Question about resting pipes

[exterminatewho]

Hi guys quick question about resting your pipes. So let's say I smoke my briar or cob once on Monday. Do I need to rest it all day Tuesday and smoke it again on Wednesday? Or can I smoke it 24 hours later on Tuesday? I only have 4 pipes and I smoke about 4 bowls per day so I need to know if I need more pipes.

 

[aldecaker]

Resting pipes is for optimal freshness, so it's really entirely up to you. Remember, there are more than a few smokers with only one pipe, and the pipe only rests overnight while they are sleeping. I often smoke the same pipe two or three days in a row with no ill effects; if your palate is so sensitive that you can tell a difference, then by all means rest for a couple of days. Mine tend to go more stale for not smoking them often enough.

 

[bentbob]

Personal choice, I think. If you have an acute sense of taste, clean and rest the pipe regularly. I don't have a hightened sense of taste and therefore I have several pipes in which I'll smoke three or four bowls a day for two or three days successively. One of these pipes I've had for nearly 40 years now and it is one of the best smokers I own. Perversely I do treat some of my more expensive or rarer pipes with more care though, simply because I paid more money for them.
When I first started smoking a pipe I owned only one and smoked that every day for at least six months. I never put a pipe cleaner through it either. That pipe was still a good smoke several years later.
If you want to clean and rest the pipe after every smoke, do so. All that matters is what gives you a pleasurable smoke.

 

[exterminatewho]

Okay. Thanks for the advice. I think I was overthinking it because of some posts I read on the forums were emphasizing the rest period after smoking a bowl or two.

 

[prairiedruid]

Most of my cobs are everyday smokers, just run a pipe cleaner thru it and it's all set for the next day.

 

[aldecaker]

This place is a fertile garden for overthinking, but I guess if we were just casual pipe smokers, we wouldn't be on a forum for pipe nuts.

 

[toobfreak]

My goal is to collect 365 pipes, one for each day of the year. ::

 

[mso489]

Just in terms of resting pipes, you don't need many. For these purposes, you might use a few more, and MM cobs would be fine. My dad smoked his pipe most of the day for many years, only smoked Granger, and never had more than one pipe at a time, so resting pipes is a negotiable matter. On the other hand, having too many pipes myself -- scores -- I'm always glad to not have to think about resting them. I don't even have two bowls in a pipe the same day, but just go to a different pipe, to keep them all in use as much as possible. If you had seven pipes, they'd get a week's rest in rotation, which is all any pipe needs.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

There are enough pipes here to follow some arbitrary 24 hour rest period but in my experience it's not necessary. Average at least ten bowls a day and have done that with one pipe for days at time. Fifty bowls or more from the same pipe in a week never led to any problems for me, might go through a handful of q tips and a few pipe cleaners in that time. I enjoy tobacco that doesn't leave any puddles or goop so maybe pipes smoked hard/wet could use the recuperation time. Cobs and Meers get run back to back though.

 

[didimauw]

I ONLY rest mine when they get wet in the bottom of the bowl. Usually after 7 or 8 bowls back to back. Then rest for only a few hours. I have two pipes I smoke really often, usually all day long.

 

[exterminatewho]

Wow. Okay so I guess I'll smoke as much as I want until I feel like the pipes need some rest.

 

[exterminatewho]

Thanks everyone for your.02

 

[didache]

deniz - In forums at least I rarely have seen so much concentrated common sense and wisdom than in your post. Outstanding.

 

[madox07]

deniz I like your answer. And I also agree that this place is a fertile ground for overthinking stuff. The more I smoke pipe, the more I realize ... we should keep it simple and enjoyable. Whatever works for a man works for him and that shouldn't be a problem. Personally I don't rest cobs, and whenever I am out of town and carry only one pipe with me, I smoke that pipe every day ... the smoking experience doesn't seem to be affected. I do rest the pipe when I get home, but that's because I have gotten used to doing that, not because experience has taught me the benefit of resting. I must admit, not resting your pipe may require a thorough cleaning more often, but than again ... it also depends on how well you clean your pipe after each smoke. Some people say you must rest your pipes, others say you don't necessarily have to ... what is the truth? Whatever works for you, sir ... give it a try, experiment, see what happens, see if you notice any change in taste if you smoke a pipe day in and day out ..

 

[akfilm]

Each of my pipes is different. Some I pack and repack and keep smoking, some need a full two days to rest to make me happy. Most are once a day smokes and I rest them overnight. It's ranges per pipe and my personal preference

 

[instymp]

deniz.. amen

 

[smokeyweb]

Pipes don't need rest... people with jobs need rest! Pipes help people with jobs rest! Be the master of your pipe... not a slave to it!

 

[johnbarleycorn]

I was going to comment but I think this question has been answered. So do what you like.

 

[jpmcwjr]

And like what you do!
Horses for courses, and tally-ho!

 

[dragospiper]

I heard most people suggest you rest the pipe at least 24 hours for freshness and taste. I'm a beginner and only have one pipe so I'm thinking of getting a corn cob pipe so I rotate between my Brigham and cob. I also heard cobs are able to be smoked way more often than briar and don't really need too long of a resting period.