Balrog314

@Balrog314, we’re glad you joined, and I’m glad you asked your question. I’ve learned a lot from the answers!

@Gusto I see from your picture that you are or were a tobacco grower. Have you had success with growing and curing your own? On the...

I think you are doing fine. There are probably two concerns that bring about the idea of resting a briar pipe. 1) protection of the...

Relaxing with some Pipe Force III in my Savinelli green alligator 614. Fixing to get me 2 fingers of bourbon. UPDATE Cheers!

I'm into my second scotch - no pipe. Chiefs are sucking it up :cry:.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking year 2012 Rolando’s...

Back from lunch and having a bowl of Old Professor in my Tomato meer with a coffee. The stem is developing a weak spot where I clench, I...

There is nothing wrong with buying a new pipe, and there are NO bad reasons to buy one lol.

Wow thanks a lot for all your inputs, they are being really helpful! I have decided to buy a third standard 314, partly for that...

I have to say from experience that the relative humidity on board a ship is quite a bit more than in the desert where I live now. I...

I don't baby my pipes. I typically have one along while hunting or fishing and I often will knock it out and refill it immediately if...

You're overthinking it, and your experience is suffering for it. When I managed a shop, I had guys who only had a single pipe and would...

When I'm at work, I usually smoke my Peterson system pipes hard, as in several bowls back to back hard. You will need to give the pipe...

I would just smoke them as you like, clean the system well and let dry between smokes. Nice thing about Petes is you can break them...

I've smoked one pipe multiple times a day with no ill effect but I don't do it normally, I do try to let them dry for a day or two...