Pipe Rotation or Random Use?

[olkofri]

Whatever strikes my fancy. I just make sure the pipe's been rested for at least 24 hours and that it's the one I've dedicated for a given genre of tobacco.

 

[Magpiety]

I keep 2 Burley pipes, 2 Virginia pipes, 2 "American English" or latakia pipes, 2 English pipes, a pipe for lakelands, a pipe for aromatics, and a codger blend pipe. 11 total in "active" rotation.

Sometimes I'll smoke a tin of something straight through, and it's nice to have pipes to alternate for that.

If I didn't follow something like this, I would buy so many pipes in such a short amount of time it would ruin me.

 

[anotherbob]

a little hybrid of both. I almost always smoke them on a one to one ratio but the order is random. Like do I want the Peterson, the Brebbia or one of the cobs?

 

[DarkButterfly]

As vaping is my primary source of smoking, I tend to only smoke my pipe occasionally, so I just pick up which ever pipe I lay my hands on first, but I do let it rest after smoking ?

 

[irishearl]

Sort of a random rotation. As I have around 50 pipes, I try to give them all some time, Generally, I'll pick out a rotation for the coming week and smoke them, Then to a different rotation the next week, though there are about 4-5 pipes I always want to smoke weekly regardless of the rest of the rotation.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Random as hell.

 

[mso489]

If I smoked pipes in a settled sequence, that would also slightly pre-determine which blends I'd smoke. I really want to smoke many different blends in any particular pipe, so I don't designate pipes to blends or genres either. I'd much rather be disappointed now and then than bored.

 

[bullet08]

random rotation is what i'm doing. have 21peterson that i rotate. but on occasions, i'll pick a pipe that i feel like smoking. then there are morgan bones for OTC.

 

[crawdad]

Totally random. I never have an idea which pipe or tobacco I’m going choose.

 

[magicpiper]

Random- 19 Rotation-0

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

The choice has always been random... with three caveats.... a) bowl size would sometimes come into play if I would want a longer experience, for instance, b) feeling especially fond of the way a particular pipe had been working for me may keep me with that pipe for long stretches, and c) on RARE occasion when I was “dressed up” in some fashion I would get an especially clean looking pipe instead of a “rattier” looking pipe. ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Completely random.

 

[cshubhra]

Complete Random

 

[dunnyboy]

I have two pipe collections, home and away. My away rotation consists of only 4 pipes—those I methodically rotate. The home collection is plucked from more randomly but I tend not to repeat a pipe until I've worked through most of the others.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Random. I think of pipe smoking as relaxing, not another opportunity to engage in anal retentiveness.

YES!

 

[krizzose]

I have a few pipes dedicated to particular types of tobacco. Other than pairing those pipes with the appropriate tobacco, it’s pretty random.
That being said I often deliberately smoke straight burley in my aromatic pipes

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

I have a few pipes dedicated to particular types of tobacco. Other than pairing those pipes with the appropriate tobacco, it’s pretty random.
That being said I often deliberately smoke straight burley in my aromatic pipes

I figure burley can be acceptable in any pipe, regardless of what it may be earmarked for.?

 

[blackpowderpiper]

I don't have a dedicated rotation. I generally just take a look at my pipes, determine what blend I want to smoke and see which pipe or pipes I haven't used in awhile and just grab one. I would say that during a three or four week period, most of my pipes get smoked.

 

[krizzose]

I figure burley can be acceptable in any pipe, regardless of what it may be earmarked for.?

I certainly agree, and I’m not worried about a burley ghost. Rather I’m deliberately seeking the aro ghost to a give a little sweetness to the burley