Do Nordings never cake?

[cpjeffrey11]

I smoke a Nording bent brandy that has been in my possession for about a year. Thing is, the pipe won't build any cake whatsoever. This doesn't particularly bother me, but I find it odd. I got it as an estate, would that have anything to do with it? Anyone else experience something similar?

 

[mso489]

Along with a few other Forums members, I avoid cake, wipe out the pipes every time and consider a thin coat of carbon aplenty, and have maintained some forty-ish year old pipes this way to my (and apparently their) satisfaction. So maintain your easygoing attitude; the Nording may know best.

 

[cpjeffrey11]

Yeah, it smokes great. No humidity problems or hot spots to speak of. I'm simply curious.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

My Nording cake, despite all that I do to stop them. As MSO, I too am in the cake fighter camp. I wipe mine out after each smoke also, reaming it with a paper towel. It could me what you are smoking. Virginias seem to make a hard compact cake. Burleys and latakia blends tend to make a fluffier softer cake, and aromatics... well... my aromatic pipes don't seem to have any cake. But, I tend to smoke the Virginia based aromatics, so I am not sure on that one.
I wouldn't worry about it though. Soon enough you'll be fighting back that chamber choking crappy cake mess. I know that some of the older smokers I knew growing up praised a good cake in their Grabows, but then usually just tossed the pipe when they couldn't even get a pencil down the center. Me? I just leave a thickness of a credit card worth of cake in mine. Ream back with a paper towel after each smoke, and yet still I have to shave it back occasionally with my pocket knife.
I don;t think it's all that important, myself, but if you're anxious, just wait...