An airhole curiosity
Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 13:19
I've been tending to keep two of my pipes available at any one time. I'm not sure how or why I got into this habit, but since the triple bypass I just don't smoke enough to bother with a typical rotation. Ever so often I'll switch out one pair of pipes for a different pair of pipes (in fact I just did, but that's beside the point) The important thing is that whichever two pipes I have out sees considerable service and the pipes in question are a brace of Peterson 303, one smooth the other rusticated. The rusticated 303 has-been getting the lion's share of attention lately, at least until the airhole got plugged up.
I've been slowly working my way through a tin of Father Dempsey if that matters., The plug was formidable!
A pipe cleaner wouldn't budge it. The pokey on a Czeck pipe tool couldn't clear it. From the bowl, the plug resembled Elmer's Glue which of course it could have been. I've smoked Father Dempsey in other pipes and it never plugged up an airhole before.
Before changing out my brace of 303s, I gave the plug another go with the Czech pipe tool, exerting enough pressure with the palm of my hand to bend the pokey, but the Czech tool busted through and now the airhole is at long last functional.
Now I have two other Petersons to enjoy, a lovely richly grained Bulldog courtesy of a generous CPS'er, and a rusticated straight Apple while the 303s hibernate for the Winter.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced stubborn plugs gumming up an air hole? After over 50 years of mucking about with pipes, this my first experience with a royally clogged airhole.
I've been slowly working my way through a tin of Father Dempsey if that matters., The plug was formidable!
A pipe cleaner wouldn't budge it. The pokey on a Czeck pipe tool couldn't clear it. From the bowl, the plug resembled Elmer's Glue which of course it could have been. I've smoked Father Dempsey in other pipes and it never plugged up an airhole before.
Before changing out my brace of 303s, I gave the plug another go with the Czech pipe tool, exerting enough pressure with the palm of my hand to bend the pokey, but the Czech tool busted through and now the airhole is at long last functional.
Now I have two other Petersons to enjoy, a lovely richly grained Bulldog courtesy of a generous CPS'er, and a rusticated straight Apple while the 303s hibernate for the Winter.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced stubborn plugs gumming up an air hole? After over 50 years of mucking about with pipes, this my first experience with a royally clogged airhole.