How Often do You use Your Favorite Pipe(s)?

[futureman]

Edited title for caps. Rule 9. -jpm

While I have a number of pipes in rotation, there's one in particular I reach for as long as I'm smoking Capstan Blue (and I smoke a fair amount of it). Capstan just doesn't sing as well in any other pipe compared to my Savinelli 1987 bent billiard. I smoke it almost daily, and will occasionally use it for a second bowl.

I'm wondering if I need to let this pipe rest a bit more? How long should one let a pipe rest after an extended smoke?

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Opinions will vary but I like to let me briar pipes dry "fully" before I smoke them again. Usually, for around here, that's about 48 hours.

Lucky, I like my pipes, so it's a Favorite everyday - today:

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

It’s a funny thing …my favorite pipe changes often depending all the type of blend/pipe combo…however, I use my cobs everyday and I guess that’s the answer. ?️

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

The Peterson Derry Ruskin is my favorite. If I clean with water, long enough to dry then use again. No reason not to smoke a pipe you really enjoy.

 

[futureman]

It’s a funny thing …my favorite pipe changes often depending all the type of blend/pipe combo…however, I use my cobs everyday and I guess that’s the answer. ?️

Yeah, I have one cob that is severely overworked. I use it exclusively for my OTCs. I really need to get a few more.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Yeah, I have one cob that is severely overworked. I use it exclusively for my OTCs. I really need to get a few more.

Nothing like a good ole rank cob.?️

 

[monty55]

It's fairly common knowledge that certain pipes smoke certain blends better than other pipes. And some pipes smoke any blend as well as other pipes. But to answer your question I suggest you read Greg Pease most recent article on Fireside entitled "Give it a Rest".

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

It's fairly common knowledge that certain pipes smoke certain blends better than other pipes. And some pipes smoke any blend as well as other pipes. But to answer your question I suggest you read Greg Pease most recent article on Fireside entitled "Give it a Rest".

Very good reminder by Greg. I’ll buy a Meer and smoke that thing silly for a month. Then I’ll put it down for a month and reappraise my forgotten stable to rekindle that spark. ?️

 

[Chasing Embers]

While I have a number of pipes in rotation, there's one in particular I reach for as long as I'm smoking Capstan Blue (and I smoke a fair amount of it). Capstan just doesn't sing as well in any other pipe compared to my Savinelli 1987 bent billiard. I smoke it almost daily, and will occasionally use it for a second bowl.

I'm wondering if I need to let this pipe rest a bit more? How long should one let a pipe rest after an extended smoke?

If they aren't favorites I throw them away. I often smoke the same pipe multiple times per day for weeks at a time before switching. Keep the pipe clean after each smoke and resting it becomes obsolete. Briar is dense and non absorbent which makes a damp pipe or a sour one a lack of regular cleaning.

 

[dog_park_piper]

If I find a pipe that just "works," I buy two more of the exact same. If you care about resting a briar, then you only need 3 pipes. That's the beauty in not getting into pipe collecting. Relatively economical pipes can be excellent, and so three of the same that you live and smoke every day can get you what someone with 100 different pipes might still thinks he is going to find in the next pipe he gets.

I have a set of petite straight pipes and a set of full bent Paterson systems. That way I can go either route for days and be fine.

 

[Chasing Embers]

If I find a pipe that just "works," I buy two more of the exact same.

Careful, I once ended up with over 40 of the same pipe.?

 

[magichelm]

I smoke the same pipe every day, sometimes twice a day. It's mostly bronze with a cherry bowl. A quick blowout and occasionally a swab around the bowl wall is all it needs to keep from getting stinky.

I imagine the more organic material you have in a pipe the more moisture it can absorb, leaving opportunity for "funk" to accumulate/

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

As long as you keep your pipe clean, there's no reason you can't smoke one multiple times per day. If you have a number of pipes, I see no reason to do that.

I have around 35 pipes that are smoked at least a time or two per month. They all smoke very good or they wouldn't be in that rotation.

 

[warren]

Daily when at home. I have three meers I smoke nearly exclusively when home. Probably two to four bowls each when home. Otherwise a briar or cob goes with me into the field and gets six to ten bowls average during that day. Repeat the same, same pipe, daily until I return from the field.

I'm wondering if I need to let this pipe rest a bit more? How long should one let a pipe rest after an extended smoke?

Your pipe, your rules. Many over the years smoked the same pipe daily, often and replaced it when they couldn't stuff and light. Do as you wish, the pipe will tell you when requires replacing.

 

[clynch]

Yeah, I have one cob that is severely overworked. I use it exclusively for my OTCs. I really need to get a few more.

and that particular cob is?

 

[mso489]

I have enough pipes, and am a moderate smoker, so I don't smoke any of my favorites often enough. I do noticed that I "save" some of my up-market pipes and definitely don't smoke them enough, in a misguided effort to preserve them. I try to go on binges of smoking only my up-market pipes, but then I drift back to the other great smokers that didn't cost as much. Smoke the nice ones at least as much is my take-home lesson.

 

[Merton]

If I find a pipe that just "works," I buy two more of the exact same. If you care about resting a briar, then you only need 3 pipes. That's the beauty in not getting into pipe collecting. Relatively economical pipes can be excellent, and so three of the same that you live and smoke every day can get you what someone with 100 different pipes might still thinks he is going to find in the next pipe he gets.

I have a set of petite straight pipes and a set of full bent Paterson systems. That way I can go either route for days and be fine.

I think that this is a perfectly sound approach for many people. Looking at the pipe as utilitarian rather than a piece of art or artisanship or personal expression is as valid as its polar opposite. The vast majority of my present group of pipes, about 60 or so, fall into the straight/short/group 2 or 3, staight/nosewarmer/chubby catergory with some larger billiard group pipes, a few castello and Radice 55 shapes and a small number of bent outliers. However, over the years my tastes have changed from large bent and ornate to much more traditional. I imagine that these preference changes happen for many of us. Now that I am older i don't anticipate major changes and have grown mostly content. But every time i promise myself that this is the last pipe I will buy i find it to be either a lie or self delusion.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looking at the pipe as utilitarian rather than a piece of art or artisanship or personal expression is as valid as its polar opposite.

No reason you can't do both. Just like my artisan pipes, my favorite razor is beautiful but gets daily use.

 

[monty55]

If they aren't favorites I throw them away.

Do you really throw pipes away??

 

[warren]

Do you really throw pipes away??

Why not? I and others often cull less than adequate smokers by tossing them in the bin. Simple and no muss nor fuss.