Now let's be fair, here. Your antecedent for "it" was "soak," not a quick thrust of a pipe cleaner. This is a highly technical field, and we must choose our terms carefully. Lives and fortunes could hinge on a single word.oldbear58":n716tnqk said:My answer (to myself) is: Yes, it works fine.
Ditto!!!!!Richard Burley":q5f8sjx0 said:Now let's be fair, here. Your antecedent for "it" was "soak," not a quick thrust of a pipe cleaner. This is a highly technical field, and we must choose our terms carefully. Lives and fortunes could hinge on a single word.oldbear58":q5f8sjx0 said:My answer (to myself) is: Yes, it works fine.
This is the only thing that makes any sense to me. I have overheated (as in almost melted) a stem trying to bend it and gotten a distinct "burnt" flavor out of the pipe when I smoked it. With normal use and proper smoking habits a stem should never get hot enough for the vulcanite/ebonite to get close enough to melting that it will taste burned. And a burned vulcanite/ebonite taste or smell is very very different than that of the buildup in an airway.Richard Burley":z38jlvxd said:Burnt taste? Did you smoke the pipe so hot the end of the tenon slightly melted? If so, you recall my early days of pipe smoking, sir. :tongue:
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