Hi guys, may I know if it's okay not to clean your pipe for one day ? I used my pipe yesterday but I forgot to clean after use. I'm not really a heavy user. But I usually smoke the pipe a few times daily
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Not cleaning my pipe for one day
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Don't swear it, you're doing fine....
You'd find that this is more than a lot of us here!
Pipe will be fine, I am a bit anal about it and clean my pipes as soon as they've cooled down, but you'll be totally fine.
It’s fine. Especially if you use filters. The longer it’s left the more bitter and sour it will become, but it will sort itself out after being cleaned
I used to only use pipe cleaners after 10 or 15 smokes. Sometimes that was all in one day. I'm a little better now. No issues here.
Stay indoors. There's a lightning bolt waiting to strike you down.
Its a pipe,the old timers abused them all day every day and the pipe survived.
If you're not careful, the cleaning police will become aware of your negligence and punish you severely.
Pipes aren't all that touchy, you'd be fine.
Pipes aren't all that touchy, you'd be fine.
I think one downside to having such a large body of "rules" and best practices at our fingertips, is that it's easier to get anxious about making mistakes. It might be illuminating to deliberately wait on cleaning a pipe (or even using pipe cleaners to wick up moisture) for a period of time to experience what might happen, for yourself.
After spending my first decade all over the place pipe wise and tobacco wise, I finally decided I needed a system.
I first figured what my favorite blends were and how to get them. i then determined what size pipes smoked my favorite flakes and plugs the best. I then worked on exact dimensions and certain shapes with certain sandblasts. My only smooth pipe I smoke is a Scott Thile Bulldog. It is dedicated to one of my favorite blends and the combo never fails.
I decided to keep my collection at around 40 pipes not the 90 I used to have as I have a great rotation with just the 40. I am not saying I will never buy another pipe, but it would have to be special. There are only a couple of old tins I might buy if the price was right, but the rest of my cellar is complete. I worked on my cellar first then hit the pipe equation. With way more focus.
Now I am where I feel comfortable with blends of great tobacco to be smoked in some great pipes. Sometimes you gotta have a plan which I was lucky to come up with.
I first figured what my favorite blends were and how to get them. i then determined what size pipes smoked my favorite flakes and plugs the best. I then worked on exact dimensions and certain shapes with certain sandblasts. My only smooth pipe I smoke is a Scott Thile Bulldog. It is dedicated to one of my favorite blends and the combo never fails.
I decided to keep my collection at around 40 pipes not the 90 I used to have as I have a great rotation with just the 40. I am not saying I will never buy another pipe, but it would have to be special. There are only a couple of old tins I might buy if the price was right, but the rest of my cellar is complete. I worked on my cellar first then hit the pipe equation. With way more focus.
Now I am where I feel comfortable with blends of great tobacco to be smoked in some great pipes. Sometimes you gotta have a plan which I was lucky to come up with.
It's useless now. Put it in a hazardous container and disposal immediately 
It won't kill you. It might make me feel icky to know your pipe wasn't cleaned. But that's my problem.
We all seem to develop our own rhythm and rituals for our pipes. There have been times I set my pipe down get busy doing something else and find it the next day. I strike a match and pick up where I left off. That isn’t the norm for me but I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. Like paulfg said: Those that came before us abused the hell out of them and still kept on smoking them.
My pipe tells me when it is in need of a cleaning. 
Until that time, I smoke it at will.
Until that time, I smoke it at will.
I sometimes leave a pipe overnight and clean it the next day. I often smoke intermittently over a day or two before I clean a pipe. The main thing is to clean pipes regularly, but you don't have to do it by the clock.
My dad owned only one pipe at a time, smoked most of the day except for mealtime, and smoked only Granger from the pouch. He kept his pipe clean, but wasn't arduous about it. I smoke much less than he did and clean my pipes much more often, but he did it his way and did just fine. Right on through college, through his service as a minesweeper captain during World War II, through a long career in the Chicago financial district, and so on.
My dad owned only one pipe at a time, smoked most of the day except for mealtime, and smoked only Granger from the pouch. He kept his pipe clean, but wasn't arduous about it. I smoke much less than he did and clean my pipes much more often, but he did it his way and did just fine. Right on through college, through his service as a minesweeper captain during World War II, through a long career in the Chicago financial district, and so on.
Briar has hit the nail on the head, the rhythm and ritual are a big part of it all. I usually clean my pipes after each smoke. However, I have occasionally smoked them again after no cleaning of any kind, and to tell you the truth—- I didn’t notice any difference.
Now does that mean that I clean my pipes excessively? Does that mean that cleaning doesn’t matter? Does that mean my palate is screwy? I think it means that rhythm and ritual are good things and not to worry about it too much.