Pipe Rotation - Do You? - Discuss

I wouldn't call what I do a rotation. I tend to grab whatever pipe I feel like smoking each morning, and usually smoke two bowls through that one. Then I get home and (don't be like me) I tend to set them down on an end table in my room where they sit, dirty, until the weekend when I go through and clean all the dirties from the week and put them back on the clean shelf. Sometimes, I'll have a pipe in the evening also, which could be one of the clean ones, or one of the dirty ones. Doesn't help that I'm out of soft pipe cleaners right this minute either, lol.

I make an attempt at “rotation.” I have plenty enough pipes to do that, but the trouble is preference. Lately I have a decided preference for BIG pipes and I have only six that really qualify. Their quality of smoke is so much better than the smaller pipes that I have trouble swapping off them long enough to make for a genuine rotation. I guess I need to train myself back onto the smaller fellers. OR… get more biggies. BTW— I do clean my pipes after each bowl. Overkill? Maybe. But I do it anyway.

I clean mine after each bowl too. 

I rotate like groups of 2,3 or 4 pipes every week or so.  

The recipe for Shortcut to Mushrooms is reported to be equal parts 5100 and 1Q with a 1/4 part Latakia.

Now we just have to figure out how to sub the 5100.

I don't believe that is correct...STM is much more refined than that. JMHO.

I put mine on a lazy Susan. It helps with the rotation.

I am too lazy, I just grab a pipe and run.

As a result, all of my pipes got pretty funky, so I spent a few nights cleaning pipes in front of the tv with the wife at the other end of the sofa.

I usually just smoke the only clean pipe available
I try to keep 2 clean at all given times
would be nice to clean them all and then clean each after every smoke to upkeep the cycle....shucks, too lazy

I don't generally smoke a lot. 2 or 3 times a week maybe. Anyway, I have a bunch of pipes, but I don't ever seem to rotate much. I do however run a pipe cleaner through them after I smoke. I hope that's considered cleaning as that is all I know how to do.

Eventually, the stem needs to be removed to sweep a pipe cleaner folded in half into the shank. I do this after every smoke and let the shank dry overnight. This keeps the pipe fresh tasting for the next smoke.

I smoke the same pipe multiple times per day for weeks at a time before switching and disassemble after each smoke to clean them.

Many do including myself. Others prefer using a potable alcohol. Some such as SPC use denatured alcohol.