Putting a Pipe Down for Later
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I have always found that when I come back to a pipe that was not finished earlier that the smoke is the same and often times it is better.
A thought is that you are smoking either too fast or with tobacco that is too wet which is allowing the remaining tobacco to be water logged ruining your later smoke.
A thought is that you are smoking either too fast or with tobacco that is too wet which is allowing the remaining tobacco to be water logged ruining your later smoke.
i always dry out the pipe before putting it down. Run the cleaner few times and try again. And clean the pipe clean at all time meaning take it a part and clean everything including mortise. Also try drying the tobacco.
Seems to vary with blends. Seems to work well,or at least better, with Virginia dominant blends. Perhaps not as well with English blends. When this happens with me, I run a pipe cleaner through to soak up excess moisture when I put the pipe down. Generally don't see an issue with bitterness.
During the week I’m constantly putting down a Lee full of candy flavored aromatics to answer the phone or dictate to an assistant.
I might have two or three pipes in different rooms out, and one lit in my hand.
I really don’t notice any change on relights.
I might have two or three pipes in different rooms out, and one lit in my hand.
I really don’t notice any change on relights.
Smoke half a bowl, then let it sit overnight...
When he said, putting it down, the only thing that came to mind, is letting it sit over night.
Every blend I’ve smoked half a bowl of, then let it sit overnight, typically took on a more robust character.
When I put a pipe down, if it’s for more than an hour, it gets dumped and I start over.
Nope.
If I put it down, I'm done with it.
Dottle/leftover tobacco gets dumped.
Pipe gets cleaned and put away
No leaving out pipes all over the house
A carry-over habit when I was smoking cigars exclusively for 15 years
Relighting a cold cigar is a no-no (at least for me). Tastes like
I know others do differently, and even find that the flavour improves.
Different strokes
If I put it down, I'm done with it.
Dottle/leftover tobacco gets dumped.
Pipe gets cleaned and put away
No leaving out pipes all over the house
A carry-over habit when I was smoking cigars exclusively for 15 years
Relighting a cold cigar is a no-no (at least for me). Tastes like
I know others do differently, and even find that the flavour improves.
Different strokes
I have one of my many assistants take the first 2 puffs on a re lit pipe to tell me hoe it’s smoking, i just does, with the chance of harshness
Through the work day I'll have a large pipe on my golf cart that I keep loaded up and puff on in-between running service request. It might sit for anywhere between 5-50 mins before lighting again. The few times where I've let it sit 3 or more hours it definitely goes stale and ashy.
When I started with pipes and had no technique I'd get the wood pretty hot and had to let it cool down for about half an hour. Now I barely put it down because I don't like it when the pipe just sits there.
It either has to be in use or be cleaned up and put where I belongs.
Perhaps I knocked it over and spilled the ashes on my table one too many times.
It either has to be in use or be cleaned up and put where I belongs.
Perhaps I knocked it over and spilled the ashes on my table one too many times.
I will on occasion set a pipe down for 1/2 hour or overnight. I’ve never noticed it to be harsh when I relit it later, I mean unless a spider built a web in there overnight.
Never finish a pipe at one sitting. Will smoke for a bit, put it down, and come back to it later. May be a span of hours to days. Typically, will dump the ash before re-lighting. Do this till the end of the bowl. I could have two or three in some stage of progress.
A bit contrary to others, I find putting a bowl down for a few hours can have a harsh effect sometimes. Just depends on the initial moisture of the tobacco for me. If it's thouroughly(more like very) dried and I attempt to smoke a bit, it's best finished in a few hours from light up. I find waiting 5 hours or more just dries out largely what was already dried to begin with, and it usually never gets better or smoother.
Though I mostly smoke Englishes. Virginia combos seem to hold up well as well as Burleys for waiting for later, when I did smoke Burleys. Aros will change as the additives seemingly evaporate and leave you with normal tasting tobacco. Subjectivety and all. Your mileage will vary.
Though I mostly smoke Englishes. Virginia combos seem to hold up well as well as Burleys for waiting for later, when I did smoke Burleys. Aros will change as the additives seemingly evaporate and leave you with normal tasting tobacco. Subjectivety and all. Your mileage will vary.
When I light up a pipe I expect to finish it. I am not a fan of relighting pipes as they taste ashy to me.
I rarely find any problem in putting down a pipe for an extended period.
I always smoke a pipe with the intention of finishing it in one sitting. If I put it down I'm generally done with it. There have been a few occasions where the pipe has sat for 30 minutes or so before I got back to it. The pipe smoked just fine.
Other that the difficulty of handling a small pipe, I smoke overly large pipes to enjoy a very long or to smoke off and on at work between assignments and breaks.