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<blockquote data-quote="BriarPipeNYC" data-source="post: 613607" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>The last 1/3 of that soon-to-be-rank/ashy tobacco at the bottom of the bowl... imo.... ain't worth relighting 5-6 times and risking a charred/cracked heel or eventually, a burned out pipe. Briar is not fireproof. Hot flames concentrated within that small, restricted area at the bottom of the bowl, can over time, cause damage, unrepairable damages.</p><p></p><p>If the tobacco at the bottom 1/3 won't stay lit, dump it. Clean the pipe and don't give it any thought. Tobacco is cheap and pipes are not. </p><p></p><p>Not trying to be preachy....been pipe smoking since 1966. Best to forget that dubious goal of smoking until the remnants of your tobacco charge is reduced to a "fine, white, ash". That white ash gets thrown away, and so too your pipes when they get a cracked/charred heel.</p><p></p><p>Your routine pipe maintenance is fine but do rethink your goal. Great tasting tobacco will not be found at the bottom. Your pipe is at risk if you continue with the bottom-of-the-bowl, relights.</p><p></p><p>If this still continues to vex you...try pipes with deeper bowls. But the above warnings still apply. The longer, deeper bowls, will hold more tobacco, and thus the 2/3rds on top of the final bottom 1/3 is proportionally, also longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BriarPipeNYC, post: 613607, member: 4199"] The last 1/3 of that soon-to-be-rank/ashy tobacco at the bottom of the bowl... imo.... ain't worth relighting 5-6 times and risking a charred/cracked heel or eventually, a burned out pipe. Briar is not fireproof. Hot flames concentrated within that small, restricted area at the bottom of the bowl, can over time, cause damage, unrepairable damages. If the tobacco at the bottom 1/3 won't stay lit, dump it. Clean the pipe and don't give it any thought. Tobacco is cheap and pipes are not. Not trying to be preachy....been pipe smoking since 1966. Best to forget that dubious goal of smoking until the remnants of your tobacco charge is reduced to a "fine, white, ash". That white ash gets thrown away, and so too your pipes when they get a cracked/charred heel. Your routine pipe maintenance is fine but do rethink your goal. Great tasting tobacco will not be found at the bottom. Your pipe is at risk if you continue with the bottom-of-the-bowl, relights. If this still continues to vex you...try pipes with deeper bowls. But the above warnings still apply. The longer, deeper bowls, will hold more tobacco, and thus the 2/3rds on top of the final bottom 1/3 is proportionally, also longer. [/QUOTE]
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