I Hate Breaking in a New Pipe

[fightnhampster]

I absolutely hate breaking in a new pipe!

I got a brand new Nerup last month but it is taking me forever to get it into a smokable condition.

I typically smoke in the evenings after work so when I do I want a experience that is good. I don't want to have a mediocre or blah smoke.

I'm about 10 bowls into the new pipe. The flavor is improving oh, but it is not there yet.

First world problems...?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I absolutely hate breaking in a new pipe!

I got a brand new Nerup last month but it is taking me forever to get it into a smokable condition.

I typically smoke in the evenings after work so when I do I want a experience that is good. I don't want to have a mediocre or blah smoke.

I'm about 10 bowls into the new pipe. The flavor is improving oh, but it is not there yet.

First world problems...?

Smoked only ten times in a month?

 

[Old School 3319]

I guess i dont understand breaking in pipes i just load em up and go

 

[fightnhampster]

Smoked only ten times in a month?

In the new pipe. I smoke a bowl every evening but lean heavily on to king size Savinellis

I bought the Neerup to give them a break, but find myself reaching for the pipes that I know will taste good.

 

[fightnhampster]

I guess i dont understand breaking in pipes i just load em up and go

It might be the pipes or Blends that you smoke.

The same blend tastes radically different to me in my new pipes versus old ones that have been broken in.

YMMV

 

[Chasing Embers]

In the new pipe

That's what I was referring to. I don't give a new one a break until it has a layer of cake developing.

 

[Old School 3319]

It might be the pipes or Blends that you smoke.

The same blend tastes radically different to me in my new pipes versus old ones that have been broken in.

YMMV

I got two Nording pipes for fathers day and just loaded them full and let them smoke i do tend to smoke slower at first but i cant understand the 1/4 bowl, 1/2 bowl, full bowl. I also smoke mostly OTC brands. Carter Hall and Granger and PA. I have on one pipe dedicated to english and oriental blends. There are a lot of rules with pipe smoking I dont follow I dont rest my pipes if I want a second bowl in a briar I wipe it out load it up and go again. But to be fair I smoke 8 to 10 bowls from about 2pm til 10pm

 

[kola]

That's why I buy estates. From the folks who clean them up and sanitize them. Well worth it IMO.

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's why I buy estates.

Many of mine were bought that way. I can trim the cake back to where I want it without the effort of building it.

 

[mso489]

Some problems with a new, or new-to-you pipe, might be getting used to it or finding out it just isn't your kind of pipe -- like a too restrictive draw, or even too airy an airway, or an uncomfortable stem. Part of breaking in a pipe is learning to smoke it -- its balance, its weight, its shape chamber. But mostly people think about the status of the chamber, the carbon layer, taste, and size and shape of ember that affects the flavor. I'm one of those who usually goes right at it with a new pipe. I don't find it a long laborious task. I'd say one out of five pipes actually requires twenty or more smokes to come into its own. Other pipes smoke fine from the outset but suddenly improve remarkably after a year or so. Who knows what that's about -- dryness of the briar, carbon layer, learning its characteristics. Mostly though, I find new pipes (and estates) just fine from the start.

 

[petes03]

I just got two new Neerups, and another one on the way. They both smoke great. Maybe you just got a lemon. Everybody makes one now and then.

 

[Chasing Embers]

And just so we can see the pipe of the discussion.......

Peder has certainly gone wild with the colors in the past few years.?

 

[fightnhampster]

And just so we can see the pipe of the discussion.......

Peder has certainly gone wild with the colors in the past few years.?

That's the one ?

 

[fightnhampster]

I just got two new Neerups, and another one on the way. They both smoke great. Maybe you just got a lemon. Everybody makes one now and then.

Could be. It has been many years since I had a new pipe. I dont remember my Savs taking too long.

 

[fightnhampster]

I got two Nording pipes for fathers day and just loaded them full and let them smoke i do tend to smoke slower at first but i cant understand the 1/4 bowl, 1/2 bowl, full bowl. I also smoke mostly OTC brands. Carter Hall and Granger and PA. I have on one pipe dedicated to english and oriental blends. There are a lot of rules with pipe smoking I dont follow I dont rest my pipes if I want a second bowl in a briar I wipe it out load it up and go again. But to be fair I smoke 8 to 10 bowls from about 2pm til 10pm

I am breaking it in with Carter Hall and Storm Front. Those two Blends taste the most like normal and the new pipe.

Other blends that I normally smoke like Regents flake, Embarcadero, and Searsucker I think are pretty nuanced and subtle blends.

I don't get much out of those Blends in the new pipe.

 

[workman]

All but one of my pipes have smoked well right away.
The one dud took forever to break in. I lost count, but 40-50 smokes or so. It isn't a dud anymore. I undudded it to the point that it is one of my best smokers now, so be patient. It might work out fine.

 

[Old School 3319]

Does Dr. Grabow still pre smoke their pipes

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I've had a couple of used pipes that I had to suffer through the first 20 smokes, that was probably due to oxidation. The only new ones I've had trouble with are the MM Hardwoods. The varnish is a stuggle to smoke through.. I'd damn near pay somebody to smoke the first 20 in those. It is worth it though, once that shit's all burned off they're my favorite pipes.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Does Dr. Grabow still pre smoke their pipes

yes. Although I kind of wish they didn't. i don't really know what that stuff is..

 

[Old School 3319]

yes. Although I kind of wish they didn't. i don't really know what that stuff is..

I am not sure what they use. I almost picked up a hardwood the other day at the store but then i remembered all the bad reactions from people