Question About Rotation

[Michigan_Bill]

you'll find that its a bad habit that grows and messes with your wallet
If you are a pipe smoker now - you definitely need a good briar, a cob and or a meerschaum
that'll do ya

Clays are fun too!

 

[MARC52]

I have 1 pipe in rotation and a couple of new and unsmoked in reserve. I just don't see the need for more than one pipe when I only smoke a few bowls a day, usually a bowl in the morning and 1 or 2 in the evening. My one pipe is well maintained, well seasoned and consistently delivers a dry, sweet smoke. Sometimes less is more, and I think this rings true for me at the moment.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I have 1 pipe in rotation and a couple of new and unsmoked in reserve. I just don't see the need for more than one pipe when I only smoke a few bowls a day, usually a bowl in the morning and 1 or 2 in the evening. My one pipe is well maintained, well seasoned and consistently delivers a dry, sweet smoke. Sometimes less is more, and I think this rings true for me at the moment.

I don't blame you - maintenance on more than one is a bitch when unnecessary

 

[saltedplug]

'embers is a smoking pro. I think if he is conscious he has a pipe in his clench. So for him to say that he feels a pipe performs well after smoking it for several weeks is saying something.

 

[bullet08]

35 or so pipes. I rotate all of them in a month or so. Then there are 7 cobs on top of that that I use for OTC. And 6 Morgan Bones that I rarely use. Oh, those 35 are Peterson. I only know how many because I had to count during the move.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I am trying to stay below 10 pipes a day, and my goal is just 6. But, I smoke from a different pipe each time, unless I am traveling. But, I will sometimes grab 10 fresh ones the next day, but some just sing better for a particular blend for me, so those get smoked more frequently while I have that blend open. Intry to smoke them all within a few weeks, but I have so many. Some, I’ve even forgotten about, till I find it in a drawer. The hazards of having over 100 pipes.

 

[saltedplug]

It's cute that old men can live off Oreos for weeks , and if they're pipesmokers, have so many pipes that they can't keep up with them.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Easily fixed. Pipes can take a lot more abuse than some give them credit for.

Agreed. I recommend everyone have 5 or 6 pipes but last year Didi smoked the same pipe every day as an experiment with no down sides. My uncle, the one who got me into pipe smoking, had 3 pipes and smoked them every day.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

For the most part I smoke five different tobaccos ,
I have two pipes for each, I clean them out after every smoke with a pipe cleaner dipped in filtered water, wipe out with a paper towel and leave on an open window sill for two days.
I'm starting to find that three days is even better, so I'm thinking to build up to 15 pipes.
It's not a question of doing what people say one should do, but a case of what tastes good and what tastes crap.
If a smoker can't taste the difference between a clean pipe and a fouled up one, that's fine for them, or hopefully it's more that they prefer the taste when it's like that.
As long as one enjoys smoking that's all that matters. Find what works for you.