Peterson Sherlock Holmes Pipe Pre-Carbonized Bowl

[mycroftholmes]

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I have a new Peterson Sherlock Holmes Lestrade pipe with a rough(like sand paper) black substance covering the bowl which I have never seen before on any new Peterson pipes. Should I sand it off or leave it on before smoking the pipe?

 

[Casual]

I had a new Peterson with a sandpaper-like black bowl coating. I rinsed it under warm water for a half a minute and it came off with a paper towel. Took a couple tries to get it all.

 

[mycroftholmes]

I had a new Peterson with a sandpaper-like black bowl coating. I rinsed it under warm water for a half a minute and it came off with a paper towel. Took a couple tries to get it all.

Did you notice any flaws in the briar under the coating you removed? I wonder if they add the coating to cover a fault in the briar

 

[Casual]

Did you notice any flaws in the briar under the coating you removed? I wonder if they add the coating to cover a fault in the briar

Nope, just a regular pipe underneath the coating.

 

[mycroftholmes]

Thanks. I will remove the coating

 

[BROBS]

Odd most the new ones have had a really thin coating now.

 

[mso489]

I've had 'em coated and uncoated. I always give extra points for uncoated, but I don't bother to remove it either. It's a preventative for people who smoke a pipe too hard and start a burn-out process, I believe. I like the expressed confidence in my years of pipe smoking, of no coating.