Pipe Rotation Question

[phred]

It's the math on the 42 pipes that has me concerned, being very married as I am.

Patrick McManus, in one of his hilarious short stories, recounted a similar issue when sneaking a new rifle into his collection. When you've only got 3 of something, it's easy to see a new addition - but once the spouse refers to the collection as "all those [pipes]", you're golden. :lol:

 

[joshwolftree]

start fluffing your collection with MM cobs. Their decent smokes/cheap/basically disposable. If your smoking 7 bowls a day your carrying it around with you, I smoke four or five out of one corncob a day on work breaks, one breaks or burns out I'm out 5 bucks...grab a bag of seconds. Minor cosmetic issues, most of them so minor you would have paid full price and you get ten for the cost of a Dog Grabow

 

[sparroa]

Here here Josh.
Cobs are perfect for rounding out a small rotation and testing new or infrequently smoked blends/styles of tobacco.
There is no reason to wear out a small collection of briars if you enjoy smoking cobs, because they are much hardier than briar and less in need of constant rest.

 

[thesmokindragon]

Agree, we all need to get more bacci pipes ;-)
I also have pipes dedicated to types of blends; English, Vs, Aro

and some to a specific blend.
I mix in cobs, clays and Meers into the rotation when I'm not in

serious PAD overload..."must get more pipes for rotation / I NEED

them" hahaha
I do follow Russ's advice as well on # of bowls = # of rest days