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GBD Stem Oxidation
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<blockquote data-quote="monbla256" data-source="post: 407770" data-attributes="member: 2244"><p>A pipe maker friend of mine, Bill Walther, has told me that this sort of thing is quite common with older pipes and some folks mouth. I have a highly acidic mouth chemistry and it can react with older hard rubber which leaches more of the sulphur in it as it gets older. I have a few NEW pipes with vulcanite stems and don't have this problem with them but as they pass about a decade of age they begin to react with my mouth! I've also noticed that many of my replacement bits that have been made from the German Ebonite seem to not react as quickly this way. The majority of my pipes were bought by me btwn 1970 thru 1985 and those that still have there original bits do this constantly!! So I buy a BIG bottle of Mineral Oil ( same thing as Obsidian Oil at a much better price ) and use it EVERY time I finish smoking the pipe. I also let the oil stay on the bit around an hour before I wipe the bit and put it up . Aaaaah old age is a marvelous thing in the world of used pipes !! :twisted: :twisted:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monbla256, post: 407770, member: 2244"] A pipe maker friend of mine, Bill Walther, has told me that this sort of thing is quite common with older pipes and some folks mouth. I have a highly acidic mouth chemistry and it can react with older hard rubber which leaches more of the sulphur in it as it gets older. I have a few NEW pipes with vulcanite stems and don't have this problem with them but as they pass about a decade of age they begin to react with my mouth! I've also noticed that many of my replacement bits that have been made from the German Ebonite seem to not react as quickly this way. The majority of my pipes were bought by me btwn 1970 thru 1985 and those that still have there original bits do this constantly!! So I buy a BIG bottle of Mineral Oil ( same thing as Obsidian Oil at a much better price ) and use it EVERY time I finish smoking the pipe. I also let the oil stay on the bit around an hour before I wipe the bit and put it up . Aaaaah old age is a marvelous thing in the world of used pipes !! :twisted: :twisted: [/QUOTE]
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