Resting A Briar

[spike]

I’ve been smoking a pipe 50 years. My rotation is to smoke the same pipe two consecutive days, 2-3 bowls each day. I space those daily bowls so they completely cool off between smokes. Then it rests about three weeks. Works for me.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Works for me.

This is so true for much of pipe smoking.

 

[telescopes]

You will know when to stop and let it rest. You will know.

 

[instymp]

I smoke the same pipe ALL day, minimum of 10 bowls I clean after each smoke but I do not rest the pipe

Me too. but run a pipe cleaner through it when it tells me to. Not after every smoke. I should be ashamed.

 

[archerdarkpint]

Experience guides your happiness. "Cake the width of a dime; tobacco needs more moisture; rest a pipe for seven days; sliced apple in the pouch; don't fry bacon naked..."

"Do what works for you" has been the best advice for me.

 

[sokrates]

The advise I got from the guy at the tobacco shop where I bought my first pipe was I only need a second pipe if I want to smoke while the the other pipe is cooling down. I don't smoke that often and I still did not follow that advise as I have about 15 briars.

 

[Ziggywm]

I have many pipes - "variety is the spice of life" as they say plus when I worked in several pipe shops 50 yrs ago I had a case of PAD. I never smoke the same pipe twice in a day as it gives me an opportunity to enjoy my collection and the memories I associate with each one. I pick my pipe based on my mood and what I will be doing. I clean each pipe after smoking, which I think is the most important thing. Some smoke better then others. As well said here, do what fits you and what you like.

 

[cigrmaster]

When I get a new pipe in I fill the bowl to the top, and then smoke it to the bottom. I let it rest a day and then fill it to the top and smoke it to the bottom. I do this for 2-3 weeks and then check the cake inside the pipe. I want to see a nice hard cake building up. I only smoke flake tobacco and that builds a nice hard cake. If the cake isn't where I want it, I will smoke it for another week. Once I break in a pipe with a certain genre of tobacco, I am usually good to go. Sometimes I might change the genre and look for another. Other times I get a great combination and then I will only smoke one blend in it. No matter what pipe I smoke, I never smoke more than one bowl a day in any given pipe and I always let a pipe rest at least one day.

I clean the piss out of any pipe I smoke in a day as I will never smoke a dirty pipe. I have plenty of pipes, 50 something and I enjoy variety. I also never smoke the same blend more than once in a day. I like having every space in my racks full and ready to smoke at any given time. No I am not too anal.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Perhaps this is appropriate, my pipes are in Alabama from Monday through Friday afternoon resting. I don't tolerate any whining from late Friday through Sunday PM...LOL

 

[JimPM]

For my quality briars I usually pick a particular pipe (by the blend type I'm smoking) for the day. I will burn 3-4 bowls throughout the day.; letting the pipe cool sufficiently between sessions. At the end of the day, I make sure I clean the inside out with a series of pipe cleaners and wipe down stem and bowl with a soft microfiber cloth; no problems or excessive wear. Once a month I will apply wax to the same briar and stem oil (if needed) and thoroughly clean the shank and stem with vodka then distilled water using a bristle pipe cleaner/q-tips. Now my cobs, which are my casual daily smokers, I tend to run those harder. Cobs are a wonderful, inexpensive implements that can take a beating. Generally with proper care you're good to smoke your briar multiple times per day IMO.

 

[aurorasofautumn]

To each his own!
The only way of knowing is to just try out what works best for you. You certainly don't have to worry about ruining your pipe, but in my experience not letting your pipes rest will have a substantial effect on the taste of the tobacco you are smoking. Depending on the individual pipe not even a whole day of rest will do in my experience. So I let my pipes rest for 2-3 days at the least. Then again, I seem to be in the minority with my way of going about things.
Happy smoking to y'all.

 

[thedoc333]

I notice that when I let my pipe dry after a smoke, It will smoke drier

 

[mawnansmiff]

I can think of no logical reason to warrant the 'resting' of a pipe.

Assuming it is either briar or meerschaum then both of these materials are perfectly suitable to being smoked day in and day out just so long as a proper cleaning routine is followed between smokes.

That's my two pence worth anyway

Regards,

Jay.

 

[kcghost]

I've always given my pipes a days rest after smoking them. And I do run a pipe cleaner through the stem and around the bowl to keep it clean.

 

[Fiddlepiper]

If I’m at home, I’ll chop and change bowl to bowl. Different pipe each time because I can.

When I’m out and about, I’m not carrying loads of pipes about with me so I smoke either the same one or flip between two.

I don’t consciously think about resting pipes. And not noticed a difference between quality of experience either way.

 

[Derby]

You’re supposed to clean pipes ?? ?

 

[Ethan]

You’re supposed to clean pipes ?? ?

....some people on here probably wash their cars too. It's a slippery slope once you start doing that stuff

 

[bullet08]

Briar needs to be pampered. Only the finest cotton from Giza would do.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Briar needs to be pampered. Only the finest cotton from Giza would do.

It sure does.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I space out smokes on my pipes only because I have a large enough quantity that I want them all to get attention. I also wouldn't hesitate to smoke the same pipe all day long for an extended period if I wanted or needed to.