Breaking in a pipe
I know most have said that you must break in a pipe for it to really unleash it's potential. But question, can i start out with cigars and those that i like just finish the nub in the pipe to break it in? Is it just a layer of smoke and stain that make it break in? Or is it the heat or what? It'd be nice to smoke cigars and finish them in the pipe for a few months and then be able to just smoke it as best as possible after the fact.
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The cake in the bottom is the hardest to form, which is why most people recommend smoking about the 10 bowls with the pipe only 1/4 filled, to make sure you smoke close to the bottom and get that all-important bottom cake built up, the filling it 1/2, smoke 10 bowls, then fill it 3/4, smoke, then you're ready.
I've heard that that's the safe way to do it; you can always fill a new bowl to the rim, but in that case, since the briar is fresh and there's no cake, you really gotta smoke slow, make sure the bowl doesn't get too hot, and smoke the entire bowl to ash.
Also remember that briars need some time to air out; you probably won't damage a good briar if you don't, but it'll smoke acrid if you don't let it dry out for a day or so
Oh man, a bad cigar and you just chuck it...
I do have one question to ask all of you as I begin what I hope will become my third tobacco addiction. The pipes I'll be starting on are all cobs. (We felt this would be best for the price bracket and just in case I turn out not to like it.) What is the best way to break in a corn cob pipe?
I've read several articles and watched numerous videos. Each tends to be different in their overall opinion. Some say to only gravity feed the bowl until you build up a cake, others say stuff it and smoke, and other others say to line them with a fine coating of mud. The result is a confused and slightly overwhelmed newb.
What say you all? Should any extra care be given to these pipes, or should I simply treat them as I would a hardwood?
Just stuff it and enjoy.
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Nobody starts out perfect. I'll send enough you can afford to have several practice bowls. It's inevitable you will botch a few bowls of tobacco but pretty unlikely you will completely trash a pipe without some colossal blunder and we will all do our best to keep you on the straight and narrow. If you have any more questions, we are all here
I should have shared the info @Wylaff gave you in some of our earlier exchanges but sometimes my train of thought takes a dirt road
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...