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<blockquote data-quote="Dutch" data-source="post: 308475" data-attributes="member: 1387"><p>I clean after each smoke, unless I am breaking in a pipe. My theory on this is simple. Briar, corncobs, and meerschaum are pourous. That is one aspect of them all that makes them so well suited for burning tobacco. What goes in, either stays in or has to come back out.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you think about it, eventually every pipe is going to reach maximum capacity at some point. </p><p></p><p>Do you ever notice how when cleaning some estate pipes, you can go through an entire pack of cleaners, before you finally stop soiling them? It's because bowl after bowl was smoked in that pipe, and what went in, must come out.</p><p></p><p>I believe that it is much easier to get the majority of the tars and residue out of a pipe, and keep the majority of it out, by cleaning it after each bowl. I thing it was in Rick Newcombe's book that he discusses the pipe saturation aspect, and even with cleaning, a pipe will reach a point when the wood fibers are totally saturated. At some point, the pipe will become "full," and reach a point where it is unable to deliver a quality smoke. </p><p></p><p>I suppose, if a guy wants, he could just let a pipe fill up with residue, and when it fails to deliver a quality smoke he could just discard it and buy a replacement. It's just a personal preference really, because it's not like most pipe smokers are sharing their pipes with anyone else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dutch, post: 308475, member: 1387"] I clean after each smoke, unless I am breaking in a pipe. My theory on this is simple. Briar, corncobs, and meerschaum are pourous. That is one aspect of them all that makes them so well suited for burning tobacco. What goes in, either stays in or has to come back out. Now, if you think about it, eventually every pipe is going to reach maximum capacity at some point. Do you ever notice how when cleaning some estate pipes, you can go through an entire pack of cleaners, before you finally stop soiling them? It's because bowl after bowl was smoked in that pipe, and what went in, must come out. I believe that it is much easier to get the majority of the tars and residue out of a pipe, and keep the majority of it out, by cleaning it after each bowl. I thing it was in Rick Newcombe's book that he discusses the pipe saturation aspect, and even with cleaning, a pipe will reach a point when the wood fibers are totally saturated. At some point, the pipe will become "full," and reach a point where it is unable to deliver a quality smoke. I suppose, if a guy wants, he could just let a pipe fill up with residue, and when it fails to deliver a quality smoke he could just discard it and buy a replacement. It's just a personal preference really, because it's not like most pipe smokers are sharing their pipes with anyone else. [/QUOTE]
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