Pipe Rotation; Yes, No, Maybe So?

[jmsmitty6]

Small rotation of pipes that I have found works for me

 

[alexnc]

What is your routine for colouring?

I’ve not tried that but I bet it works well. I have put a Meer in a gallon ziplock and shotgunned it full of smoke several times in a sitting. Just a few sittings made some decent color.

 

[Parsimonious Piper]

I have a collection of about 50 pipes and I like them all. My OCD demands that I smoke them in racked order. I’m at 3-4 bowls/day, so they each get smoked every couple weeks. This causes a problem when I acquire a new pipe. Do I smoke it first then place it in its correct location in the display, or do I place it first and make it wait its turn? Or do I wait until it *would* come up, smoke it, then move the rest of pipes after it as I smoke them? It’s a nerve wracking decision, I tell ya’.

 

[pipebaum81]

They are like friends. Who haven't you seen in a while? Who goes with which mood or sentiment? Who is my secret favorite...shh don't tell the others. Pipe rotation can be about as exciting as the tobacco itself. "Oh i haven't smoked this pipe in a while and gosh do I love it"

 

[Ebarber]

I have around 20 pipes currently so I do like to rotate. I have my favorites which might see more use than others but I try to keep them all in rotation. I usually smoke 1 bowl, clean then put it away and grab another when or if I enjoy another bowl. I feel that I get a better smoke from a pipe that has rested and is cool, fresh and ready to go. I have a few "shop pipes" that I take out in the shop or yard when I'm working. Im not as careful with my "shop pipes" as I am with my more expensive "office pipes" which never leave my office. Sometimes my shop pipes might get more than one bowl before getting rotated but usually never more than 2 or 3 before getting cleaned and put back in the rack.

 

[tomatamot]

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I pay good money for my tobacco and I want it to taste as good as possible................................

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[Plutz]

Reading through these comments sure makes me feel better about my "rotating habits", or lack there of.

I'm not too big on the whole resting period idea.. I can understand why others would, and I'm sure as my collection grows everything will get more rest time.

I usually chuck 2 or 3 pipes in my bag for the day and a couple of different blends, usually alternating between those pipes each smoke (blend dependant) I'll probably have something dedicated to English, same for Virginia based, and pretty much always a cob too.
English's often come later in the day for me, so the cob or virginia pipe might get a few consecutive smokes earlier on.

Each one gets a couple of cleaners and a good wipe out right after I've smoked it, and i try to give it an hour or so before I hit it again.
If I've been going heavy on the same pipe(s) for a few days then ill give them a few days off too.

My new Mark Twain has been smoked at least 2-3 times a day since I got it earlier this week with no ill effects, so far its just improved with each smoke.

 

[alexnc]

I have a collection of about 50 pipes and I like them all. My OCD demands that I smoke them in racked order. I’m at 3-4 bowls/day, so they each get smoked every couple weeks. This causes a problem when I acquire a new pipe. Do I smoke it first then place it in its correct location in the display, or do I place it first and make it wait its turn? Or do I wait until it *would* come up, smoke it, then move the rest of pipes after it as I smoke them? It’s a nerve wracking decision, I tell ya’.

I would smoke it the day I got it and put it line! I used to keep them in order too!

 

[johng99]

I just pick up whatever pipe I feel like smoking and smoke it. Sometimes I one bowl in a day, sometimes it's 3 or four. I do let my pipes dry out for a couple of days after cleaning.

This is what I do with my briar pipes, only exception is that I live in the desert with very low humidity (usually less than 10% rh) so pipes tend to dry out pretty fast. I usually let them have a day or two, but not always. I have several meerschaums and have been smoking one quite a bit lately, multiple times per day with some cleaning in between bowls.

 

[saltedplug]

A rotation made a lot of sense to me when I started. It made so much sense that dedicated 3 pipes each for 2 blends that I smoked everyday, so each pipe was rested at least two days. But in the last 3 years I threw all of that out. I began smoking the same pipe with my favorite blend everyday for a week. I did clean the pipes well after every smoke.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I don’t really do a rotation per se. I don’t own that many pipes, maybe 10 or 12, most of which are dedicated to a specific “genre.” So that’s how I pick which pipe to smoke, I choose it based on which blend I want to have.

 

[karibo]

I don't have a strict order and don't have a lot of pipes, only about 16. I just generally try to use one which is in 'the least recently used half'.