In general, I break in my pipes with either a burley like Carter Hall or a virginia blend. The cakes seem to develope quickly and are also hard cakes. I have a pipe in which i have dedicated to english blends and have been breaking in the pipe with EMP, Arango Balkan Supreme, 965 and Frog Morton.
The question is, why is my cake gummy/tacky when breaking in with these blends? Does anyone else experience this? I even use the method of stirring up the bowl and shaking the ash around and yet, its sticky/gummy.
I don't think there is a "problem" I just wanted to know if this was common with folks breaking in pipes with english.
The question is, why is my cake gummy/tacky when breaking in with these blends? Does anyone else experience this? I even use the method of stirring up the bowl and shaking the ash around and yet, its sticky/gummy.
I don't think there is a "problem" I just wanted to know if this was common with folks breaking in pipes with english.