Some people, including very knowledgeable ones, don't like bowls that have been carbon coated because they want to see the inside of the bowl for themselves before they ever put a match to it. Breaking it in from the virgin state is no problem, or concern for them. There have been people who have hidden flaws using a bowl coating. Rare, but it's happened. Excellent video.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the addition my friend!

Been smoking pipe on and off for 17 years and love watching beginner videos. Always learn something! Good stuff.

New pipe smoker here and I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video.

Thanks for the heads up. I bought a new savinelli and didn't use alcohol to clean and I could taste the inside a bit. I'm new to pipe smoking, for about a month now and I enjoy getting advice from you and Alan from the pipe cottage.

Thanks for the end of the video! I was afraid to clean out the loose ash. The inside pic of that pipe was great. Please show what it looks like when cake needs to be removed and an after photo after cake has been removed. This is a mystery to those of us with no mentors. Great video as usual Wilson!

I use barrel proof bourbon to clean my pips. In stead of isopropyl alcohol or mouthwash. Works well.

@artied1807

2 жыл бұрын

I have an old bottle of Heaven Hill bourbon that I acquired at a liquor store a few years ago for my collection.It turned out to be the worst ever to the point I didn't even like iit as a mixer. I saved it however thinking the taste might change in a few years. Last year I got into pipesmoking and was following another presenter that used rum as a pipe cleaner. So I began using this HH bourbon to clean my pipe bowls out and wicking a pipecleaner with it for the stems. It is great. Leaves the pipes with that faint bourbon smell after evaporating that I really can't taste when smoking the pipe. Now I know what to do with bourbon that is practically undrinkable. Cheers!

Your systematic theology book stood out to me right away. Love the books dude. Pipes are great no doubt about it. Stay strong and smoke on.

A very light smearing of honey or jam inside the bowl always seems to set off the carbonisation quickly. Only rarely is it necessary to do it again.

Very helpful, I did not know that. Your videos are a happy place for me - thank you.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you!

Reformed Baptist with the 1689 LBC proudly displayed and my great friend Carl Trueman's "Credal Imperative" in the background. He's got my subscription! Just bought my first pipe; I can't wait to try it!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate the support!

A reformed baptist brother...subbed!

That was very helpful.

Thanks for the advise.

Awesome , thanks ,, side note , I used a butane torch and blasted it the first minute or two , really good wood, didn't harderly heat up at all and no chemical burn , so good onya Shire pipes , shout out ,,,,👍✔️❤️🙏

Good chat and video sir! Thanks for all the tricks and tips.👍👍 god bless and take care .

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Great informative vid,keep them coming.And have a great weekend,god bless.

Great points, all around. As for choosing the tobacco, I would say that it depends on whether the new pipe would be an "all around" pipe or not. Myself, personally, I like to have dedicated pipes for each blend type (including Lakelands), so when I buy a new pipe, I already know what blend type I will be smoking in it. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Europe!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Good point my friend. That is an important factor.

Great video as always. I plan to break in a new pipe later this week if all goes well and will try these steps. Thank you!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nick!

Gonna give pipe smoking another try. I had a long stemmed colonial style pipe with very aromatic blends. I experienced consistent tongue bite, even when trying to slow down my cadence. Just purchased a shorter stemmed briar pipe with a very mild tobacco. Let's see if this is a better experience this time. Fingers crossed 🤞

Good stuff Wilson. Hope you and your family are well😊

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend! And you and yours as well.

Thanks for sharing!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Still learning, thanks for the information

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Bravo my friend

Came looking at this video to break In my pipe from Malcolm's pipe shop hahaha. This was awesome! I also wondered who got that beauty and now I know! Great looking pipe.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew! Enjoy!

As someone who's new to pipes and reasonably new to reformed theology, you have my sub, sir

@TheSpurgeonPiper

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

Great job as always

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

@bobkrause0103

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper can you please tell me the air cleaner you did a video on and rated it very good? I forgot. Thank you

Just picked up a Savinelli Trevi 616. Very excited to break it in! My first “nice” pipe. 😀

@theblishknovk

4 ай бұрын

I have a 616, love it! Its huge and smokes great.

Thank you.

I feel like having been a cigar smoker for two years I have an advantage in understanding the cadence of puffing and not being too worried about not being able to smoke a whole bowl. But there is a lot to this that I’m glad I heard first before getting my pipe. God bless you

@TheSpurgeonPiper

3 ай бұрын

Good points Nathan

I am learning about the pipe and different tobacco and how it’s all made, and this video really helped! I’m going to be looking up more videos but any info or tracking on the different blends and hot they’re made is really appreciate! Also if you’re a tobacconist or a blending specialist I’d love to chat and learn!

Hey, thank you for the awesome video. Very helpful for newcomer. I just purchased my first Stanwell natural finish pipe. Do you - or have you heard - is it common to use some kind of oil, finish or something for the "unfinished" surface of the natural finish pipe?

Thank you day 5 of sobriety pipe smoking is helping me get through

Thank you🤗

I just found a channel with a brother in Christ who loves theology and is toting pipe smoking? My heart is full and I've found my home 😂😂

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

Glad to have your support!

I just ordered a peterson dublin, i cant wait for it to get here. This is my first real pipe, I've been using meerschaum pipes to start with. Better to make mistakes on $10. pipes than ones that cost $100.

@RatedRLouisN-theWrestleStory

4 ай бұрын

Im trying to find a good site to order...?!

Just ordered a new Savinelli churchwarden, and I'm cruising around looking at break-in methods. Thanks!😊

@TheSpurgeonPiper

6 ай бұрын

Happy to help

So that's why my new Peterson pipe was not a pleasant experience! I'll be sure and remove the stain from inside the bowl! Thank you for the info! I'll be tuning in for more helpful tips!

My method is very similar except I simply aim the pipe down and gently blow at the ash while i very gently run a pipecleaner round the inside of bowl with nor more than 3 circles. But I'm a clumsy person so I try be super gentle with bowl cleaning while building my carbon cake. For context all my pipes are briar wood, half/full bent, 3 apples nd 2 bulldog shape.

Good content. Like it.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

New to the crew, just got my pipe for Father's Day. Want to break my Black and Mild habit and go to something that I can do and not break the habit. Names Kevin and just want to say hi to the team.

Clear vinegar is used for cleaning that will clean up your pipe and coffee machine.

I just started smoking my pipe again after 3 years of not smoking I only quit because of the crazy prices of high quality pipe tobacco in Canada but I'm in the states a lot more these days so I have access to quality tobacco at cheaper price it's crazy how much I've saved lol

Not a clue why I watch these videos, I don't even smoke

I see that Berkhof. Nice!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

Good eye!

Concerning building up your carbon cake at the bottom of your bowl if when you have very little tobacco in the bowl used the camper on your three-in-one tool and gently hold it against the tobacco and and smoke this will force the fire to the bottom of the bowl and your carbon Kate will build up nice and even at the bottom

Like you said there’s more than one way to skin a cat. For me & my pipe smoking comrades we thoroughly clean our pipes after every use. We pack properly & smoke properly & good tobacco that is at the correct moisture burns just fine. We find by doing this our pipes are always very fresh & clean tasting allowing us to truly taste every new tobacco without lingering notes from a dirty pipe.

I say have several different pipes when smoking aromatics and such. a pipe set for one kind of tobacco. 1 keeps your pipe tasting like that tobacco and not mixing, 2 (whispering) you get to buy more pipes😉

That 1689 book…yes sir!

What copy of the 1689 is that on your desk? It looks really nice!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

That is a recent publication by Parresia in Scotland.

Oh crap! I've been scraping out the carbon cake.

Thoughts on metal of glass pipes?

I prefer to use a clay Jamestown style pipe from a historical supplier I use.

Great Video. Being noob myself I actually find myself fearing causing fire in my house. I maintain my pipes regularly, but still. I keep my pipe collection in my library. I make sure they are being thoroughly cleaned after smoking, but is there any method that would give me a peace of mind? Cheers

I just bought a $200 Peterson, why would they not examine to see if there’s no stain in the bowl?

I'm just going to put tobacco in my pipe and light it...

As a second year pipe smoker, I agree with everything you say here. Usually I break in my pipes with a mild English like Presbyterian. Blessed week to you!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott!

I’m a relatively new pipe smoker. I’ve subscribed to your KZread channel and have watched a lot of your videos. I’m really starting to enjoy the hobby and I think I’m ready to buy my first “nice” pipe. I currently have a starter pipe kit from Scotte. I live in the north Texas area, just south of DFW. Where do you recommend I go to get my hands on some quality pipes? Thanks in advance for your help.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

For a brick and mortar store, I'd check out the good folks at Tobacco Cabana in Cedar Hill, Texas. Grabbing some corncobs from Missouri Meerschaum wouldn't be a bad idea either. Hope that helps.

@SoopSammich339

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper ok cool. I’ll check it out. Thank you!

Mine is pearwood, so I'm guessing it's similar to cherry?

1 week pipe smoker. Thanks for this video. What are a couple good tobaccos to start with?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

I have a few videos on beginner blends that should be helpful

I am about 1 month into pipe smoking. Thanks to your tutorials and other great channels I have learned a lot. But one thing still feels wrong to me: the taste. I have never smoked before but I know cigarettes for example taste terrible. Well, my pipe tastes foul too. So many people talk about pipe smoking as if they are talking about a fine wine and all of it's ingredients. But my smoking just tastes like ashes or cigarettes, let be that I can tell if there is vanilla in there or honey. The room note however is very pleasant. I must be doing something wrong. I have literally seen like a 100 tutorial video's from great channels such as Muttnchop Piper and The Pipe Cottage, including your channel here. But the smoking experience still feels weird to me with strong aftertaste as well. So I came to this video because I thought that I did not break in my pipe correctly but I couldn't find an answer in this video. I can taste food properly but pipe smoking remains as if I am sucking on a fireplace (with cool smoke I must add)

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

Three things come to mind. 1) Be sure your pipe is adequately clean. Run some pipe cleaners with some solution through. 2) Be sure you aren't smoking too hot. When you do, everything comes through as ash. 2) More than likely, you simply need time to adjust to the experience. When I take off a week or so from smoking my pipe, when I return, it tastes exactly as you described. No matter the blend. After several bowls, my taste for the leaf returns. Give your tastebuds time to adjust. Eventually, you'll start tasting notes.

@JetPilot747

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper Thank you so much for taking the time to answer me, I'm just one of the thousands of subscribers! I will follow your advice and I truly hope that my tasting experience will improve. The pipe has done so many good things in my life. It has helped me to slow down, self reflect, enjoy small things in life in this world gone mad.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

Жыл бұрын

@@JetPilot747 Glad to help and am glad to hear it's already been a benefit!

@mercury187

6 ай бұрын

@JetPilot747 were able to improve the taste or how has your journey gone? I’m just starting out and earlier today was thinking just what you described

@JetPilot747

6 ай бұрын

@@mercury187hello, I am now 11 months further into the journey and I must say there is a lot of improvement. I am not going to say that I could now tell what flavorings are in the tobacco (without reading the tin) but I do notice subtle notes of for example cherries. I also have a favorite tobacco (a cherry house blend from Germany since I'm from Europe) that works really well for me and I keep putting that one in a dedicated pipe and it's my general go to tobacco. I have learned to smoke cooler as well and this makes a huge difference in taste. Don't focus too much on keeping your pipe lit! It is more important to smoke cooler and having to relight than trying to keep it lit throughout an entire bowl! Lastly, halfway through the bowl, I dump the top ashes out (the very thin, fine white burnt up ashes create foul taste). Also remember it's tobacco smoke coming into your mouth and not cherry juice or vanilla cream. These are the ideas that keep me getting back to the pipe every time. Pauses of an entire week are ok too. You don't have to smoke it twice a day to get better. I hope this helps. But it's a very individual journey as I see it. What others like or love, might not work for you. PS: forgot to mention I always clean my pipes after a smoke. It is very important to keep them clean. And not to smoke too many blends with the same pipe. Try to stick to a blend you seem to like for some reason and smoke it regularly using the same pipe. (To avoid ghosting)

Can I use Bourbon to clean the bowl? Do you use filters in your pipes. I recently bought my first in years, a Whittock that made with everything. I'm happy with it...but it is made in China.

What about Heather pipes ?

Breaking in a new pipe is like breaking in a new pair of shoes - both require patience, love, and a touch of fancy footwork! 😄🔥👞

@RatedRLouisN-theWrestleStory

4 ай бұрын

Can I ask why the photo?

@RatedRLouisN-theWrestleStory

4 ай бұрын

Seems scamish

@RatedRLouisN-theWrestleStory

4 ай бұрын

Or AI.... 😂😂😂😂

Good evening sir been watching alots of your vid and other channel lately..I have been wanting to get into this hobby for a while but have not had had the funds to do so ,it seems very calming speding time by your self reflexting and in am 50 years old scemes like got time to try this out.I would hate to ask but do u have a crappy pipe you dont use no more and some tabacoo you could giftet me ,So I can try.This would greatly be appreciated.I have not been able to get it my self cause i am fighthing to get back my ssi and have not had money to spend in leisure things.

Is that just a copy of the confession behind you on the desk or a book about it? Thanks!

@TheSpurgeonPiper

11 ай бұрын

That's a clothback copy

@definitelynotatroll

11 ай бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper it doesn’t look like it’s available anymore, but it’s good to see there’s many groups putting out the 1689 in high quality bindings.

the world of pipe smoking is really weird. theres nothing that beats the first hit out of a brand new clean pipe but ALSO nothing can beat a nice broken in pipe too!

Can I use anything else to clean the stain from the inside of the bowl? I just got my pipe today, really want to try it, but I dont have the exact right materials to follow his instructions to clean it out

@zacharyhicks6237

2 ай бұрын

You can get pipe cleaners with more 'fluffiness'. Like a squeegee, almost.

I carbonize my new or reconditioned pipes with my own mixture of Activated Charcoal and Sour Cream....

Try using bourbon or scotch.

Just picked up a brand new pipe and it has the precarbon on it. Do I have to be careful with breaking in process (like only smoking a quarter bowl etc) or can i fill the bowl and just smoke slowly? Thanks Chris.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

4 ай бұрын

Fill and smoke.

I have never been able to smoke a bowl full all the way to the bottom. I end up sucking in ash before I get to the bottom. So I have never been able to build a proper cake in any of my pipes.

Almost all the pipes I buy are at least 50 years old, so there’s that as a solution, too🤣

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

For sure

my pipe came with a layer of carbon inside of it, i used alcohol with paper towels after two weeks of using the pipe to clean it out. i believe the layer of carbon was washed away. do you think it is still safe to use it? or is there any way to add a new layer of carbon inside of the bowl?

@FrankRoque-ky5wr

9 ай бұрын

I've never heard of anyone using alcohol or any "solution" to clean a pipe. Theoretically the alcohol should evaporate. You should be alright. You could pack a bowl and burn of any residual alcohol. Carbon buildup is a good thing. When it gets really out of hand, your tamper should normally have a reamer or scraper to scrape out the excess buildup in your bowl. I just use pipe cleaners (no cleaning solutions) to clean the shank and the stem/mouth piece. I honestly don't believe any chemicals other than those in tobacco should be touching your pipe bowl. You kinda want that buildup. I've been smoking over 2 years now and only use pipe cleaners. Personally I like the way the seasoned bowls smell. I hope I could have been of some help for you.

Why not hit it with a blow torch like they do with bourbon barrels? You could have a carbon cake before your first bowl.

ive been smoking pipes for over 60 yrs. now it seems all i can find are pipes with a metal bowl inside managed to get 2 of 7 pipe bowls out. they smoke much better without the metal bowls inside the wood pipe. any ideas how to get the small metal bowls out of a wooden pipe?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

10 ай бұрын

I don't have a pipe with a metal.bowl. Try Peterson or Savinelli

@jvengence

9 ай бұрын

From what I read pipes with metal bowls are usually for smoking a different kind of leaf that’s green

For cleaning the airway, is 40% vodka suitable? Or does it have to be higher proof isopropyl?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

4 ай бұрын

No vodka would be just fine. In fact, since the making of this video, I now use whiskey (a cheap form) instead of isopropyl alcohol.

@matthewdeguire472

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper I'll be honest, I didn't expect a reply, considering this video is a year old. Thanks for the reply! I just bought my first ever briar pipe after having a nice experience smoking a corn cob pipe with a friend, and I can't wait to try it. Just wanna make sure I'm not making any rookie mistakes, so I am really glad to have found your channel.

@TheSpurgeonPiper

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewdeguire472 glad your picking up the hobby well so far! Happy to help

@zacharyhicks6237

2 ай бұрын

Still here a month later. Algorithm got something right.

I just ordered a corn cob pipe. How do you break those in?

@jasonkemppainen4731

3 ай бұрын

I’m new to bowls myself, just got a dr grabow. For corn cob pipes I figure you just burn and turn em, get new ones once it’s burnt out and move onto a wooden bowl for longevity

@zacharyhicks6237

2 ай бұрын

Like he said before me: corncob pipes are there to be smoked hard and then done.

What do think about non-nicotine tobaccos?

@shortCUT207

22 күн бұрын

Interesting, I don’t believe I realize there was such a thing

Do i need to break in a clay pipe?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

3 ай бұрын

You don't

So far I've just been putting tobacco in the pipe and smoking it as normal until the carbon builds up 😅

@TheSpurgeonPiper

2 жыл бұрын

In the grand scheme of things, it's that simple!

@gentlemaninjapan1994

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper I had a friend that put honey into his and he found he couldn't smoke it anymore, he had to spend money to get it cleaned, and we live in Japan so that's really expensive to do, I've been careful since then...

Video actually starts at 3:30..........

I always assumed that the carbon cake was to protect the wood on the inside of the bowl from slowing burning away. Inhaling that wood directly day after day long term seems like not a great idea.

@bencarter7839

7 ай бұрын

Pipe smokers Don't inhale.

@billyarsenault1970

7 ай бұрын

@@bencarter7839 of course they don’t silly me- Not a one has ever inhaled and lived to tell about it as far as I know and it would be unthinkable to even consider inhaling the tobacco smoke from a tobacco smoking pipe for a single second even though it’s from some of the purest and highest quality smoking tobacco known to man. Every pipe smoker I have ever met has super clean perfectly healthy lungs from never inhaling passively, retroactively or simply by accident.

@jekkjace3817

7 ай бұрын

​@billyarsenault1970 I became a pipe smoker after smoking cigarettes for 10 years, I absolutely inhale lol 😅

@billyarsenault1970

7 ай бұрын

@@jekkjace3817 lol. See I fucking knew it- All us X cig smokers are still inhaling like fucking demons in the night. 🤣

Add a little bit of honey in blow

The inside of my new pipe bowl seems to be coated with a black fiberglass. Is this normal anyone???

@OrLy-ut7ro

7 ай бұрын

Yes, sometimes producers coat the inside with fiberglass in order to help the cake grow :-)

Most important, smoke half bowls numerous times completely. I have smoked about 40 pipes for about 45 years.

Nothing like a good pipe while you read the Westminster Confession of Faith *cough *cough I mean 1689! 😉 Jk JK Great video

Maybe this is a silly question but why would you not want to buy a pipe from china?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

21 күн бұрын

Not a silly question at all. I have a video that covers this (Joyodelf pipe review). In short, I don't trust most companies there. They use cheap wood and nonwood material that can be harmful to smoke from.

@Doverbendoverben

21 күн бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper hmmmm 😳 is there any way to check lol ou know preform a quality test?

@TheSpurgeonPiper

21 күн бұрын

@@Doverbendoverben some mention it when you look on their Amazon product page. Others dont. But my encouragement is to avoid cheapo pipes on Amazon/Etsy and go with trusted brands. It's not worth the few bucks you'll save

@Doverbendoverben

21 күн бұрын

@@TheSpurgeonPiper thanks for the info watched a few of yr videos today was needing to take care of some neglected pipes

Get regular cancer screenings.

I am into pipes but do not smoke❤

GORW and herbs and oil and soil Bisquick potatoes and

Don't make a drama of it. Fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Repeat.

To help the formation of a uniform cake, after smoking close the stove with your thumb and shake the ash left on the bottom so that it expands throughout the stove. Do it multiple times. And remember, it's always a Condor moment. 💨💨💨