Rotations?

[OneGoodBulldog]

So now that I've got a few pipes and can let them rest I'm wondering how everyone else is doing in their rotation and what, if any, new pipes you're looking at.

I've only got three pipes, but I feel a lot better about my resting periods for each briar. I'm cleaning, or planning to, about once a week - maybe a Sunday chore?

And this brings me to my next point. Six pipes for a seven day week and don't smoke for one day. So I've got three more pipes to go! I'm thinking I will get a cob and one more basket pipe but then the final pipe should be a good one. The sort of pipe you take the time to think about before you even think about thinking about buying it. Probably an Ashton, we share a name and I'm about as old as any highly sought after Ashton pipe so...

Anyway, now I'm just dithering on for the sake of chatting while smoking. What does your rotation look like and are you planning on adding to it or changing things up?

Cheers!

 

[haparnold]

I have 2-3 dozen pipes, of which about 6-7 get regularly smoked. I don’t rotate beyond avoiding smoking a pipe two days in a row. I don’t think there’s any evidence that I’m protecting my pipes by giving ‘em a day off; it’s just a habit.

 

[mso489]

I have 92 pipes last count, so they all get a good long rest. I try to smoke them all, if not in strict sequence. Some probably bid to be smoked more often, and a few probably get smoked a little less, but the concept is, equal time. I've culled every few years, trading off pipes I smoke less toward store credit to get something I prefer, and it makes it easier to resist PAD when I can smoke one similar to the one I'd eyeing. I do have to resist "saving" my up up-market treasures. Sometimes I'll have a day or two when I smoke only those, if they haven't been smoked lately. I have the original six or eight pipes I started with; those are not options for trading off, including my first pipe, the bent pot St. Ives that was a Tinderbox house pipe, and is still a beauty going strong. I think you do right to save up for a special pipe to crown your rotation. However, I do get remarkable smokes out of my cobs and some great old factory pipes like Kaywoodie, Benton, Dr. Grabow, and Yello-Bole, which can be surprisingly fine smokers.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

mso489, I have to agree with you about the factory pipes. Not to knock on Brigham but the finish on my 316 just isn't as nice as the finish on their Capri brand pipe I got for half the price. In fact, I'm at a loss as to why the basket pipe didn't make the cut, it's gorgeous and smokes just fine! Same thing with my latest pipe, an unknown Bulldog. It's finely sandblasted and again, smokes just fine. No idea who made it, but they did a good job.

There is no denying the 316 is a great pipe and a good smoker, that distillator filter is pretty finely fit in the shank and stem - there is no doubt about the quality! But in the same breath, the basket pipes smoke just as well. Mind you this is a rookie comparison between a hundred dollar pipe and a forty dollar pipe. I'm sure a higher quality Brigham would be a different comparison!

 

[mso489]

I've never worked in a pipe shop, but from buying several basket pipes over the years, I think these are sometimes just inventory the owner wants to move, maybe seeded in with some definitely cheap and roughly made pipes. I've found several good pipes in baskets, two Savinelli that were unfinished but well made, and now have finished themselves in a find glossy walnut gloss, just from smoking them over the years. Once you develop an eye for it, you can pick out the better pipes fairly quickly.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I smoke the same pipe multiple times per day for a week or more at a time before switching to another. Rotation's a bit of a marketing gimmick.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

Yes, not like my first pipe! Had no idea what I was getting into, thought it was enough that a tobacconist should have quality stuff, unfortunately I was wrong. I got what turned out to be a Danish freehand style pipe with rusticated panels and a plastic bit. The finish on the rim bubbled off on the first light and the paper thin plastic stem cracked after a few rookie clenches! They also had to take a few tries at the drill holes! I attribute this to being unable to handle the pipe in that shop due to covid rules. All the other ones I got to handle and take apart.

I think I'll use this pipe for cannabis since now I'm not frying my tongue with twenty-five cigarettes a day everything else I smoke seems too hot! And you know despite being such an awfully made pipe, it still holds a cherry.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

I smoke the same pipe multiple times per day for a week or more at a time before switching to another. Rotation's a bit of a marketing gimmick.

I'm willing to accept that, but then again it's not the worst marketing gimmick to get caught up in!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I think I'll use this pipe for cannabis since now I'm not frying my tongue with twenty-five cigarettes a day everything else I smoke seems too hot! And you know despite being such an awfully made pipe, it still holds a cherry.

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[warren]

One briar per day, multiple bowls (5-8). That pipe rests, usually until Sunday when I clean pipes. Multiple meerschaums during the day simply because I wish to. They withstand multiple bowls easily.

think I'll use this pipe for cannabis

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[Old School 3319]

I have about 20 pipes but I stick with 3 or 4 Dr Grabows most of the time. I smoke multiple bowls out of each everyday. I will get a wild hair and use another from time to time

 

[HitchensDog]

I have 16 pipes and don't plan on adding any more any time soon. Two meerschaums, four cobs, one clay, the rest briars. Out of those two are Grabows and one a Medico. The remaining briars are all in the $50 - $100 range. I don't think I smoke the same pipe more than once per week. (I smoke one bowl a day usually). So I do have a rotation of sorts. No two pipes are the same so I have a nice variety.

 

[edger]

So now that I've got a few pipes and can let them rest I'm wondering how everyone else is doing in their rotation and what, if any, new pipes you're looking at.

I've only got three pipes, but I feel a lot better about my resting periods for each briar. I'm cleaning, or planning to, about once a week - maybe a Sunday chore?

And this brings me to my next point. Six pipes for a seven day week and don't smoke for one day. So I've got three more pipes to go! I'm thinking I will get a cob and one more basket pipe but then the final pipe should be a good one. The sort of pipe you take the time to think about before you even think about thinking about buying it. Probably an Ashton, we share a name and I'm about as old as any highly sought after Ashton pipe so...

Anyway, now I'm just dithering on for the sake of chatting while smoking. What does your rotation look like and are you planning on adding to it or changing things up?

Cheers!

Get yourself a Falcon. No resting required-just a piece of tissue.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

Get yourself a Falcon. No resting required-just a piece of tissue.

This is not a bad idea.

 

[cigrmaster]

I just got my collection to around 55 pipes or so and still need another 5-10 to move out. I hate owning pipes that I don't smoke and just look at them. I smoke one blend in one bowl and then clean it real good. and never smoke the same blend or pipe in a day. I let the pipe dry for a day or 2 at the minimum. I like knowing that the next pipe I plan on smoking is going to be clean and dry.

About every 8-10 years I redo my collection as my tastes change and it is fun to collect new stuff.
My tobacco choices rarely if ever change as I built my cellar years ago with blends I know I will like for a long time. I have about 41 different blends in my cellar and that gives me plenty of variety. The idea about having a hundred blends or more and 100 plus pipes is just too much work for me. I am a lazy smoker. I know what kinds of pipes I like and same goes for tobacco.
The guys with hundreds of pipes and hundreds of different blends are impressive as I can barely keep track if what is in my current collection.

 

[STP]

I have seasonal themed pipes that I’ll rotate in, but otherwise it’s purely what I’m in the mood to smoke and duration.

 

[saltedplug]

You were talking Ashton, in my mind an excellent bet. Jimmy Craig makes a great pipe, and adore his traditional shapes and conservative finishes, all at a modest price.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Get yourself a Falcon. No resting required-just a piece of tissue.

Same applies to any pipe. Clean them after each smoke and resting isn't necessary.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I have somewhere around 70 pipes. Reality is that 20 of them primarily carry the load.

 

[ChuckMijo]

I have 13 pipes, but really smoke 5 of them anymore. I will smoke the same pipe everyday, a few bowls a day, for a week or better. When I want another pipe, I’ll put it down and do the same thing over.