My First Post!

[Wrongway Feldman]

Welcome! Please capitalize all words in title except really short ones. Rule 9. -jpm


Hi folks! Wrongway Feldman here and this is my first post!
So, I'm new to pipe smoking and I have only one pipe. It's a Missouri Meerschaum, Country Gentleman.
I've only smoked one blend of Tobacco so far, Sutliff - Z92 Vanilla Custard.
I want to try some different aromatics. A friend said that I should buy more pipes if I'm going to be switching blends.
At this point I'm not 100% committed to staying as a pipe smoker so I really don't want to make the investment just yet. Just the same, I would like to try some other blends to help me make the decision to keep smoking or not.
So, for test purposes, is it OK to just clean the same pipe between blends?
Any opinions on the subject are welcome.

 

[craig61a]

Welcome, from Minnesota, USA!

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[Ag®o]

Hello and Welcome from Italy

 

[Jacob74]

Welcome!
It's fine, totally normal to clean your pipe after every smoke. Many folks do it, to varying degrees of fastidiousness.
Feel free to smoke whatever blends you like out of your pipe. One reason for your friends suggestion is what many call "ghosting", where a strong smell or flavor will be leftover in a pipe after smoking certain blends through it. This can dramatically affect the taste of any other blends. Corncob pipes are inexpensive, and I agree with your friend. When you want to try English blends, get another cob. As you poke around through the forum, you'll get plenty of recommendations though. Have fun, and tell Bucky Lorenzo hi for me.

 

[Laurent]

Welcome from Michigan. MM are cheap enough you could just buy a couple to try different types of blends. One for English, one for aro, and one for Virginia’s.

 

[STP]

Welcome, and yes it’s OK to clean your pipe between blends. If you want to try other aros, you can buy bulk in a couple ozs w/minimal investment. Also, check out estates. You should be able to find a nice briar at a reasonable price, but there is certainly nothing wrong w/cobs if you want to add more of them…

 

[RobNYC]

Welcome from New York City!

 

[Streeper541]

Why so serious? ?

 

[Latakia Dave]

Hi folks! Wrongway Feldman here and this is my first post!
So, I'm new to pipe smoking and I have only one pipe. It's a Missouri Meerschaum, Country Gentleman.
I've only smoked one blend of Tobacco so far, Sutliff - Z92 Vanilla Custard.
I want to try some different aromatics. A friend said that I should buy more pipes if I'm going to be switching blends.
At this point I'm not 100% committed to staying as a pipe smoker so I really don't want to make the investment just yet. Just the same, I would like to try some other blends to help me make the decision to keep smoking or not.
So, for test purposes, is it OK to just clean the same pipe between blends?
Any opinions on the subject are welcome.
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Welcome from Virginia

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Hello and welcome from London

 

[jpmcwjr]

Welcome from the Central Coast of California!




Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts. It cuts down on posts or PMs asking where you are.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.

 

[Irish Piper]

Welcome from Germany!

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Fralphog]

Howdy and welcome from Idaho!
++ on @Laurent said above. Carbs are inexpensive and if taken care of, can provide many years of good smokes.

 

[anotherbob]

Welcome! Please capitalize all words in title except really short ones. Rule 9. -jpm


Hi folks! Wrongway Feldman here and this is my first post!
So, I'm new to pipe smoking and I have only one pipe. It's a Missouri Meerschaum, Country Gentleman.
I've only smoked one blend of Tobacco so far, Sutliff - Z92 Vanilla Custard.
I want to try some different aromatics. A friend said that I should buy more pipes if I'm going to be switching blends.
At this point I'm not 100% committed to staying as a pipe smoker so I really don't want to make the investment just yet. Just the same, I would like to try some other blends to help me make the decision to keep smoking or not.
So, for test purposes, is it OK to just clean the same pipe between blends?
Any opinions on the subject are welcome.
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yes. I have about ten pipes and honestly the difference in my opinion between having one and ten in terms of regular smoking and cleaning. Is you have to clean one sooner or deep clean it sooner. Also cobs are what I call semi disposable. They should be treated like they'll last but if they don't whatever they're cheap. Main thing with any pipe is just make sure it's dry before you smoke it. And if it starts tasting really funky and off look up how to do a deep clean here. Seriously for decades I had one pipe and smoked whatever through it (tobacco, didn't smoke anything else in it).

 

[Bowlsmoker67]

Welcome from upstate ny

 

[kcghost]

You'll need a different pipe for each different tobacco you smoke (aromatic, English, VaPer). Usually a pipe should only be smoked once a day.
Welcome from KC!!

 

[Fralphog]

Howdy and welcome from Idaho!
++ on @Laurent said above. Carbs are inexpensive and if taken care of, can provide many years of good smokes.

Dang auto spell- I don’t recommend smoking “carbs”.

 

[TheWhale13]

Welcome! I hope that you'll keep smoking!