Thats Amazing Gift - Punto Oro Classic 602

[ThePiperBadik]

Hello Everyone,

I recently got an amazing gift. A 'Punto Oro Classic 602'. I actually think it's a pipe way above my skill level. The process of forming a cake layer is quite delicate and nerve-wracking :D

I guess my pace is still fast, and I often let it cool down.

 

[verporchting]

If you’re enjoying it then it’s exactly your skill level! Nice pipe.

Don’t stress over building a layer of cake. Cake just happens. One day you will realize the pipe could use a proper reaming to cut back the thickness of the cake and you won’t have thought about it for months and months. Easy!

Enjoy the new pipe! What a nice gift.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Just smoke it as you would any other pipe, it'll be fine.

 

[ThePiperBadik]

The briar is of quite high quality. In fact, I can say it distributes heat very well even without a cake layer.

 

[Chasing Embers]

The briar is of quite high quality

Other than grain orientation and fills I've not come across bad quality briar. I've had many Punto Oros and Giubileo d'Oros that smoked equally as well as some of their less expensive lines. The performance of a pipe more often than not reflects the ability of the smoker than the engineering of the pipe itself.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Great looking pipe you got there. Have at it!

 

[Lucashly]

Nice pipe.

 

[tobakenist]

When you get a good Briar, you know it.

 

[shanez]

That's quite a gift! Enjoy.

 

[FurCoat]

You can't go wrong with a Savinelli and you've got a nice one.

 

[ThePiperBadik]

You can't go wrong with a Savinelli and you've got a nice one.

It still worries me though :D I guess I'm unnecessarily concerned about this 'burnout' thing.

 

[buckaroo]

I really like 601's and 602's. Great pipe.

 

[LeafErikson]

Beautiful pipe!

 

[FurCoat]

It still worries me though :D I guess I'm unnecessarily concerned about this 'burnout' thing.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. I haven't burned out a pipe in my 36 years of smoking pipes. As long as you smoke slowly, you'll be just fine.

 

[Trainpipeman]

It still worries me though :D I guess I'm unnecessarily concerned about this 'burnout' thing.

I have burned-out just one pipe in 30 years. It is rather rare.

 

[Milverton1868]

That's a nice pipe! Enjoy.

 

[OzPiper]

I have burned-out just one pipe in 30 years. It is rather rare.

^^^^^ this

I have a lot of pipes and have had only one that had a couple of burnout spots - alerted by the “burning wood” (rather than tobacco) odour

It was a morta - a material which can have “soft spots”
But most likely caused by the torch lighter I was using

Relax. Don’t over worry.
Enjoy your pipe

 

[ThermionicScott]

The Internet has a tendency to magnify things for us to worry about. If you’re smoking the pipe slowly and out of high winds, the chance of burnout is very low.

 

[username]

I only had a burn out in a cob so i wouldn't worry about it. a cheap no name cob at that so I wouldnt worry about it,

 

[ThePiperBadik]

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The cake formation process is progressing in this way. Thank you all, I'm not really worried about this anymore.

Also, I found out why I had this concern, and it's quite strange: We have a local tobacco producer called Bosphorus. They have a tobacco called Sooty Flake (a blend of Golden Virginia, Burley, and Oriental leaves) that's smoked and fumed with oak and cherry woods. When you reach a certain point in smoking the tobacco, you can distinctly smell these burnt wood aromas :D And it really makes you wonder, 'Is this actually burnout?' I've tried it a few times, and it's genuinely quite odd :D