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Post by Plainsman on Oct 26, 2020 17:09:58 GMT -5
I’m sure it varies, but is there a general recommendation for a “rest period” for a pipe? Rotation?
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 26, 2020 17:33:56 GMT -5
I have a number of pipes and I usually rotate through several of them...I try not to smoke the same pipe twice in a day, but some of the bespoke pipes are just too nice to not do so.
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Post by sperrytops on Oct 26, 2020 18:04:25 GMT -5
I try to switch things up from time to time, but I really don't follow strong rotation rules. I smoke what I feel like at any moment in time.
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Post by djo on Oct 26, 2020 19:34:35 GMT -5
The common wisdom is to not smoke the same pipe more than once per day, but I do. I smoke the same pipe for several days before switching. Mondays and Thursdays are my "pipe days" -- on those days, I clean the pipe I've been using and get out a fresh one. This has one great advantage: every pipe gets a thorough cleaning every dozen-ish bowls (I typically smoke 3 to 4 bowls per day).
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 26, 2020 21:21:00 GMT -5
I’m sure it varies, but is there a general recommendation for a “rest period” for a pipe? Rotation? It's mostly marketing. I will often smoke the same pipe 3-5 times/day, sometimes for a few weeks at a time before changing pipes. I do clean them with a paper towel, Q-tips, and pipe cleaners after each smoke, but have never had a burn out or sour pipe in thirty years. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 26, 2020 22:10:11 GMT -5
I suppose if it's a $500 pipe you might want to limit how much you smoke it, but your average Peterson can handle 10 bowls a day for decades with no harm.
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 27, 2020 3:18:11 GMT -5
I suppose if it's a $500 pipe you might want to limit how much you smoke it, but your average Peterson can handle 10 bowls a day for decades with no harm. I do them all like that. If they can't handle being smoked, they don't need to be $500. This is the most expensive pipe I've ever bought, and it goes into the pocket, to work, and wherever else I'm going when I'm smoking it. Last time I put it up, it was a daily work companion for nearly two weeks.  Sorry for the blur, this was taken by a friend while walking through the building at work.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 27, 2020 3:57:52 GMT -5
I like to switch up the pipe for variety. But I knew one or two pipe smokers when I was younger and they seemed to have 1 pipe that they smoked forever. Seemed to work for them.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Oct 27, 2020 20:32:24 GMT -5
I thought this was going to be about starting pitcher rotations.
Like any other pipesmoking endeavor, don't over think it. Grab a few cobs if you're worried.
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Post by isett2860 on Oct 28, 2020 20:13:13 GMT -5
Basically my entire collection of 60? Is my rotation.
I start with one and slowly work through all of them over the course of 60+ days.
There are a few of my more favorite pipes that I will go back to in the middle of this rotation tho.
Very rarely, well I smoke a pipe more than once in a 24 hour period. if I do it’s usually shortly after I’ve already smoked it the first time. And with the same tobacco.
With the exception of my corn cobs. I have eight of those that I rotate through also.
But I may smoke a cob in the morning and later in the day, reload the same one. After running a pipe cleaner through it of course.
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Post by calabash on Oct 29, 2020 15:10:58 GMT -5
I generally don't use the same pipe more often than a couple weeks.
I smoke English blends in Dunhills, and VAPers in "others."
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Post by trailboss on Oct 29, 2020 21:12:09 GMT -5
I need to take a weeks rest just to clean pipes up and figure out to have a systematic way of rotation.
I have come to the point that I really need a map bureau to store pipes in, they suffer more from sitting out than smoking.
Having said that, some pipes can be smoked 3 or 4 times a day with no ill effect. My Peterson system pipes with the well at the bottom provide a great smoke but benefit from drying out between smokes.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 29, 2020 21:15:50 GMT -5
I suppose if it's a $500 pipe you might want to limit how much you smoke it, but your average Peterson can handle 10 bowls a day for decades with no harm. I do them all like that. If they can't handle being smoked, they don't need to be $500. This is the most expensive pipe I've ever bought, and it goes into the pocket, to work, and wherever else I'm going when I'm smoking it. Last time I put it up, it was a daily work companion for nearly two weeks. Sorry for the blur, this was taken by a friend while walking through the building at work. Is that a Neerup? |
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 29, 2020 22:20:17 GMT -5
trailbossBruce Weaver with a mortise made of solid lapis lazuli. One of only two four figure pipes I've ever brought myself to purchase. 
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Post by trailboss on Oct 29, 2020 23:04:03 GMT -5
What a beauty, BW knows a thing or two about making a nice pipe!
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 29, 2020 23:30:33 GMT -5
What a beauty, BW knows a thing or two about making a nice pipe! He certainly did. I came across it with a heads up from a friend just a month after Bruce passed. I just couldn't pass it up. I've searched pipe making forums and all of his social media pages for the story behind why he created such a thing but have come up empty handed. It's certainly a one of a kind in his portfolio.👍 |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 1, 2020 13:36:30 GMT -5
When I want to smoke a certain pipe, I smoke it. Could be a couple times a day, maybe not for a few days. I have a few go-tos that probably get smoked every day. I figure, they're there to enjoy, and should be fit for smoking whenever I want. I do have one belge kinda pipe, that has thin walls, so I try to limit that one more.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 1, 2020 14:14:28 GMT -5
I just grab whatever I feel like smoking. Some get a days rest, some get a few months.
I have 15, not counting cobs, that get rotated through. I could narrow it down to a briar a day with cob fillers, but I'm only here once.
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Post by sparks on Nov 2, 2020 17:34:35 GMT -5
Pick a pipe, smoke it... when I get bored with it, swap it out for another. Keep it simple.
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