Rest/rotation help needed

[Balrog314]

Hello BoB! Your expertise is required, help!

A bit of context: During the day I may smoke or not, depending on work and stuff, but the post-supper pipe is a must. I have realized all I wanna smoke those evenings is a peterson standard system 314, of which I own two. I’ve been rotating them, so each pipe is smoked once and gets a 48 hour rest.

Question 1: Is that enough?
Question 2: Should I fancy a second bowl one given night, what should I do? Smoke twice the same pipe or once each?

I should add that a fairly thorough cleaning is a mandatory part of my smoking routine, and that I let them rest without the stem as I was recommended.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Blackhorse]

Not sure there’s any rules here, maybe just common sense. If it was me, paying close attention to how your briars are reacting, I’d go with one bowl each day. I’d also strongly consider finding one or more additional pipes in your preferred design.

 

[Singed]

It's a good start. I always see 24hrs rest recommended, but I always base rest on how the pipe looks and smells when I go to use it. If the bowl still looks visibly wet or smells tarry I leave it for another pipe. The other factor I employ is how much I smoked it in a day, 2-4 bowls? Then I try to let it rest longer. This is why I started using cobs at work, they handle abuse very well, they smoke well, and they're disposable. My favourites for work are bent 5th Avenue Legends, from Missouri Meerschaum. I run at least three at a time on the work site. My briars I treat with more respect.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

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 between smokes. Cobs for sure can be smoked and repacked all day.

 

[AlphaWarrior]

Hello BoB! Your expertise is required, help!

A bit of context: During the day I may smoke or not, depending on work and stuff, but the post-supper pipe is a must. I have realized all I wanna smoke those evenings is a peterson standard system 314, of which I own two. I’ve been rotating them, so each pipe is smoked once and gets a 48 hour rest.

Question 1: Is that enough?
Question 2: Should I fancy a second bowl one given night, what should I do? Smoke twice the same pipe or once each?

I should add that a fairly thorough cleaning is a mandatory part of my smoking routine, and that I let them rest without the stem as I was recommended.

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 down easily after use.

Smoke them cool to avoid burnouts; you will be good.

The upside to having a 2 pipe rotation is that your pipes will provide a better experience faster than a 30 pipe rotation because of more bowls through the pipes.

Briar Blues has a good video about why he narrowed his rotation for just this reason.

 

[Timbo]

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 a clean after each bowl, especially the sump and stem, but Pete's can take a pounding.