Question Re: Back-to-back pipe smokes

[Slow Triathlete]

Welcome aboard!!

Don't worry you will soon acquire more pipes than you know what to do with!! You have hit on one of the topics in pipe smoking that everyone pretty much has a different opinion on.

It is nice to give the pipe a day or two to rest and dry out between smokes. But I have also known people who only own 1 pipe and they smoke it all day and then the next and so on. They never complain about it getting sour or anything like that.

For myself, I always run a pipe cleaner through the stem afterwards to soak up as much liquid as possible. Then I'll put the pipe up for a day or two. Is this a hard and fast rule? Certainly not. I have been known to smoke a few bowls out of the same pipe in a day but not all the time.

Everything in moderation is the key here I guess.