How Many Bowls with One Briar Pipe?

[sk806]

Hello everyone. Smoking my morning pipe, I was wondering how many times people generally smoke one briar pipe in a day. I have been smoking one pipe about three times a day since I started. This just seems like it makes sense from a convenience POV, choose a pipe for the day and go. Then I let it rest for a few days and repeat, or sometimes longer, depending on what pipe I want to smoke. Is this the norm? Do people bring multiple pipes with them every day? I hear so much about resting the pipe, and I couldn't find anything specific on this particular issue. Thanks in advance for your replies!
Steve

 

[didimauw]

What you are going is perfect. I bring either two briar pipes with me or over briar and one cob. But only Incase a tragedy happens like breakage or loss. You can however smoke that same pipe day after day after day. As Long as you run pipe cleaners through it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

There are no hardfast rules, and what you do sounds like what many do around here. I am just all over the place. Sometimes I walk out of the house with a tin and one pipe to smoke over and over all day. Then, sometimes I only smoke one pipe for each bowl. And, mostly a mix of just whatever suits me at the moment.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Most days I leave home with 2 pipes in tow.

I'll switch off every smoke..rarely do I smoke more than 2 bowls out of the same pipe.

 

[jpmcwjr]

It's all good!

 

[tschiraldi]

My rule is one day of rest for each bowl smoked. 1 bowl - 1 day, 3 bowls- 3 days. I normally bring two or three pipes along with me.

 

[Cliff_K]

I only have 2 briars, one with a large bowl that I smoke every other evening at home and one with a small bowl that I bring to work and smoke 1-2 times a day. I run a pipe cleaner through it between smokes and let it rest on the weekend.

 

[seagullplayer]

To the OP; what you do is pretty much what I do. No worries.

 

[mackeson]

I've smoked 3 bowls out of 1 pipe in a day when a certain pipe/tobacco combo is really working for me. I think it'll be fine

 

[sk806]

Great. Thanks! Got some kind of nice new pipes and didn't want to "ruin" them somehow...

 

[akfilm]

I think it depends on the pipe. I have some pipes I can smoke a couple times a day, then rest for the equivalent, I have enough favorites that I can smoke once a day and rest at least a day with no problems. Then I have the odd ones, I have one briar that when I smoke it once, I like to rest it 2-3 days, it seems happier.

 

[kanse]

For me, one use for a pipe each day, two if there is no other way around it.

Third bowl is usually sour and unpleasant.

 

[alexnorth]

I suppose it should depend on both your smoking technique as well as the kind of tobacco.

 

[dottiewarden]

Lately I've been smoking one blend almost exclusively all day long, codger style, so I'll smoke 3 or 4 bowls per day in each of my 4 aro dedicated pipes with no days rest for any of them.

 

[didimauw]

As many as possible!!!

 

[skraps]

Yeah, it's all personal preference. I have been smoking my new Scottie Bing exclusively since I got it. 3 maybe 4 bowls a day in it.
It might be time for a rest, but it has had no ill effects.

 

[bostoneo]

My mouth produces more than normal saliva and always seem to get stuff wet if I keep the pipe in my mouth. So after cleaning the pipe out after 1 bowl I let it sit 1 or 2 days since I have many many other pipes I can smoke. If what you are doing works fine for you, have at it!

 

[jpmcwjr]

I doubt it's your saliva making the bowl wet. Try drying your tobacco a lot more before loading.

 

[sgtstinky]

so please tell this new guy why a pipe deserves a rest? Do you mean it needs a cleaning after so many uses or does the briar actually need to dry out or something?

 

[aldecaker]

IMO, it's a combination of letting them rest to dry out and also to air out. It keeps them from getting a sour taste and a stanky smell. Briar is a LOT less absorbent than most people think, so the moisture builds up fast.