I'll say it again

[FLDRD]

I find that for me, no matter the pipe, it tastes better, performs better, and is more pleasurable when it has sat for an extended period of time.

Average pipes, good pipes, excellent pipes, even "bad" pipes all seem better to me with that extended rest.

Why point out what some may feel is the redundantly obvious? Because it changes my potential perception of how many pipes I may want to acquire and keep in my possession.

I have begun gathering a fair # of pipes, mostly estate, and mostly in the "cheap" or affordable range, with the idea that I'd simply take my time and sort through them with a discovery process and find the ones that fit best with me. (I've definitely found some wonderful little no-name gems, and some beat-up brand-name pipes this way.)

This plan has begun to unravel though, as I've discovered that even my "good" pipes, my new pipes, my "quality" pipes will all decrease performance to a degree, when they are used repetitively, day after day. And I clean them out after every smoke.

Thus, I'm now leaning toward retaining a much larger # of pipes than I had originally thought.

Simply because even my "favorites" are more delightful with that stated resting period. (Naturally I wonder about those who in the past used the same pipe day after day. I don't think I'd appreciate the leaf as much if I only had one tool to use...)

So this is simply a musing on the justifications of maintaining a larger collection than originally intended. I'm sure many will be culled, but the final #'s could be a lot more than say, a 7 day rotation or similar. As I've found that a week of rest is good, but more is better.

Is that why you've got more pipes than you thought you would, or it's not the same for you?

Cheers.

 

[cigrmaster]

I might smoke 4-6 pipes a day and always use a fresh one with a different blend. I clean the piss out of my pipes after every use and they smoke as I expect them to. I don't remember the last time I smoked the same pipe in one day and I also cannot remember smoking the same blend in one day.

I have plenty of pipes and tobacco so no need to double up. I like a nice clean pipe that has been dried properly and the tobacco I smoke which is almost always flakes tastes great ever time out. I don't do average smokes, I strive for the perfect smoke every time and I am very good at making that happen.

 

[FLDRD]

I strive for the perfect smoke every time and I am very good at making that happen.

I continue to strive to have the best session possible every time. I'm finding that for myself, fresher pipes do help with that. And in my case, it helps me to explore a new blend in different pipes, and I am more likely to repeat the same tobacco in sequence and enhance my learning of it.

 

[cigrmaster]

I continue to strive to have the best session possible every time. I'm finding that for myself, fresher pipes do help with that. And in my case, it helps me to explore a new blend in different pipes, and I am more likely to repeat the same tobacco in sequence and enhance my learning of it.

Figure out what works best for you as my way might not be yours. One thing I am a freak about is smoking from a clean pipe that has been rested. Sone guys smoke the same pipe multiple times a day with the same tobacco year in and year out. That works for them so who am I to judge their way.

 

[sablebrush52]

I agree. Pipes that I've been actively smoking for a few months get a deep cleaning and then months of rest. If might just be suggestion, but I do think that mine benefit from an extended rest.

 

[Kobold]

So you’re saying I need to buy more pipes?….I’m off to go tell my wife and use this thread as my argument.

 

[mortonbriar]

Over the years i have done both methods, smoked the same pipe only once in a month and at the other end, smoked multiple daily bowls in the same pipe ALL month. I certainly appreciate starting each smoke with a clean pipe, but I have not really distinguished difference from the rest period. I do tend to rotate a bit for variety, so am generally getting a rested pipe by default...unless I am focussed on trying to colour that stubborn meer!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

When one is spending 10 h behind the wheel there is hardly any place for exploring fine blends or that perfect smoke, and so by, I'm fine if I'm able to finish a bowl of an average tobacco blend in one sitting with no interruptions

 

[kcghost]

Well, buying more pipes is always a solution to your problem.

 

[FLDRD]

I've plenty of average pipes, and plenty still to try that I've already gotten.

It just seems that instead of searching for a small # of "better" or "excellent" pipes, I'm going to be more pleased with the ability to grab any one of a few dozen "good" pipes and get an experience I enjoy.

Means I'll likely be ending up with and keeping many more pipes than I first anticipated.

Maybe I need to go back to that thread with the pipe rack for sale...

Thanks for chiming in.

 

[OzPiper]

I had only one pipe when I started years ago as an impoverished student.

I soon found out that like sneakers/gym shoes, both become rank very quickly unless they are allowed to air and dry out in between use

 

[ray47]

The big question is how many pipes will work to be able to have a fresh pipe each time. Are these enough?

 

[FLDRD]

The big question is how many pipes will work to be able to have a fresh pipe each time. Are these enough?
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1/10th would likely suffice.
But that is obviously the proper way to store/display/make available the pipes one has.
Very nice.

 

[Grazer]

The big question is how many pipes will work to be able to have a fresh pipe each time. Are these enough?
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Very impressive collection you have there. My cats surely wouldn’t allow such a nice display to exist in my home unscathed.

As for myself, I have one corn cob pipe for each day of the week.

 

[bullet08]

I figure 31 + 7 would be a good number. 31 for the each of the days in a long month plus 7 back ups. It works for me.

 

[Papamique]

I agree with this. Even my unsmoked pipes that I break in (and keep very clean) benefit from a months nap.

Some people are more about just sucking up some nicotine from a “device” and throwing the pipe in a drawer afterwards. After decades of smoking a pipe I find, for me and seemingly an increasing amount of pipe smokers, it is more about the experience. I am smoking better tobacco, less often, in order to enjoy it more. No one appreciates a drink of water like someone who’s thirsty.

 

[ray47]

Very impressive collection you have there. My cats surely wouldn’t allow such a nice display to exist in my home unscathed.

As for myself, I have one corn cob pipe for each day of the week.

That's not my collection, but I wish it was. Here's a picture of the owner (on the left).

 

[SBC]

GLP claims that a pipe might not need rest if you smoke straight VAs in it, but that it needs lengthy rest if you smoke latakia in it:

Give it a Rest

Something somewhat out of character has been afoot in the House of Pease. For more than a week, I have been smoking the same pipe every day, sometimes twice. What’s […]

pipesmagazine.com

 

[FLDRD]

GLP claims that a pipe might not need rest if you smoke straight VAs in it, but that it needs lengthy rest if you smoke latakia in it:

Give it a Rest

Something somewhat out of character has been afoot in the House of Pease. For more than a week, I have been smoking the same pipe every day, sometimes twice. What’s […]

pipesmagazine.com

Well that could explain a lot in my case, I'm all over the Latakia and it's close friends!

 

[ThermionicScott]

GLP claims that a pipe might not need rest if you smoke straight VAs in it, but that it needs lengthy rest if you smoke latakia in it:

Give it a Rest

Something somewhat out of character has been afoot in the House of Pease. For more than a week, I have been smoking the same pipe every day, sometimes twice. What’s […]

pipesmagazine.com

Seems like success in not-resting tracks with blends that DGT well...