Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Pipes & Tobacco
General Pipe Discussion
Finish and stain inside the bowl
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Brothers of Briar:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Spud31" data-source="post: 457895" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Thank you all for your advice!</p><p></p><p>I started out by swabbing the inside of the bowl with a pipe cleaner dipped in Everclear, allowed it to sit overnight to completely dry and then wrapped some fine grit sandpaper around my reamer and carefully worked it. First smoke was with some Half & Half: I like keep the tobacco blend 'neutral' when breaking in a new pipe, then later I can decide if I want to dedicate it to a particular type of blend. Smoked it very slow & steady (I don't do the "half-bowl" break-in-thing, just fill and smoke it to the bottom of the bowl) It had a slightly weird taste to it in addition to the normal 'woody' taste of a new briar, but I'm sure it'll pass after a couple of smokes. It now has a nice char on the bowl interior onto which I can start building up some cake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spud31, post: 457895, member: 4012"] Thank you all for your advice! I started out by swabbing the inside of the bowl with a pipe cleaner dipped in Everclear, allowed it to sit overnight to completely dry and then wrapped some fine grit sandpaper around my reamer and carefully worked it. First smoke was with some Half & Half: I like keep the tobacco blend 'neutral' when breaking in a new pipe, then later I can decide if I want to dedicate it to a particular type of blend. Smoked it very slow & steady (I don't do the "half-bowl" break-in-thing, just fill and smoke it to the bottom of the bowl) It had a slightly weird taste to it in addition to the normal 'woody' taste of a new briar, but I'm sure it'll pass after a couple of smokes. It now has a nice char on the bowl interior onto which I can start building up some cake. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Pipes & Tobacco
General Pipe Discussion
Finish and stain inside the bowl
Top