I always do this. Smoke half a bowl and have to of set it down because the kids or dog or cat need something and I come back to it a day or two later. Tastes totally fine to me.
What about half-smoked bowls?
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I don't have a take, other than if it's been sitting around for longer than I think it should have, I dump it. Sometimes I just end up smoking half a bowl and dump it for whatever reason anyway. It's all a moving target - no rules! Haha, maybe that's a "take".
You started this - what's your take?
My take is that time had little to no effect on a bowl. I’ve come back days later to finish a smoke and it’s been quite enjoyable.
Smoke it or dump it, no big deal either way.
Good advice above about blowing back through and/or running a cleaner through airway if one knows it will be set down for a while.
Good advice above about blowing back through and/or running a cleaner through airway if one knows it will be set down for a while.
This fellow has been in it's case since late August I believe. Still had some Yoshimi's Out Shine in it and it's smoking just fine.
Not for me, feels like smoking an ashtray, not a pipe.
It's very simple. The next day you wake up and smoke it. If you like it, you keep smoking it; if you don't like it, you throw it away. I have no problem smoking it, even a week later. As they say here, cigars are another story. I wouldn't smoke one the next day, even if it's cut, because the ash aftertaste is horrible.
I'm a tight arse so I smoke it all, take no prisoners I say......
I think this is the bottom line for me,if it tastes good, I smoke it. I won't suffer through a bowl just to burn it up.
With what y'all pay down there, one could hardly blame you!
I don't think many do to be honest mate, blackmarket and clandestine product is what everyone is smoking. Australia was founded on criminals and the Government just made us all criminals again because "they" think that "they" know what's best for us. Time to become ungovernable and that's what we are doing.
Regularly pick it up another day.
But I'm smoking stuff I really like lately.
But I'm smoking stuff I really like lately.
Pipes are unlike cigars in this regard. You can set down a pipe after it goes out and come back to it within a day (or perhaps even two days) and it will usually still be smokable and taste fine. Try that with a cigar... yuck! This is just one reason why I prefer pipes.
If there is excessive moisture in the bowl, however, this may not yield good results. Leaving a pipe cleaner in the pipe can help.
If there is excessive moisture in the bowl, however, this may not yield good results. Leaving a pipe cleaner in the pipe can help.
Often, I like the second half better.
I do this more often than smoking a bowl from beginning to end anymore. Once in a while, I have as many as three partially smoked bowls sitting in trays to enjoy later.
I do this more often than smoking a bowl from beginning to end anymore. Once in a while, I have as many as three partially smoked bowls sitting in trays to enjoy later.
For scientific purposes, I smoked the same bowl for 10 minutes per day for four days. It was a straight Virginia blend.
Day one: glorious
Day two: equally glorious, no diminishing returns.
Day three: great but maybe not glorious. Could have been psychological as I was waiting for it to roughen up.
Day four: nearly unsmokable. Really rough. Not quite ashy, but tasted like charred tobacco. Quite unpleasant. When I dumped it, I’d say there was just under half a bowl remaining.
Day one: glorious
Day two: equally glorious, no diminishing returns.
Day three: great but maybe not glorious. Could have been psychological as I was waiting for it to roughen up.
Day four: nearly unsmokable. Really rough. Not quite ashy, but tasted like charred tobacco. Quite unpleasant. When I dumped it, I’d say there was just under half a bowl remaining.