How do you dedicate your pipes?

I used to be much more diligent about dedicating my pipes. Strict only VA pipes, only VaPer pipes, only Latakia blend pipes and only Aromatic pipes. Burley went in whatever. But then I realized that I didn't need to worry about it.

If you have a pipe for VaPers and smoke a latakia blend in it once, after two or three more bowls of VaPer in that pipe you're not going to taste too much latakia. But if you're smoking only VaPers or VAs and then go 20 bowls of latakia, it's going to be much harder to expel the ghost. So I may sneak in a bowl of English/balkan in a VaPer pipe every once in a while and it doesn't hurt it too much. Now there are some pipes that smoke VAs fantastically and they will only see straight VAs or uncased/untopped VaBurs.

I do have some pipes that can't smoke Va or VaPer for nothing, so they get the dark leaf usually. I'm not the biggest english/balkan fan anyway so it really isn't an issue.

VA's, VAPER's, VABUR's and VAOR's in briars (as long as they are VA forward). All the rest in Meers. Cobs get used very rarely.

As a newbie, I still do not dedicate pipes, although I am sure that I will at some point. Currently only have 4 and I am still deep in the learning curve. Dedicating my pipes is too much for my brain at the moment.

Hopefully there will not be any long lasting negative effects.

Inspired by this thread, I'm going to reserve my cob for trying new aros, and dedicate separate briars to aros I know I like, one to English/Balkans, and one to VAs. Those I'm going to keep 100% burley-free because I'm not sure I like burley at all.

I dedicate my pipes to those brave pipers who have gone before me!

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Originally Posted by Haebar

I have a cob (MM General) and two briars dedicated to finishing off cigars. I have a meerschaum that I only smoke cherry aromatics in. The other pipes are a free-for-all.

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I had never thought of saving the end of my cigars for use in a pipe, but am certainly going to start doing it now! Thanks Haebar.

I am fairly sure that after having reread this thread and done some searching, that I have no idea what a Virginia tastes like. Heh

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Originally Posted by fastnbulbous

As a newbie, I still do not dedicate pipes, although I am sure that I will at some point. Currently only have 4 and I am still deep in the learning curve. Dedicating my pipes is too much for my brain at the moment. Hopefully there will not be any long lasting negative effects.

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I'm with you on this one. I only have 3 pipes - I don't have the luxury of dedicating them.

I smoke burley in cobs they seen to taste better, I have a dozen or so Peterson 999 and about the same with s80, system pipes,specialty pipes, meers and clays. Sunday I clean them. Once a year I trim the kake. Yes I suffer from PAD and all the other affliction of tobacco consumption.
When I had money I didn't think twice about buying a new Peterson every month. Had been a former cigarette smoker Justified spending $150 or more on a pipe along with $100 or more for tobacco. I am glad I did. I have a nice assortment of both. My cellar will last me another decade if I live that long. I have one pipe I only smoke straight virginias in.

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Originally Posted by Rocket Scientologist

I'm with you on this one. I only have 3 pipes - I don't have the luxury of dedicating them.

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A few days after this comment I am going to give the pipe for a tobacco type thing a try.
I have 4 pipes and plan to get some more cobs, maybe another briar or two in the next few months.
Sounds like 4 is the magic number for a lot of people. Aro, English, VA, VaPer.
Ahhh the slope....

I am pretty sure that the Virginia that I tried followed an English and I really had no idea what the VA tasted like. (See above).