Questions You Thought Were Too Dumb to Ask (Pipes Edition)

[Horseshoe]

I have 2 new pipes. A peterson Christmas 2014 and a Sav. #607. I am afraid to use them until I get more experience with smoking a pipe. Should I just suck it up and use them or give it a bit of time? I am getting to the point to where I can minimize my re-lights but I am not great yet.

Also are there better break in tobaccos?

[Pugsley]

I have 2 new pipes. A peterson Christmas 2014 and a Sav. #607. I am afraid to use them until I get more experience with smoking a pipe. Should I just suck it up and use them or give it a bit of time? I am getting to the point to where I can minimize my re-lights but I am not great yet.

Also are there better break in tobaccos?

I would say go for it. You'll always have to do relights, that's just part of smoking a pipe. The best tobacco I have found for breaking in a new briar is Carter Hall. It burns cool but quickly and nothing builds cake faster. I've broken in dozens of new pipes with it. Don't expect that first bowl in a new briar to be the best smoke you've ever had, it won't be. There will be flavors of nasty crap burning away, but all that will vanish after a bowl or two.

[Tobias Lutz]

I have 2 new pipes. A peterson Christmas 2014 and a Sav. #607. I am afraid to use them until I get more experience with smoking a pipe. Should I just suck it up and use them or give it a bit of time? I am getting to the point to where I can minimize my re-lights but I am not great yet.

Also are there better break in tobaccos?

Pipes are for smoking. I find Burley and VA blends are better for breaking in than most aromatics, simply because they tend to burn dryer.