. Your pipe shouldn't be under any stress. Maybe trying to light it and bathe it in, say, icewater would be a problem  I just find I enjoy smoking less when I'm running errands in the cold. It's kind of a time-filler instead of an activity unto itself. |
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Post by graybeard68 on Mar 12, 2019 1:07:04 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies and sound advice!! Its good to know that I won't damage my briars in very cold weather, and when If it gets into the single digits or lower I'll brake out the cobs. But luckily it looks like thats behind us now....hopefully that is...  |
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Post by AJ on Mar 12, 2019 1:10:29 GMT -5
My recliner's always nice and warm. Mine too! AJ |
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I have a few of these for testing out new tobaccos. 
