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<blockquote data-quote="Dutch" data-source="post: 382517" data-attributes="member: 1387"><p>Thomas, I agree that the briar is filling up so to speak. Different methods of pulling it back out would be with regular cleaning, kosher salt, or one of those pipe retorts. Whatever the method, it would be an attempt to pull the moisture and resins back out, reversing the process.</p><p></p><p>I remember reading somewhere that one pipemaker felt that most briar pipes should be good for around 2000 bowls, before reaching the saturation point. I have an old GBD Prince meerschaum lined estate that has reached saturation point., at least the meer lining has. It is evident after smoking, because the inside of the bowl has a wetness to it, no matter which blend I smoke in it.</p><p></p><p>When considering an estate pipe, it would be nice to know how many bowls had been smoked in that particular pipe, instead of the age, but unfortunately pipes don't have odometers. Reminds me of a comment I made to my doctor once about how getting older was getting rough. </p><p></p><p>He responded by saying "It's not the age, it's the mileage." :lol: </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dutch, post: 382517, member: 1387"] Thomas, I agree that the briar is filling up so to speak. Different methods of pulling it back out would be with regular cleaning, kosher salt, or one of those pipe retorts. Whatever the method, it would be an attempt to pull the moisture and resins back out, reversing the process. I remember reading somewhere that one pipemaker felt that most briar pipes should be good for around 2000 bowls, before reaching the saturation point. I have an old GBD Prince meerschaum lined estate that has reached saturation point., at least the meer lining has. It is evident after smoking, because the inside of the bowl has a wetness to it, no matter which blend I smoke in it. When considering an estate pipe, it would be nice to know how many bowls had been smoked in that particular pipe, instead of the age, but unfortunately pipes don't have odometers. Reminds me of a comment I made to my doctor once about how getting older was getting rough. He responded by saying "It's not the age, it's the mileage." :lol: [/QUOTE]
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