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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 422583" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>A fine rat-tail file is a handy little tool for a piper. It allows precise, controlled adjustment of problem cake spots and establishment of a symmetrical tobacco chamber. I only use it rarely and with a gentle touch, because if the cake is thick, especially up near the rim, it is possible to loosen a chip, leading to more filing. I think the rat tail gives more control than a reamer, though reamer owning friends dispute this. Otherwise, as said above, I'm a pipe cleaner and occasional sandpaper piper. Nota bene the above posts on smoking slowly and heeding hot spots as you become aware of them. Pipers tend to be wary of burnout, usually seeing it as caused by defective cake maintenance, but in 50 years of piping I've never had a burnout, even on a breezy day smoking and watching the tide come in, which is sometimes cited as high risk for burnout and charring. Not saying it can't happen .. . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 422583, member: 2318"] A fine rat-tail file is a handy little tool for a piper. It allows precise, controlled adjustment of problem cake spots and establishment of a symmetrical tobacco chamber. I only use it rarely and with a gentle touch, because if the cake is thick, especially up near the rim, it is possible to loosen a chip, leading to more filing. I think the rat tail gives more control than a reamer, though reamer owning friends dispute this. Otherwise, as said above, I'm a pipe cleaner and occasional sandpaper piper. Nota bene the above posts on smoking slowly and heeding hot spots as you become aware of them. Pipers tend to be wary of burnout, usually seeing it as caused by defective cake maintenance, but in 50 years of piping I've never had a burnout, even on a breezy day smoking and watching the tide come in, which is sometimes cited as high risk for burnout and charring. Not saying it can't happen .. . . [/QUOTE]
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