Resting A Briar
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A wee pipe like that. Smoke it as much as you wish. Many pipe smokers only own one pipe, smoke it daily, one bowl after the other. Just keep it clean. It all depends on who you wish to emulate. Many insist on "resting" a pipe after a days use. Some assign a blend to a pipe. Others can be anal with regard to how they treat their smoking implements. You paid for it. Enjoy.
Maybe run a pipe cleaner through it after each smoke and wipe the bowl out with a twisted up paper towel, then repack and smoke away! Pipes are tougher than you think. It’ll be fine. Enjoy.
I smoke all of mine multiple times per day for a week, sometimes much longer, before rotating but I clean them after each smoke. Yours will be fine.?
This advice speaks to me.. thanks.. I thought I wanted to assign blends and did that a while. But I hate my own indecision when I want to smoke. I've cut back on blends, and now pipes are next naturally suppose. So cleaning it...after each bowl or once a day etc? Any advice on that if I were using it more than once a day? And to what extent? Any suggestions are appreciated.
Amazing pipe! It should be fine for a handful of bowls a day. You may check to see that there isn’t moisture pooling in the bowl/stem, but even that would take a while to ruin a pipe. As mentioned earlier- a pipe cleaner through it and around the bowl should do the trick.
I disassemble them after each smoke, run a pipe cleaner through the stem and draft hole, wipe the mortise with a Qtip, wipe out the chamber with a paper towel, and reassemble it to be ready for the next smoke.
If I were to smoke the same pipe more than once a day, I'd do exactly what the Cap'n does. That's basically what I do with mine, except that I wash the stem in the sink with dish soap and water and then leave it to dry over an upside down cup on the rack.
If you're not dedicating a pipe, avoid the fabled cake: less chance of ghosting if you don't build any and religiously wipe vigorously the chamber with a paper towel after each smoke to remove all traces of ash, tobacco, and carbon. Hell, if you are dedicating a pipe, avoid the cake also.
If you're not dedicating a pipe, avoid the fabled cake: less chance of ghosting if you don't build any and religiously wipe vigorously the chamber with a paper towel after each smoke to remove all traces of ash, tobacco, and carbon. Hell, if you are dedicating a pipe, avoid the cake also.
Smoke it as often or as hard as you like. They are strong little tools.
What would you do had you never heard that it important to rest a pipe?
I find that when I get into something new I tend to obcess over maintaining. Over time I come to realize it's just a thing to use and enjoy. When I just focus on enjoyment, the thing starts to take on the nature of a companion.
That said, I do not abuse anything intentionally. It's just my nature that I came to from my grandfather.
I find that when I get into something new I tend to obcess over maintaining. Over time I come to realize it's just a thing to use and enjoy. When I just focus on enjoyment, the thing starts to take on the nature of a companion.
That said, I do not abuse anything intentionally. It's just my nature that I came to from my grandfather.
I have a good number of pipes...mostly what it comes down to for me is which one do I want to smoke right now. Whether or not it is well rested is of little to no concern. I am not well rested most of the time either so...
For me a clean pipe tastes best. If multiple bowls don’t alter that for you, I wouldn’t worry about the pipe. It’ll probably outlive us all.
I smoke the same pipe ALL day, minimum of 10 bowls I clean after each smoke but I do not rest the pipe
I'm going to offer a little different opinion. Yes, Briar is tough and can absorb some abuse, however, it does also absorb moisture. This is why you rest a pipe. Will not resting HURT the pipe? Probably not, but if you dont allow time for that moisture to evaporate it can AFFECT the pipe. If you continually impart moisture without allowing it to dry out you run the risk of the pipe getting sour. Cleaning after each smoke will delay this, but not prevent it. I follow the 1 day of rest per bowls smoked formula. It works for me.
The density that makes it burn resistant also make it very non absorbent. During early water cleaning discussions, a few members soaked stummels in water for long periods of time and any weight gained by absorbed moisture was non existent to negligible.
In thirty years I've never had that happen. I still think that was a marketing myth to sell pipe sweetener. Keep a pipe clean and such products are unnecessary.
Keep it dry and keep on puffing. The only time I rest a pipe is when I want to smoke another.