....push it real good?
No, not this
I'm talking about pipe cleaners and how far you run them into your pipe.
My typical post smoke ritual is; 1. Lightly scrape the dottle out from he bottom of the bowl and lightly knock it out on a cork or by tapping the bottom of the bowl when it's upside down (holding it buy the shank, not the stem). 2. Run a pipe cleaner from the mouthpiece to the inside of the bowl. 3. Fold the cleaner in half and "dry ream" the bowl of the pipe.
Now, I don't get all the dottle out until I dry ream the bowl in the third step. So there's still a bit of ash at the bottom of the bowl when I'm running the pipe cleaner through to get all the moisture in the stem and shank. Up until now I've pushed the pipe cleaner all the way until it actually enters the bowl and never thought anything of it. But the other day I realized how much dirtier the tip of the pipe cleaner becomes once it hits all that dottle. Potentially bringing more tars, juice and ash into the shank/mouth piece.
So it got me thinking...Is there anyone who only pushes the pipe cleaner to just before entering the bowl?
I realize I could just be more diligent in removing the dottle in step 1 and that I am probably over thinking this. I saw a video with the Milan tobacconist owner saying that the young pipe smokers nowadays are very obsessive about the minutia of the hobby. This is no exception.
Just looking forward to what others have to say about this. Domo ne.
No, not this
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I'm talking about pipe cleaners and how far you run them into your pipe.
My typical post smoke ritual is; 1. Lightly scrape the dottle out from he bottom of the bowl and lightly knock it out on a cork or by tapping the bottom of the bowl when it's upside down (holding it buy the shank, not the stem). 2. Run a pipe cleaner from the mouthpiece to the inside of the bowl. 3. Fold the cleaner in half and "dry ream" the bowl of the pipe.
Now, I don't get all the dottle out until I dry ream the bowl in the third step. So there's still a bit of ash at the bottom of the bowl when I'm running the pipe cleaner through to get all the moisture in the stem and shank. Up until now I've pushed the pipe cleaner all the way until it actually enters the bowl and never thought anything of it. But the other day I realized how much dirtier the tip of the pipe cleaner becomes once it hits all that dottle. Potentially bringing more tars, juice and ash into the shank/mouth piece.
So it got me thinking...Is there anyone who only pushes the pipe cleaner to just before entering the bowl?
I realize I could just be more diligent in removing the dottle in step 1 and that I am probably over thinking this. I saw a video with the Milan tobacconist owner saying that the young pipe smokers nowadays are very obsessive about the minutia of the hobby. This is no exception.
Just looking forward to what others have to say about this. Domo ne.