Quote Originally Posted by dj1340 View Post
That is a cake and a half. I clean the bowl with the wooden q-tips every couple days. not thoroughly but just a wipe around the bowl.
I think it's a personal thing and you'll get varied opinions. Glean what you want and settle on what works for you. Having been around pipe
smokers for a long time it's amazing how different people are.
Yeah, right?
It was even more caked in person. I genuinely think 50% of the bowls volume was reduced from cake. I think some guy in his 20's bought it at a drugstore in the 60's and used it daily until he died. All the other pipes were relatively normal with only a tiny bit of cake, but the shank and stem were nearly completely plugged, so he did use all of them some, but this was clearly his daily smoker for 40 years or so,lol

Yup, it's exactly the same in the Cigar world. Everyone has different tastes and methods they like and stick to.

I'm perfectly satisfied with my method.
Was just curious about others routines, and you never know when you'll pick up a good tip/trick.

I friggin love tobacco!