Naw. I’m way too ADHD to do that. I’m all pipes, all blends, all the time. However, reading this thread makes me think maybe I should try it.
Dedicated Pipes
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My mind is way too disorganized, and my palate too vague, to dedicate at this point.
Fortunately, Latakia and non-euro aromatics aren’t part of my usual rotation.
I may be at the point where it may be good for a pipe or two to get committed to the few Lakeland style aros I do smoke occasionally.
Fortunately, Latakia and non-euro aromatics aren’t part of my usual rotation.
I may be at the point where it may be good for a pipe or two to get committed to the few Lakeland style aros I do smoke occasionally.
My only dedicated pipe was a gift a decade ago that came to me out of the blue by an apparent admirer. It was a beautifully shaped "artisan" billiard, and came with a tin of Laurel Heights. I've never smoked anything else in it. But I do tend to smoke latakia blends in older Brit wood. English/English, get it? 
I've not thought about doing this. Sounds about right based on my pipes, but have not noticed it working out that way until you said it.
I was thinking the same thing. This has been my experience as well, with one exception... I generally won't mix aromatics with english blends in the same large bowl pipe. I will, however, mix in my small bowl pipe. I have one dedicated to whatever I want, when I want. It's been an interesting, although impure, experience. I have enjoyed it most of the time, and only occasionally find it unpleasant.
I’m trying to heard my lat blends into just a few pipes but its tough. I do think the sav I got today will be for one lat blend that tends to burn a bit quick. The larger bowl will be good. Other than a few heavy lats the remainder land where they may.
Funny you mention this.
Some pipes just "look" like they are for a certain genre.
I have an old rusticated GBD with a very dark brown color and a very odd rustication that just screamed HEAVY LATAKIA when I got it.
It has been a great Latakia smoker for many years.....mostly C&D Star of the East.
No and No. First, I decide what tobacco I 'need' to smoke; then I decide which pipe to smoke based on how much I want to smoke (size) and which ones are clean and ready to go. That took longer to type than the thought process involved. As I rinse my pipes regularly no real need to dedicate. Also I only smoke a few blends.
Those Bruce Weavers always make happy.
I have a pipe for smoking aromatics only. I don't dedicate other pipes to a particular blend.
I have two pipes dedicated to Borkum Riff Bourbon and two pipes dedicated to Rattray's Marlin Flake. After smoking both blends a fair amount I just found that those blends smoked consistently well in those particular pipes. The BR Bourbon pipes I do smoke other whisky or adjacent aro blends in. The Marlin Flake pipes generally also smoke any other VA flakes I'm smoking as well. I also have a J Upshall Canadian semi dedicated to Lat blends
I only have one pipe that's dedicated to a single blend which is a Dr. Grabow Savoy, and it smokes Captain Black White so well that that's all it gets. I have a few pipes reserved for Latakia blends and the same for aromatics but for the most part I will smoke any other kind of blend in whichever pipe I choose. I like to keep things simple.
I have a basic system: Cobs for aro's, Bones for Gawith blends (Lakeland), and Briars/Meers for everything else. I have a Bones Calabash that's only for 1792, but beyond that, no other pipe is dedicated to just one blend, etc.
Dedicating a pipe to a particular genre or even a specific blend can really enhance your experience. Blenders will often dedicate a pipe (or several ) to a prototype blend for a while to ensure that the taste and aroma are not being affected by past smokes.
That said, I don't have the mental bandwidth to dedicate all of my pipes, so I play fairly loose with some of them. And the consequences of a "bad" sequence of smokes vary with the types of blends, too. I'm just not gonna alternate fruity aromatics and stinky Balkans in the same pipe, but sometimes it's fun and enjoyable to smoke a plain Virginia out of a pipe that usually sees fruity aromatics or stinky Balkans.
That said, I don't have the mental bandwidth to dedicate all of my pipes, so I play fairly loose with some of them. And the consequences of a "bad" sequence of smokes vary with the types of blends, too. I'm just not gonna alternate fruity aromatics and stinky Balkans in the same pipe, but sometimes it's fun and enjoyable to smoke a plain Virginia out of a pipe that usually sees fruity aromatics or stinky Balkans.
<-- is dedicated to BCA.
I've got Comoy dedicated to all other black Cavendish blends.
I've got a Savinelli 315 dedicated to Ennerdale.
My churchwarden is dedicated to aromatics.
I only smoke Haunted Bookshop in my Peterson Mycroft. I've smoked other things in that Mycroft, but I can't see smoking Haunted Bookshop in anything else for whatever reason.
The rest is a free-for-all.
I've got Comoy dedicated to all other black Cavendish blends.
I've got a Savinelli 315 dedicated to Ennerdale.
My churchwarden is dedicated to aromatics.
I only smoke Haunted Bookshop in my Peterson Mycroft. I've smoked other things in that Mycroft, but I can't see smoking Haunted Bookshop in anything else for whatever reason.
The rest is a free-for-all.
I was about to post a thread asking basically the same thing. I divvy up my pipes into roughly three categories, Aromatics, English/Lat Blends, and Virginia's. Burleys start in a Cob and then depending on what else is in em I'll interchange with a Lat/Va pipe. Maybe I should dedicate some to burleys too... Jeez I might have to go and get more pipes. See what you made me do?
As far as reasoning behind what gets smoked in what I think I subconsciously will smoke Virginia's in a more narrow chambered bowl but beyond that it tends to be whatever pipe I grabbed at the time. There's no method to my madness.
As far as reasoning behind what gets smoked in what I think I subconsciously will smoke Virginia's in a more narrow chambered bowl but beyond that it tends to be whatever pipe I grabbed at the time. There's no method to my madness.
I went a little overboard with dedicating pipes to my favorite tobaccos. The ???????? just means I'm deciding on which pipe to use for that tobacco. And yes, I know, overboard. lol
Somebody likes Moonshine pipes... I have one Cannonball in the wire rusticated/black stem and admit it is a great smoker. There's no way I could keep your system straight!
Yes I really fell for the shape, feel in hand and ease of clinch.
I read way too deep into the ghosting of pipes when I started so I started dedicating pipes early. I am pretty much done buying new blends so I believe the list should stay as is.............maybe. Hahaha!