Briar Pipe Burn-out - Interesting Example

Briar is tough wood - but can be compromised through faulty blocks of briar and/or bad smoking mechanics & conditions & choices ...

[@JSpiffy]

Good information.. thanks for sharing

[@bamagtrdude]

yw!

[@shileyabar3204]

Joker here. I hate pipe burnout because I don't like to part ways with a good faithful pipe. I take care of my stuff.

[@signalmantonyfromr.i.3709]

Thank you for the info 👍👍

[@bamagtrdude]

yw!

[@ronhardcrackers6969]

You always could just saw of the burnt top and make a short pot from it for giggles and grins and use it for a tasting pipe. You might concider saving the bit of the pipe as extra parts at least. You might find a bowl missing a stem on day and bang! Your back in business!

[@bamagtrdude]

hey Ron, good points there - yes, i'm definitely not tossing it in the trash; the bit will fit other Medico's, for sure ... if i get bored & get to feeling froggy this summer, i may jack around w/this pipe & mortar it & see how that works out ... as it stands, i have PLENTY of other nice pipes in my collection & am not hard-up to get this one back into service any time soon

[@terrysnarfblatpiper7588]

Oh no! Thank you for this lesson!✌️

[@bamagtrdude]

yw!

[@southernpiper6965]

I’ve never experienced burn out. In pipes anyway. Lol. The few estates I’ve gotten from eBay have been fine. Good chat

[@bamagtrdude]

i’ve been very lucky w/eBay for a long time ...

[@piperken1656]

Thanks for sharing that. I had a Dr Grabow Freehand that burnt out on me. Happy smokes

[@bamagtrdude]

yw - sorry to hear that - where on the pipe did your Grabow burn out?

[@piperken1656]

On the left inside wall

[@PaladinPiper]

Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes its gets you. I had a hard time watching this video.....sad.....but it happens.

[@bamagtrdude]

ya 😞😢

[@angelique1867]

Burnout dead center bottom of a meerschaum,little hole, any ideas for a fix?

[@bamagtrdude]

oh no! :( on a meerschaum pipe? they're not supposed to burn through ... i'd search KZbin & see if anyone has come up with anything creative -but no, I don't know how to fix burn-outs ...

[@averagejon536]

I am always afraid of burnouts when buying estates

[@bamagtrdude]

mentally, i'm always a bit anxious about estates - to date, i'd been batting 1000 - but not this time around

[@averagejon536]

@@bamagtrdude dark spots on the outside are usually the biggest red flag right?

[@bamagtrdude]

@@averagejon536 yup; rebornpipes (Google it) has an article on a restoration of a higher-end pipe he fixed w/mortar ... but ya, very dark spots on the outside, the taste of burning briar when you smoke the pipe (heinous!), and even the pipe making popping/crackling sounds are pretty much the dead give-away (to my knowledge) ...

[@bamagtrdude]

@@averagejon536 another thing that can lead to a burn-out are fissures on the inside of the bowl (tobacco chamber) - some fissures look like spiderwebs ... so after you ream the inside of the bowl, look around for stuff like that - sometimes you can save it from burning out by applying some mud/mortar to the inside of the bowl ... there are pictures online of what to lookout for

[@averagejon536]

@@bamagtrdude thanks man!!