Choosing A Pipe From The Rack

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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• Jul 25, 2014

• #1

Does anyone have special routines for selecting a pipe for the next smoke? I seem to have fallen

into the habit of picking out the pipes to smoke the next day or later in the day and setting them

out, so they are pre-selected. Sometimes I'll pass those by and choose another one, but often it

is pleasant to have the selection already made. I find this makes me look carefully to be sure I am

smoking all, or most of my pipes. I look for the ones I haven't smoked in a while. It also makes me

aware of where I have parked the various ones. Mostly they have places, but some float around.

Do you have routines or rituals that you follow? Even just diving for a pipe on impulse is a routine!

 

buffalopat

Lurker

Jul 15, 2014

47

0

• Jul 25, 2014

• #2

I am relatively new at this, and I only smoke one bowl per day in the evening, so my routine is pretty basic. I have a pipe rack that holds 7 pipes. 4 briars and 3 cobs. I grab whichever pipe is next depending on the day of the week.

 

anthonyrosenthal74

Lifer

Jan 8, 2013

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733

• Jul 25, 2014

• #3

No routine for me. I usually just give my pipes a look over, perhaps pick a couple up and admire them, and then just choose the one which seems to speak to me at the time.

 

ravkesef

Lifer

Aug 10, 2010

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9,511

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Cheshire, CT

• Jul 25, 2014

• #4

I'm with Anthony on this one. I've got over 100 briars, and I let my eye roam over them until I hear the one that's calling to me.

 

derfargin

Lifer

Mar 3, 2014

2,028

28

Kennesaw, GA

• Jul 25, 2014

• #5

I have about 8 briars, 3 cobs and a maple hardwood. I usually pick which one depending on the tobacco I'm going to smoke. If its a complex Balkan, I'll pull my Pot, VA Flake it usually goes in the maple diplomat. Burley based blends usually get smoked in my Country Gent, now if the Gent hasn't been smoked in 8 hours, that usually gets moved to the top of the list, and I smoke whatever I damn well please in it.
I would say 2 or 3 of my briars never really get touched. I'm thinking about just buying 7 more Country Gents and just smoking them from now on. I wish I had the money to drop on some quality briar, but right now any money I have gets put toward the cellar.

 

owen

Part of the Furniture Now

May 28, 2014

560

2

• Jul 26, 2014

• #6

I think about them during work and one seems to feel right. I then do the same with the tobacco.

 

cmdrmcbragg

Lifer

Jul 29, 2013

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3

• Jul 26, 2014

• #7

Pick one depending on the blend (I have pipes I use for VAs, a couple for English and the rest for aros), usually whichever one I haven't used recently or one that suits the length of smoke I'm going to go for. No real rhyme or reason otherwise.

 

torque

Can't Leave

May 21, 2013

444

2

• Jul 26, 2014

• #8

Since I dedicate pipes to different genre/styles of blends I select which tobacco I want to smoke and that determines the pipe I'll use. Smoking some Peterson Irish Flake right now so I'm using this little old beat up WDC since that's my IF pipe.

 

wayneteipen

Can't Leave

May 7, 2012

473

222

• Jul 26, 2014

• #9

I also select the tobacco first and then select whichever pipe for that tobacco that is next up in the rotation.

 

allan

Lifer

Dec 5, 2012

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7

Bronx, NY

• Jul 26, 2014

• #10

I used to try to care and dedicate certain pipes to Lat blends, certain pipes to Va and Va/pers, etc.
I finally realized that I just don't care. My taste buds are not that sensitive to the 'ghosting' that many folks are concerned about.
I try to rotate my smoking of all of my 40 or so pipes. If I realize that I'm avoiding one or two, I make plans to trade them in for another that may be more to my liking.

 

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redstar

Might Stick Around

Feb 17, 2014

62

1

• Jul 27, 2014

• #11

I spend a lot of time thinking about what I'll smoke when I am next able to, make a decision, then do something completely different at the last minute. Happens every time!

 

brudnod

Part of the Furniture Now

Aug 26, 2013

938

6

Great Falls, VA

• Jul 27, 2014

• #12

As crazy as it sounds, since I don't smoke every day, I usually let the pipes call to me and the one who wins, gets to be smoked.

 

rwramsey

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 15, 2014

107

1

• Jul 27, 2014

• #13

I also choose the tobacco first, then decide which pipe would work well with it.

 

antbauers

Part of the Furniture Now

Jul 12, 2013

675

0

• Jul 28, 2014

• #14

I chose randomly and go by my mood or what I'm smoking. Sometimes I try to stay away from ones recently smoked just to get some use out of the others.