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Breaking in a pipe

LasabarLasabar Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,457
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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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  • J.S.J.S. Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 751
    I know of people who smoke the end of a cigar in a pipe. I myself have never tried it. However, the break in period is, in my opinion, not the time to try it. First, unless you have a pre-carboned pipe you really do need to get some cake on it. Second, briar, which I assume you are smoking, does ghost so I like to start with a more neutral tobacco like a non-aromatic VA or burly blend and then once the cake has formed a little I go to what I am planing on smoking. Also, while I have no way to verify it, I have heard that cigars burn hotter then pipe tobacco on average. It may be an old wives tale but I would not want to chance it on a brand new pipe, especially one that had no pre-carbon coating on it to start with.
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  • xmacroxmacro Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,402
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  • phobicsquirrelphobicsquirrel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,349
    Mine has a great cake but I have a damn hard time keeping the f'ing thing lit. Goes out after a few puffs. I take slow long draws even short ones and after a few minutes it goes out. Pisses me off.
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  • Andrew DzikoskiAndrew Dzikoski BlogAdministrator, Everyone, ForumsAdministrator, Moderator, Owners, Registered Users, Trusted Users Posts: 338
    Might be the blend your smoking once you have the bowl packed down a bit and you feel its starting to go out hold your thumb over the bowl and just let a little air in as your puff that should help you relight things.
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  • KCWKCW Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,253
    Noob Question: I'm breaking out my Barling. Is there any way to tell if I have F'd it up already (ruined it)?
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  • phobicsquirrelphobicsquirrel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,349
    Andrew Dzikoski:
    Might be the blend your smoking once you have the bowl packed down a bit and you feel its starting to go out hold your thumb over the bowl and just let a little air in as your puff that should help you relight things.
    I'll try that Andy, thanks.
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  • LasabarLasabar Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,457
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