I broke my DT ....... Booooo

[Big Hitter]

After hearing many stories of pawn DT's getting broke it finally happened to me.

I've had pawns for almost a year, 8 of them to be exact.

But last night with too many people in our house the dogs went crazy and my oak woodvil went flying across the tile floor. Woodvil is fine but my bumble bee yellow pawn snapped right off.

RIP bumble bee, I will miss you! I couldn't count how many times you must have touched my lips.

 

[davelog]

Man, what is it with pawns? I had a brown swirly one that REET_AZ gave me to go with my Grand's Rorshach coat that busted in half a couple days ago. The Grand fell over - not off anything, mind you, just over - and the only casualty was the tip.

I feel your loss, BH. Condolences.

 

[nerak]

So sorry Tim! Guess they are not meant to last forever! I love mine, but it is bound to happen sooner or later, sad but true!

 

[washvap]

Sorry about your drip tip! Guess it's time to re-up.

 

[chingbo]

i broke a red ming, i feel your pain. i had to re-order

 

[pmoraldo]

It's a sad day

 

[Big Hitter]

Yep, I am going to pick up a few new ones.

 

[JC Okie]

Yeh....I had my purple ming break just last weekend....Sad day. Oh, well, RIP. Maybe they just get tired of so much sucking and decide to finally go to drip tip heaven.

 

[Bogey]

I broke my ruby pawn just last night. I feel your pain Tim.


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[Mudflap]

I'm doing my metal drip tip superior dance in this thread right now.

 

[davelog]

Well isn't that special.

Yeah, well just you wait until your REO falls over next to an arc welder, we'll see how strong that steel tip is.

 

[tmcase]

I like to keep things simple. I just buy the cheap plastic drip tips. Not only are they warmer on my lips but I've never had one break. I recently bought a pyrex glass drip tip which I like a lot but after hearing about all these breaks I'm treating it like it's made of egg shells.

 

[six]

For a long time, I only used nickel plated copper and stainless steel drip tips. I bought some acrylic and some derlin tips one day and I liked some of them better so they supplanted my metal ones.

I was in the habit of just tossing my drip tips in to a pot of boiling water once and a while for sterilization and cleaning. - Well, derlin gets grey streaks and blotches and loses its smooth texture - and acrylic turns smokey and also develops a coarse texture when boiled. 10 ruined drip tips in one shot.

I bought a couple of glass drip tips. I liked them as much as everyone else does... The neighbors 6 year old came whipping in to my drive way and crashed in to me from behind on his bicycle just as I was taking a vape. I smacked in to the open hood of the car I was working on, the tip hit my front teeth and broke off. - The neighbors kid was uninjured but scared - my teeth were in tact (which I am incredibly grateful for) - and the broken glass in my mouth convinced me I should go back to acrylic, but remember never to boil them.

I really like those glass drip tips, and the remaining one still gets used (indoors at my desk), but those are just too fragile to exist in my normal environments when I'm away from the house.

 

[SammyT]

Idk, I bet the glass saved ur teeth, If it was derlin it could have busted a tooth


Sent from my Apple II. What?! I keeps it old school!

 

[tmcase]

I wash my plastic drip tips with soap and water and swish them around in alcohol afterwards. I haven't had any of them fade or streak.