Breaking in the ol'e pipe

[TheatyHannington]

Originally Posted by Pat1075

gently dampen the inside of the bowl with water no honey the honey will only serve to produce a soft cake and that won't do you any good The honey method was developed by yello bowl to make it a pain in the butt to break in pipes and sell their pre-honeyed pipes faster.
smoke 3-5 half bowl slow and steady all the way through no more than once per day
then 3-5 more 3/4 bowls slow and steady all the way through no more than once per day
then 3-5 full bowls slow and steady all the way through no more than once per day. This will produce a hard cake.
Then do as you will though I still strongly recommend smoking an individual pipe not more than once per day.

It's not any more of a pain in the butt than your method. I figure, if the person who made the pipe tells me to honey or syrup my brand new pipe that he just built, I'm going to trust him.

There are 2 types of cake? Soft and hard? This is new information to me. Tell me more.