Any Ideas about this indention?

trhoton

Any Ideas about this indention in the bowl? Just revived in mail yesterday and so far smoked two bowls in it.

Londy3

Interesting. Think it burned through or bad carve?

trhoton

@Londy3 i wonder if it would last just to keep it? Its a 2017 Savenelli Saint nick pipe and if i send it back i wont be able to get another before Christmas. I wonder if the cake would just build it up after while? What do you think @motie2 ?

KA9FFJ

@trhoton Should I assume this is not cake buildup? Is this a new pipe or does it need a good reaming? 

trhoton

Just revived it yesterday.

trhoton

Brand new

Londy3

Can't be cake build up if it's new. Looks like a bad carve. Can you contact the mfg?

KA9FFJ

I agree @Londy3 How that one got past inspection is beyond me...

trhoton

thanks @Londy3 and@KA9FFJ ! I had never seen anything like this before..

Woodsman

Some people pack their pipes full and only smoke them 1/2 to 2/3rds. down leaving the bottom part of the bowl looking unsmoked.

Corey562

Looks like who ever drilled the hole had to adjust it or stoped half way down and let it get a little wild was it there before you smoked in it.

KA9FFJ

@Corey562 @trhoton early on said it was brand new (if I understood him correctly). I asked this before, but if new, how in the world did it get past inspection?...

Woodsman

I just can't believe that isn't ash buildup, Is it brand new or new to the owner? it could be a burn from leaving a Bore running too long or fast.

xDutchx

@trhoton, Do you mind me asking where you purchased the pipe? If it was online, was the pipe listed as unsmoked?

The reason I ask, is because the pipe does appear to be a smoked estate, but that is of no consequence if you are happy with what you paid for it. Some of my favorite pipes in my collection were smoked estates, and only needed a little reaming and scrubbing with spirits. Your pipe looks to be in excellent condition externally, and if the briar inside the bowl is still solid, it should clean up very nicely.

trhoton

@xDutchx  it was brand new pipe purchased from smoking-pipes. I never noticed it before i smoked it. Could it have been some kind of filler? but on the other hand i wouldn't think Savenelli would do that. Smoked two bowls in it and then noticed it. Took a pipe tool and scraped it and it ended up an indention.

xDutchx

@trhoton, being that it is a shallow indention, I am guessing that it is probably tooling marks from where the pipe was drilled. Some carvers like to leave the tooling marks inside the bowl, as it makes building a cake much easier, than a bowl that has been sanded smooth.