Just started smoking a curved tobacco pipe

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Trouty said:
How do I clean the inside? I've been scraping the crap out of it with this three-piece tool. Getting all that hard resin. Is it more of a light scrape?
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Use pipe cleaners on the stem, leave the bowl alone except a light scrape to get rid of loose ashes. You want that build-up, that's what helps season it.

Since I'm new to this, should I stick to a single pipe now while I learn to smoke? I'm actually having a pipe right now :)
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Yeah, you can just stick to one for now. If you are going to regularly smoke different types/brands, it's best to have a different one for those.

Thanks, so much, Fritsch.
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No problem bro, enjoy!
 
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Update*

Just ordered 8oz's of Sweet Vanilla and 8oz's of a golden Cavendish from Cup of Joes (NY brick and mortar tobacco shop).

Also ordered a nice new pipe and some rubber mouth pieces since I clamp down on the stem and have jacked up my Scotte curved a tad.

This Scotte is fully broken in, now. Smoking Bella Vanilla right now, but it's more of a cognac Vanilla than a true Vanilla and still makes my upstairs TV room smell like ham LOL

Can't wait for my new order. Oh, whomever suggested my fire tongue was from not having a broken in pipe (maybe it was @Fritsch_the_cat), you were absolutely right.

Woot! :starspin::star:
 
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Idgit said:
Brother in law smokes briars, and has a couple of meerschaums in his collection. I've stopped at cigars, since pipes are a lot less healthy, but they're damn cool, though. And smell great.
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Cup O' Joes, a brick and mortar out of NY sells both of these pipe styles.

I just ordered a fine curved, Idgit. I already have one but I clench down on the mouth piece, leaving bite marks and chips, so I ordered another.

Gonna get a meerschaum next, I think.
 
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Trouty said:
Scotte brand, curved oak with ebony mouthpiece. Very fine tobacco. Law IQ as vouched for/recommended by a friend who has been smoking (this brand tobacco) for some time. Very mellow and very delightful.

Anyone else smoke a pipe? I'm not using, either, bowl or stem filters. Just straight smoking. A pure, robust draw as it would be a cigar, albeit not quite as strong. Zero filters.

I did some research this afternoon on some well-populated pipe message boards; this subject seems divided amongst pipe smokers. Hence my wanting feedback.

I want to venture out into other pipe tobaccos. Any suggestions? Also, lighters? Zippo? Bic? Match? I've read from enthusiasts advocating all. What do you use?

I was smoking cigars, but at $50-60/day, it just got too expensive. (Someone start a cigar thread, I have a lot of feedback, LOL :))

Please, keep weed and such out of this thread, this is a legit pipe tobacco thread for novices.

Danke :)
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Are you saying "elementary" a lot in a sentence???
 
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robbieruff said:
Are you saying "elementary" a lot in a sentence???
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Oh,ya! And jolly good show?
Ol'bean?
,,,and,,capital idea?
Are you wearing tweeds with the little casing-liner suede elbow patchs? Buying but not reading
Leather bound books?
And admiring your trusty Webley .44 bulldog pug revolver, that's faithfully served you so very well in the days of old?o_O
:lmao::lmao2::lmao:
 
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Melonfeud said:
Oh,ya! And jolly good show?
Ol'bean?
,,,and,,capital idea?
Are you wearing tweeds with the little casing-liner suede elbow patchs? Buying but not reading
Leather bound books?
And admiring your trusty Webley .44 bulldog pug revolver, that's faithfully served you so very well in the days of old?o_O
:lmao::lmao2::lmao:
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And let's not forget the spats...wouldn't be right without those!?!

:laugh::lmao::lmao2:
 
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Just got my new pipe, it's gorgoues. Also 16 oz's of tobacco, 8 of pure vanilla and 8 of gold cavendish.

It's gonna be hell breaking this in.

Also got these rubber clamp down pieces for the end of the stem. I like them, sorta, but I find myself biting down harder now.

I actually enjoyed clamping down on the stem of my other curved. Also, this curved is far less curved than my original. But the wood work is gorgoues on this one.
 
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Beware the fire tongue! LOL.

Have you done any research to see if there is a way to break a new one in other than smoking it? Not something I've ever had to do, both of mine are "estate pipes'.
 
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Fritsch_the_cat said:
Beware the fire tongue! LOL.

Have you done any research to see if there is a way to break a new one in other than smoking it? Not something I've ever had to do, both of mine are "estate pipes'.
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Yes. But it doesn't correlate to tongue bite (what I call "fire tongue"). You want to soak your bowl in a fine dark rum for about a day (24 hrs). You can use water, too.

As an aside, I've read that estate pipes are for more advanced smokers. Just because of the prep it takes to break them back in and removal of old tastes.

I'm still new to this, but I've been reading a lot on Reddit, Fritsch. I'm buying a block meerschaum next :)
 
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Trouty said:
As an aside, I've read that estate pipes are for more advanced smokers. Just because of the prep it takes to break them back in and removal of old tastes.
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Meh, I wouldn't let that intimidate me. Look it up on-line, it's not that complicated unless you want to re-finish the outside. I wasn't concerned with looks on mine, but one is sterling silver clad, so all I needed to do was polish it up a bit, and the other was very lightly used and in good shape.

They have tools called bowl reamers, that seemed a bit extreme to me since they basically take the bowl down to new wood. Didn't see the need for that myself. After giving the bowl a good scraping with my pipe cleaning tool I used some wet/dry sandpaper inside the bowl to get rid of old residue. Worked it and the stem over with pipe cleaners dipped in good vodka to clean the old buildup inside them. Most places recommend using Everclear, but I saw a suggestion to never use crappy liquor to clean your pipe, use the good stuff, which made sense. The stem on the silverclad had some teeth marks. I used the wet/dry paper on it. Didn't worry about removing all of the marks, just wanted to make sure someone else's mouth gunk wasn't on there.

Pretty simple really so I'd say don't be afraid to buy a used estate pipe if you find one at a yard sell or something. The amount of cleaning however will depend on how much the pipe was used and what shape it's in. You can also buy estate pipes on-line that have already been professionally refurbished, they can be pricey though. I'm a cheapskate myself. My silverclad I bought in a $2 box lot at an auction and the other one I found in my deceased uncles stuff when I was helping my aunt move stuff. Neither were expensive pipes anyway. One is an old Medico and the other is a Yorkshire Royal. They smoke just fine for my money.
 
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Fritsch_the_cat said:
Meh, I wouldn't let that intimidate me. Look it up on-line, it's not that complicated unless you want to re-finish the outside. I wasn't concerned with looks on mine, but one is sterling silver clad, so all I needed to do was polish it up a bit, and the other was very lightly used and in good shape.

They have tools called bowl reamers, that seemed a bit extreme to me since they basically take the bowl down to new wood. Didn't see the need for that myself. After giving the bowl a good scraping with my pipe cleaning tool I used some wet/dry sandpaper inside the bowl to get rid of old residue. Worked it and the stem over with pipe cleaners dipped in good vodka to clean the old buildup inside them. Most places recommend using Everclear, but I saw a suggestion to never use crappy liquor to clean your pipe, use the good stuff, which made sense. The stem on the silverclad had some teeth marks. I used the wet/dry paper on it. Didn't worry about removing all of the marks, just wanted to make sure someone else's mouth gunk wasn't on there.

Pretty simple really so I'd say don't be afraid to buy a used estate pipe if you find one at a yard sell or something. The amount of cleaning however will depend on how much the pipe was used and what shape it's in. You can also buy estate pipes on-line that have already been professionally refurbished, they can be pricey though. I'm a cheapskate myself. My silverclad I bought in a $2 box lot at an auction and the other one I found in my deceased uncles stuff when I was helping my aunt move stuff. Neither were expensive pipes anyway. One is an old Medico and the other is a Yorkshire Royal. They smoke just fine for my money.
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Awesome stuff, Fritsch! Thanks for the great feedback.

Hey bud, how often do you smoke your pipes? I'm up to about three bowls a day, now.
 
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I miss you guys.

I almost burnt down my kitchen tonight :(

Thought a cigar butt was unlit and dumped it in a wastebasket I use only for cigar butts and pipe ash and took off for Target. I keep this trashhcan in a cabinet beneath my sink. Came home and smoke was billowing out of the cabinet. The trashcan melted on one side and part of the wood took decent damage.

Could've been worse. But my whole downstairs smells like a campfire. I used two fabreeze air fresheners to no avail.

I miss you guys.
 
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