How Long to Rest a Pipe?

[Professor Moriarty]

What is the minimum amount of time you consider to be necessary to rest a pipe between smokes, so that your pipe does not become stinky from insufficient drying?

I find 48 hours to be sufficient if I separate bit from shank while resting.
The climate here is not humid.
It is better to not shut the pipe within a cabinet while drying.

 

[VDL_Piper]

2 minutes

 

[Professor Moriarty]

2 minutes

Some fellers will smoke the same pipe all day, but I assume they then rest the pipe.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Some fellers will smoke the same pipe all day, but I assume they then rest the pipe.

But if the smoke is good why stop!!!!

 

[VDL_Piper]

I know pipe rest is a thing and I do it but if you're smoking a blend, dry pipe and loving it then stuff and relight. What's not to know!! I did it today, check the WAYS thread.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Hmm, the amount of time to knock out the ashes would be ~20 seconds (generously), and perhaps ~25 seconds to refill the bowl (presuming your pouch is handy and you are not itching to switch blends)…..

So, on average…. ~45 seconds (~3/4 a minute) is all that is necessary.

Now, I know this differs SIGNIFICANTLY from VDL Piper’s analysis…. but keep in mind…. as you can see in his avatar, he’s smoking a church warden… and folks who gravitate towards them are known to be a bit on the “fussy” and “persnickety “ side and hence tend to do things a bit more slowly and meticulously.

 

[warren]

No reason I know of that requires pipes to be rested. Lotta people only own one pipe, smoke multiple bowls daily, pay little to no attention to cleaning after smoking and simply replace it when the pipe can't be properly filled. That's one extreme. Other smokers are fastidious with regard to "resting" a pipe for a number of days with a thorough cleaning before the next bowl. Your choice. Some smokers complain of "sourness" after numerous bowls in a "poorly" pipe. Others worry about somehow damaging a pipe unless it is cleaned relentlessly after a bowl.

Kind of your choice. Most smokers fall somewhere between the extremes above.

 

[hyperstar]

Not a problem for people who has 20 pipes or more.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Hmm, the amount of time to knock out the ashes would be ~20 seconds (generously), and perhaps ~25 seconds to refill the bowl (presuming your pouch is handy and you are not itching to switch blends)…..

So, on average…. ~45 seconds (~3/4 a minute) is all that is necessary.

Now, I know this differs SIGNIFICANTLY from VDL Piper’s analysis…. but keep in mind…. as you can see in his avatar, he’s smoking a church warden… and folks who gravitate towards them are known to be a bit on the “fussy” and “persnickety “ side and hence tend to do things a bit more slowly and meticulously.

Well just for you I shall change my avatar for 24 hours. I seek not to be branded as a churchwarden'esk smoker, rather a really rough bastard whom eschews a warden.

 

[Briar Lee]

I own enough pipes I can smoke one bowl a day in one and switch.

Even Harry Hosterman had several Dr Grabows to switch out during a day.

But if you have but one pipe, let it completely cool, about thirty minutes or more is better, between smokes.

Then rest it at least a day or two, and a week is better.

 

[judcole]

But if you have but one pipe, let it completely cool, about thirty minutes or more is better, between smokes.

Then rest it at least a day or two, and a week is better.

If I smoke multiple bowls in the same day in the same pipe, I make sure that it i rest it at least that 30 minutes, so that it has cooled down. It then rests at least a number of days equal to the number of bowls I smoked in it; usually quite a bit longer.

 

[PipeWI]

As with any thread here, I suspect there will be as many opinions as posters! I have enough pipes that I can rest each for 2 days, but I clench and smoke hot and I have found through bitter experience that if I don't rest them, beloved pipes crack. At least, that was my conclusion.... So it may also depend on how hard you drive your pipes

 

[Bbailey324]

I frequently smoke multiple bowls in the same pipe in a given day. I do let it cool a bit between reloads, anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes depending on what I'm doing. At the end of the day I swab it out with a pipe cleaner and generally give it about a day downtime. Pipes that I am smoking regularly get a thorough cleaning every 7 to 10 days.

 

[captpat]

Resting pipes seems to be another of those pieces of conventional wisdom for pipe smokers to follow. I‘m not entirely sure what malady is to be avoided nor what evidence one can observe to ensure pipes are sufficiently “rested.” I suspect that different pipe designs, materials, tobaccos, and individual smoking practices all play a roll—in other words YMMV. As for me I don’t worry about pipe down time and have occasionally smoked a pipe back to back without any observable effects, good or bad. Unless you are abusing a pipe, I believe resting is not worth the worry.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Resting pipes seems to be another of those pieces of conventional wisdom for pipe smokers to follow. I‘m not entirely sure what malady is to be avoided nor what evidence one can observe to ensure pipes are sufficiently “rested.” I suspect that different pipe designs, materials, tobaccos, and individual smoking practices all play a roll—in other words YMMV. As for me I don’t worry about pipe down time and have occasionally smoked a pipe back to back without any observable effects, good or bad. Unless you are abusing a pipe, I believe resting is not worth the worry.

If I do not sufficiently dry out a pipe, then I noticed a sour smell develops which I figure is not a good thing.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

My afternoon and evening smokes I rotate pipes but for the most part I use a Dr Grabow for my morning smokes. I run a pipe cleaner through it after each session and ream it out from time to time but it keeps on trucking.

I think it’s good to have a couple tree pipes minimum but like others said, old timers just used one pipe and smoked the hell out of it. Unless your smoking an expensive pipe you want to keep in very good condition for decades I don’t think you have to too concerned about resting your pipes.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Well just for you I shall change my avatar for 24 hours. I seek not to be branded as a churchwarden'esk smoker, rather a really rough bastard whom eschews a warden.
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I assume then, that your estimate of rest times will gravitate lower with the non-Churchwarden.

 

[Chasing Embers]

If I do not sufficiently dry out a pipe, then I noticed a sour smell develops which I figure is not a good thing.

If you don't thoroughly clean a pipe after use and put it up with moisture still in it it can get sour. I often smoke the same pipe multiple times per day for weeks at a time before switching to another one.

 

[dctune]

“The climate here is not humid.”

Ummm, don’t you live - I don’t know - like, at the bottom of a waterfall somewhere, Professor?

 

[Professor Moriarty]

“The climate here is not humid.”

Ummm, don’t you live - I don’t know - like, at the bottom of a waterfall somewhere, Professor?

My current residence is actually Hades, which is rather arid.