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Old 07-30-2008, 11:18 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: breaking in a pipe

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Originally Posted by guevara View Post
Do I just smoke half a bowl full. Leave it 24 hours, then start smoking full bowls.

Thanks in Advance.
If you have a brand new pipe, it could take a while to break the puppy in. Start with 1/3 bowls, about 5 or 6 of them. Once a day or twice a day with a break in between is fine, but don't smoke them back to back, give the briar a chance to dry/breathe between smokes. Keep the pipe on a desk or table to air out, vertical with bowl down preferrably, never in a drawer or box.

Then 2/3 bowls again 5 or 6 of those. Same rest, don't push the pipe too hard.

Finally go for a full bowl, be sure to smoke it down to the bottom the first several times. A day rest between bowls is a nice break for the briar, don't want to get it saturated or stinky.

After about 5 to 10 full bowls, the pipe should start smoking dryer and cooler. Be patient, like a new girlfriend/wife/husband, pipes take time to tame and break in
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