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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 584581" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>If it was new and me, I'd ask for a refund and/or replacement. If off ebay, I'd ask for a refund and return it.</p><p></p><p>As for it getting worse, chances are good that it will not. I recently came across a pipe maker who ran into some big flaws while making a pipe. Instead of discarding the block, they finished it and tried a little experiment. They offered the pipe to ten smokers who signed up to abuse the pipe and try to burn it out. Smoke the crap out of it like you wouldn't normally do to a pipe. Purposely try to ruin it. The briar has since picked up a lot of color, but all the huge pits, cracks, and other flaws have not worsened. Briar is TOUGH stuff. If there is a crack in the mortise, that's more of a concern because the stem might let the bowl fall out. In the case of the bowl like this, it doesn't matter...except psychologically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 584581, member: 1211"] If it was new and me, I'd ask for a refund and/or replacement. If off ebay, I'd ask for a refund and return it. As for it getting worse, chances are good that it will not. I recently came across a pipe maker who ran into some big flaws while making a pipe. Instead of discarding the block, they finished it and tried a little experiment. They offered the pipe to ten smokers who signed up to abuse the pipe and try to burn it out. Smoke the crap out of it like you wouldn't normally do to a pipe. Purposely try to ruin it. The briar has since picked up a lot of color, but all the huge pits, cracks, and other flaws have not worsened. Briar is TOUGH stuff. If there is a crack in the mortise, that's more of a concern because the stem might let the bowl fall out. In the case of the bowl like this, it doesn't matter...except psychologically. [/QUOTE]
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