Cleaning a Pipe TOO OFTEN?
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Wow. I never realized that I was such a dirty smoker. I only use the alchohol-salt treatment when I buy an estate pipe. Once it's cleaned, I only use it again when it has to be reamed.
The rest of the time it's only pipe cleaners. I only take them apart once in a while to get down into the shank. My pipes look good to me, and don't taste bad. And they are all still as tight as they were when I first got them. Whatever you're comfortable with I guess.
The rest of the time it's only pipe cleaners. I only take them apart once in a while to get down into the shank. My pipes look good to me, and don't taste bad. And they are all still as tight as they were when I first got them. Whatever you're comfortable with I guess.
Always run a pipe cleaner through the pipe after I smoke. Haven't done the alcohol clean because I haven't found it necessary yet. Will probably need to use some pipe sweetener at some point. I use a chamy on the bowl and stem regularly. Don't want to mess up the patina some of my pipes have. I say to each his own, I may be doing it wrong but it seems to work for me. :
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It is not a good idea to take the stem off the pipe every time you smoke it as you may crack the shank, especially when the pipe is still a little warm from your last smoke. Stems shouldn't be taken off the pipe unless you are going to give the pipe a good periodic cleaning which depends to a extent on what type of tobacco that you are smoking since aromatics require more cleaning then English blends because of the casing on the tobacco.
I usually only run a pipe cleaner through the pipe after every one or at most two smokes. However, I usually never separate the stem from the shank unless the pipe is a bent and I can't run a pipe cleaner through the stem and the shank unless the two are separated. I usually give my pipes a good, thorough cleaning with pipe sweetner or cheap vodka, stem cleaner, Quetips and pipe cleaners after about 15 smokes. I do not buff the outside of the bowl since I like a patina from the oils of my hands since the briar looks more athentic. I only buff about once a year because if you buff too often and don't do it right your can buff off the name, model number and date code if there is one.
That being said, everyone is different about their pipe hygene a similar to how many times we wash the car in a month.
I usually only run a pipe cleaner through the pipe after every one or at most two smokes. However, I usually never separate the stem from the shank unless the pipe is a bent and I can't run a pipe cleaner through the stem and the shank unless the two are separated. I usually give my pipes a good, thorough cleaning with pipe sweetner or cheap vodka, stem cleaner, Quetips and pipe cleaners after about 15 smokes. I do not buff the outside of the bowl since I like a patina from the oils of my hands since the briar looks more athentic. I only buff about once a year because if you buff too often and don't do it right your can buff off the name, model number and date code if there is one.
That being said, everyone is different about their pipe hygene a similar to how many times we wash the car in a month.
This is why I love this site. So many opinions, and yet so much respect for one another. For someone who is new to pipe smoking like myself this thread was incredibly insightful. Thank you all.
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