So when I first began, I used to see pipes with BLACK rims, thinking surely this is how this is supposed to look. In fact, I at first AIMED TO GET SOME CHAR ON THE RIM. I didn't know that was so harmful, and I remember when I got my first decent pipe (A Peterson Killarney Fishtail) I thought to myself, "Rim looks too clean..."
I now know that was the dumbest thing I could have ever thought of, along with my original thinking that all pipe tobacco was low in nicotine (Don't know where that came from, but one bout with Fire Cured Kentucky in Peterson Irish Whiskey cleared that thinking).
To say that, I have finally reached a point where rim char is an uncommon thing for me, and if I see it beginning, I quickly get it off. I've learned to treat my pipes with a higher reverence than just lighting and puffing away and then storing haphazardly in an empty cigar box.
It's very interesting to think of how far I've come in treating my pipes better and better in the short time of a year, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this year of growing in the hobby!
Anybody have similar stories?
I now know that was the dumbest thing I could have ever thought of, along with my original thinking that all pipe tobacco was low in nicotine (Don't know where that came from, but one bout with Fire Cured Kentucky in Peterson Irish Whiskey cleared that thinking).
To say that, I have finally reached a point where rim char is an uncommon thing for me, and if I see it beginning, I quickly get it off. I've learned to treat my pipes with a higher reverence than just lighting and puffing away and then storing haphazardly in an empty cigar box.
It's very interesting to think of how far I've come in treating my pipes better and better in the short time of a year, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this year of growing in the hobby!
Anybody have similar stories?