Looking at the general condition of many old estate pipes is what prompted a thought.
Are pipe smokers keeping pipes cleaner today than was the custom in the past? In reading posts on the pipe repair and general statements on tobacco it occurred to me that pipe smokers today are generally keeping their pipes much cleaner than in the past. Specifically the bowls and interiors.
Education seems to be flourishing with the forums and in the pipe community in general. Many of us have commented on the quality of smoking rested, drier, cleaner pipes. Tobacco comes into the discussions, but my questions are:
1.) In your your opinion were dirtier pipes more of the accepted norm back when men smoked one or two pipes, had one tobacco, and education on the genre was much more limited, or is it just a matter of the pipes cleanliness not being important?
2.) How often do you clean your pipes?
3.) Do you think cleaning ads to your smoking enjoyment?
Are pipe smokers keeping pipes cleaner today than was the custom in the past? In reading posts on the pipe repair and general statements on tobacco it occurred to me that pipe smokers today are generally keeping their pipes much cleaner than in the past. Specifically the bowls and interiors.
Education seems to be flourishing with the forums and in the pipe community in general. Many of us have commented on the quality of smoking rested, drier, cleaner pipes. Tobacco comes into the discussions, but my questions are:
1.) In your your opinion were dirtier pipes more of the accepted norm back when men smoked one or two pipes, had one tobacco, and education on the genre was much more limited, or is it just a matter of the pipes cleanliness not being important?
2.) How often do you clean your pipes?
3.) Do you think cleaning ads to your smoking enjoyment?