Breaking In A New Pipe

[TheHellYeah]

New pipe, same old problem!

A new pipe has arrived home today and I have some doubts about the ideal way to break in this pipe! Not much doubts about if I choose to use honey around the bowl, but if should I experiment letting it rest in salt and alcohol/vodka for a day before I go with the honey.

1)Will this help if there’s any aromatic residue left from production process?
2)Is it worth the wait?
3)Shall I go for it and smoke it right away?

Can you help from your knowledge/personal experience?

Thanks!

 

[proteus]

No hard and fast rules. Load it up and smoke it. Just don't smoke it too hot. Go easy.

 

[upnorth1]

If you mean new as in never smoked just smoke it. Don’t overthink it.

 

[Scottmi]

I always run a pipe cleaner dipped in alcohol (of your choice) through the stem and around the shank mortise to make sure no dust or maybe surplus stain lurking in the draft. then load up with whatever I care to smoke and have at it. I don't subscribe to "this is my break-in tobacco" fetish.

 

[bullet08]

Depends on how strong your legs, you might be able to stump on it. I don't break in my pipes.

 

[didimauw]

Please, just smoke it. Don't put anything in it, or do any religious dancing. Just smoke it.

Just smoke slowly, and don't let the bowl get too hot.

 

[Auxsender]

Directions for breaking in a pipe:

1) Load your tobacco of choice into chamber of pipe. Don’t overthink this step.
2) Light tobacco in chamber with a heat source so that a gently burning ember forms.
3) Puff without making the ember too hot.
4) Kick the fuck back.
5) Repeat when the mood strikes

 

[Bbailey324]

As others have said, just smoke it. Keep it cool and enjoy. Preemptive dancing much to the discretion of the individual smoker.

 

[captpat]

Stuff it and puff it.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Oh jeez. There should be no need to put salt and alcohol in a brand-new pipe.

 

[AroEnglish]

New pipe, same old problem!

A new pipe has arrived home today and I have some doubts about the ideal way to break in this pipe! Not much doubts about if I choose to use honey around the bowl, but if should I experiment letting it rest in salt and alcohol/vodka for a day before I go with the honey.

1)Will this help if there’s any aromatic residue left from production process?
2)Is it worth the wait?
3)Shall I go for it and smoke it right away?

Can you help from your knowledge/personal experience?

Thanks!

What pipe is this? And so you have any other pics of it?

 

[samuelgawith01]

New pipe, same old problem!

A new pipe has arrived home today and I have some doubts about the ideal way to break in this pipe! Not much doubts about if I choose to use honey around the bowl, but if should I experiment letting it rest in salt and alcohol/vodka for a day before I go with the honey.

1)Will this help if there’s any aromatic residue left from production process?
2)Is it worth the wait?
3)Shall I go for it and smoke it right away?

Can you help from your knowledge/personal experience?

Thanks!

Smoke the hell out of it.It will come around,just don't over heat and char the chamber.

 

[mso489]

I'm off the pack and light school. But if you love rituals -- fractions of bowls, honey coating,, codger blends, etc. -- have at it. It's fun but almost certainly unnecessary.

 

[TheHellYeah]

What pipe is this? And so you have any other pics of it?

 

[AroEnglish]

I suspected this was a beautifully shaped pipe and your pics confirmed it.

 

[ParkitoATL]

I think the break in is really just the bowl getting hot, then cold, then hot, then cold, etc.

One of my favorite break-in loads is burley mixed with black cavendish. The sweetness of the cavendish helps mitigate any sharp notes in the first few bowls.

The Peterson Pipe Notes All Purpose Bowl Coating was a big help as well. My 303 was aggressively sharp for several bowls. I was thinking I'd bought a lemon. Once it was coated with the APBC it started smoking much sweeter right away and is now one of my favorites. Just finished an exquisite bowl of Embarcadero in it.

 

[TheHellYeah]

I think the break in is really just the bowl getting hot, then cold, then hot, then cold, etc.

One of my favorite break-in loads is burley mixed with black cavendish. The sweetness of the cavendish helps mitigate any sharp notes in the first few bowls.

The Peterson Pipe Notes All Purpose Bowl Coating was a big help as well. My 303 was aggressively sharp for several bowls. I was thinking I'd bought a lemon. Once it was coated with the APBC it started smoking much sweeter right away and is now one of my favorites. Just finished an exquisite bowl of Embarcadero in it.

Unfortunately I don’t have much of a choice in terms of tobacco brands over here.
I guess I’ll go with the Presbyterian mixture for this one!
My first ever unsmoked pipe was a Savinelli 321 and I started with aromatics on it and never switched flavors! Still is my dedicated pipe to smoke Holland House.
I would like to this same with this new one… but I’ll be alternating the Presbyterian with some HH Vintage Latakia in the future I guess.

 

[Gimlet]

I always run a pipe cleaner dipped in alcohol (of your choice) through the stem and around the shank mortise to make sure no dust or maybe surplus stain lurking in the draft. then load up with whatever I care to smoke and have at it. I don't subscribe to "this is my break-in tobacco" fetish.

Sounds like how I shoot in a new rifle: clean it, shoot it, keep repeating steps one and two.

 

[Gimlet]

I think the break in is really just the bowl getting hot, then cold, then hot, then cold, etc.

One of my favorite break-in loads is burley mixed with black cavendish. The sweetness of the cavendish helps mitigate any sharp notes in the first few bowls.

The Peterson Pipe Notes All Purpose Bowl Coating was a big help as well. My 303 was aggressively sharp for several bowls. I was thinking I'd bought a lemon. Once it was coated with the APBC it started smoking much sweeter right away and is now one of my favorites. Just finished an exquisite bowl of Embarcadero in it.

I didn't like the coating in my two Peterson Arklows. They smoke fine now but there was a distinctly chemical taint until the cake formed. My bare briars smoked sweet from the outset. Just go easy, as others have said, so you don't scorch the bowl before a protective carbon layer has had a chance to built up.

 

[Sigmund]

Ive had some coatings that were terrible tasting...some not so terrible. But anytime I have one it really ruins the first smoke (at best). Its always a bummer becasue its exciting to get a new pipe and fire it up. Coatings tale the fun out of the maiden voyage.

Ive had a couple of coatings that were so bad that I did resort to the honey trick to cover it up asap.