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To break in a pipe, I usually follow "conventional wisdom" and only fill it halfway for the first 2 or 3 bowls, an dsmoke it very gently trying to get a small carbon layer established. I don't do any of the honey, ash, etc. tricks, though.
I have a few Peterson system pipes and love each and every one of them - they always smoke sweet and dry 0 I guess not to everyone's taste, but certainly is mine.
Mark
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Jimmy does the same procedure as me, wet inside the bowl with wet finger (spit in my case) then fill to top and puff away. I do fine sand the inside of the bowl before all this though, till I get a polished appearance. I found some pipes are very rough from the makers inside and this affects the first few bowls taste and can lead to premature cake disintegration.
PuFF
