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"...they have a soul and smoke impossibly well..."
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<blockquote data-quote="glpease" data-source="post: 233986" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Just another of the old memes. I prefer pipes, of course, that will pass a cleaner without issue, since it makes my smoking life easier, eliminates a small frustration, and therefore makes the smoking experience, overall, a better one. This is a good thing. On the other hand, if a great smoking/tasting pipe does NOT pass the cleaner, am I going to toss it out in my next round of spring cleaning? Not a chance. It's not <em>that</em> important. There are bad smoking pipes that pass a cleaner, and good smoking pipes that don't. </p><p></p><p>Honestly, I feel the same way about some gurglemeisters. I've got a few pipes that I have <em>not</em> blueprinted, yet, simply because they taste great the way they are, and since I <em>have</em> had experience with pipes that lost some of their magic after having their volumetric efficiency improved, I am firmly entrenched in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" camp, they probably won't be. So, I keep a pipe cleaner handy. Is it idea? Not at all. Would I rather smoke a pipe that doesn't gurgle? Of course. Is it a deal breaker? Not so much.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of vanishing points when we start looking at what makes a pipe a "great smoker."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glpease, post: 233986, member: 18"] Just another of the old memes. I prefer pipes, of course, that will pass a cleaner without issue, since it makes my smoking life easier, eliminates a small frustration, and therefore makes the smoking experience, overall, a better one. This is a good thing. On the other hand, if a great smoking/tasting pipe does NOT pass the cleaner, am I going to toss it out in my next round of spring cleaning? Not a chance. It's not [i]that[/i] important. There are bad smoking pipes that pass a cleaner, and good smoking pipes that don't. Honestly, I feel the same way about some gurglemeisters. I've got a few pipes that I have [i]not[/i] blueprinted, yet, simply because they taste great the way they are, and since I [i]have[/i] had experience with pipes that lost some of their magic after having their volumetric efficiency improved, I am firmly entrenched in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" camp, they probably won't be. So, I keep a pipe cleaner handy. Is it idea? Not at all. Would I rather smoke a pipe that doesn't gurgle? Of course. Is it a deal breaker? Not so much. There are a lot of vanishing points when we start looking at what makes a pipe a "great smoker." [/QUOTE]
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