Ep44 - How to pre-carbonize a briar pipe's smoking chamber with charcoal
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2025
- In this episode:
How to prepare and apply a charcoal based coating to pre-carbonize a briar pipe's tobacco chamber. Part of the Brigham pipe restoration project.
Also some clarifying thoughts about pipe gurgling.
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This video, combined with your video on the pipe mud go hand-in-hand. Thank you for both. Great work; we’ll done.
This is the best method. Thank you for going through this.
I am a relatively new pipe smoker with only around 3 years of enjoying the hobby. I recently purchased 3 Savinelli 673ks, my favorite pipe and shape, and after smoking them only a few times on bare briar realized that I was smoking a bit to hot or somehow otherwise damaging the pipes; they were already beginning to show a few small char pits and fissures. After researching this topic, I cleaned the pipes and applied this bowl coating to them. I am amazed at the results of this coating! After the first smoke it was easy to see the cake already beginning to build, something I have always struggled to accomplish! Not only that, but the pipe remained cooler throughout the smokes also. I am cautious and obsessively check my pipes after each smoke now; pipes are not a cheap thing and I don't want to waste my investments. I have yet to see signs of damage and have been amazed at how well this bowl coating has improved my experience! I did notice an unusual taste for the first smoke, but haven't really noticed it since.
Dallas Wynn that is fantastic feedback. Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know what your experience has been.
@@BarePipe No problem!
Thank you for this, I may have caught your previous video covering this and forgot. Thankful you provided a refresher at any rate. The details you provide help me decide to try to tackle my own pipe related projects. Looks like you have a gorgeous pipe awaiting you here soon. Thank you again and happy piping.
Your welcome
Great info. Thanks so much. I've still got a lot to learn. See you soon.
As always thanks for aharing this great advice love your videos be safe and be well
Peterson Pipes use Gum Arabic and Charcoal. Works well and the first smoke is smooth.
Thanks for the clarification on gurgling. I suffered gurgling pipes for years before I knew any better. Proper drilling with matching mortise and tenon should be pipe buying/smoking 101.
Does anyone think a little diced onions and minced jalapeño peppers could benefit as well?
Great video.
Thaks, for the this guidance,a must method for the estate pipes that were reamed,yet One may consider adding it to the brand pipes with naked bowls in order to avoid unexpected burns out to the chambers, been there more than once when I was from five minutes away from getting burned out a chamber mainly due to my cadence and poor smoking technics,Best Greets, Paul
Paul The Scandinavian agreed!
Informative, kudos. Why cigar ash (as opposed to pipe ash) for the mud? I've seen yogurt and buttermilk referenced in addition to sour cream for coatings. Sour cream is superior because?
Thanks
New piper here. I just picked up an estate pipe with a meerschaum liner. Is this something that should be done with meerschaum as well?
Hi mate!
After applying the mixture of sour cream and activated charcoal in the bowl, when can smoke?
Thank you for tips.
Cheers from Bahia Brazil South America (SA).
Right now is cold.
Winter in SA.
Nathan Rocha I normally give it 2-3 days.
Thank you sir!
For come back and your answer.
Cheers
Thanks..
any kind of hand moisturizing creams are good ?
Hello. I would like to ask a question. I have a briar block that I was making a pipe years ago. It was one of my first experiments. I drilled the bowl (I do not have a lathe machine so I do everything in a press drill. When I drilled the shank I made a mistake, the drill bit went down too much so that put a hole in the other side of the bowl. A nearly 3 mm hole. I do not want to waist that briar and I was thinking to fill the hole with some putty; something inert material like chalk or clay ad than coat everything with a charcoal coat like you show in the videos, with sour cream or honey. What do you think about? Thank you.
Do you have an alternative to the sour cream? Maybe honey or something similar? Not sure I want to use a dairy product..
Monty Piper people have used honey, maple syrup, water, yoghurt etc with various levels of success. I find that honey and maple syrup imparts a taste and it stays sticky for a veeeery long time. Water is not great for durability. Honestly, I know it seems really weird the first time you do it, but for me the sour cream gives the best results. It dries nice and hard in a short time and does not impact any taste. Hi
Can one replace sour cream with butter?
I just coated two bowls today, but I used organic Greek yogurt. We shall see how it turns out.
Any news we should know about?
Closest in my life I've come to a sincere "spit take", after he said his first ingredient was organic sour cream to coat a pipe bowl!
I feel like you could substitute egg white for the sour cream, but I guess that would probably dry to hard for easy removal?
Have you tried it ? Any idea of it's more resistant?
What about using unflavoured yogurt as a binding agent?
Good idea to use sour cream instead of chemicals. But -basically- no pre-coating is needed at all. Just start to build a natural coating by starting to smoke the uncoated pipe carefully…
you have so much tobacco.....it's insane.
I would have never guessed using organic sour cream! Again love what you do Brother!🍭🐓👶
Garbage Man Piper thank you.
Bare Pipe Thanks for the sub! Your channel is a great resource thanks again🍭🐓👶
Thank you for addressing this, I was wondering if you would send me some tobacco? I am a new pipe smoker and I am trying to find the right blend to smoke
I always run hot water in the pipe after every smoke. So, can I apply this coating method for my new pipe?
I've been piping for 40 years and haven't done that once
if you want a really even coat, water down the paste until it's pourable, fill the bowl and let it drain through the bottom of the bowl.