I find that for me, no matter the pipe, it tastes better, performs better, and is more pleasurable when it has sat for an extended period of time.
Average pipes, good pipes, excellent pipes, even "bad" pipes all seem better to me with that extended rest.
Why point out what some may feel is the redundantly obvious? Because it changes my potential perception of how many pipes I may want to acquire and keep in my possession.
I have begun gathering a fair # of pipes, mostly estate, and mostly in the "cheap" or affordable range, with the idea that I'd simply take my time and sort through them with a discovery process and find the ones that fit best with me. (I've definitely found some wonderful little no-name gems, and some beat-up brand-name pipes this way.)
This plan has begun to unravel though, as I've discovered that even my "good" pipes, my new pipes, my "quality" pipes will all decrease performance to a degree, when they are used repetitively, day after day. And I clean them out after every smoke.
Thus, I'm now leaning toward retaining a much larger # of pipes than I had originally thought.
Simply because even my "favorites" are more delightful with that stated resting period. (Naturally I wonder about those who in the past used the same pipe day after day. I don't think I'd appreciate the leaf as much if I only had one tool to use...)
So this is simply a musing on the justifications of maintaining a larger collection than originally intended. I'm sure many will be culled, but the final #'s could be a lot more than say, a 7 day rotation or similar. As I've found that a week of rest is good, but more is better.
Is that why you've got more pipes than you thought you would, or it's not the same for you?
Cheers.
Average pipes, good pipes, excellent pipes, even "bad" pipes all seem better to me with that extended rest.
Why point out what some may feel is the redundantly obvious? Because it changes my potential perception of how many pipes I may want to acquire and keep in my possession.
I have begun gathering a fair # of pipes, mostly estate, and mostly in the "cheap" or affordable range, with the idea that I'd simply take my time and sort through them with a discovery process and find the ones that fit best with me. (I've definitely found some wonderful little no-name gems, and some beat-up brand-name pipes this way.)
This plan has begun to unravel though, as I've discovered that even my "good" pipes, my new pipes, my "quality" pipes will all decrease performance to a degree, when they are used repetitively, day after day. And I clean them out after every smoke.
Thus, I'm now leaning toward retaining a much larger # of pipes than I had originally thought.
Simply because even my "favorites" are more delightful with that stated resting period. (Naturally I wonder about those who in the past used the same pipe day after day. I don't think I'd appreciate the leaf as much if I only had one tool to use...)
So this is simply a musing on the justifications of maintaining a larger collection than originally intended. I'm sure many will be culled, but the final #'s could be a lot more than say, a 7 day rotation or similar. As I've found that a week of rest is good, but more is better.
Is that why you've got more pipes than you thought you would, or it's not the same for you?
Cheers.