Pipe retort
So, I am wondering, just out of idle curiosity, has anyone actually tried this?
I find this whole thread daffy, no offense to the OP. Everything we do is to further our knowledge, which is why I am asking if anyone has actually used this retort recently and what are the results.
I find this whole thread daffy, no offense to the OP. Everything we do is to further our knowledge, which is why I am asking if anyone has actually used this retort recently and what are the results.
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I have used it on 2 pipes that were nasty beyond belief. It works, but you only use it for the very dirtiest pipes.Citizen B wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:28 pm So, I am wondering, just out of idle curiosity, has anyone actually tried this?
I find this whole thread daffy, no offense to the OP. Everything we do is to further our knowledge, which is why I am asking if anyone has actually used this retort recently and what are the results.
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I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
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Good move. But I must say that my best pipe also the dirtiest eBay pipe purchase.MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:36 am I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
I had to change the alcohol 4 times.
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Great looking Peterson. What shape number is that?Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:40 pmGood move. But I must say that my best pipe also the dirtiest eBay pipe purchase.MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:36 am I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
I had to change the alcohol 4 times.
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Same. Most of my great smokers were dirty bastards from the bay. In all honesty unless it's a real oddball shape or something I don't even look at an old pipe that's clean. I hunt down the ones that appear to have approximately 10000000 smokes through them because that pipe smoked great for somebodyRonv69 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:40 pmGood move. But I must say that my best pipe also the dirtiest eBay pipe purchase.MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:36 am I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
I had to change the alcohol 4 times.
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Don't know the shape number. It's a 1998 Limited Edition. Gold plate over silver.Piping Abe wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:40 pmGreat looking Peterson. What shape number is that?Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:40 pmGood move. But I must say that my best pipe also the dirtiest eBay pipe purchase.MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:36 am I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
I had to change the alcohol 4 times.
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That's a beauty! Glad it worked out for ya.Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:40 pmGood move. But I must say that my best pipe also the dirtiest eBay pipe purchase.MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:36 am I used a pipe retort once on a very nasty pipe and melted the stem. I clearly didn't follow instructions. And I don't buy really nasty pipes anymore.
I had to change the alcohol 4 times.
"I realized I had the gift of seeming to know more than I actually did." -A.J. Cronin-