Thread: New pipe: what to do before you light it for the first time?

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

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