Re: Breaking in the ol'e pipe
Apparently I am one of the few who takes the long way about things. I either buy estate pipes or I do this:
First bowl: Coat inside of pipe in honey. Fill 1/3, smoke slowly. Let rest overnight afterward.
Second bowl: Coat inside of pipe in honey. Fill 2/3, smoke slowly. Let rest overnight afterward.
Third bowl: Coat inside of pipe in honey. Fill full, smoke slowly. Let rest overnight afterward.
Fourth & Fifth bowls: Fill full. No honey. Smoke slowly.
I find this builds up the cake without dealing with that nasty new-pipe flavor. For somebody like me, who smokes a couple of bowls a day, this ensures that there is a good cake built up before the pipe hits regular rotation and gets smoked way too often.
Custom Pipe Maker TC Fuller told me to do this.
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