New Pipe Smoker With A Question? Ask an Old Fart

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by UFPowersmoker320

How do I use the pipe cleaner without taking the pipe apart? just push it in from the hole in the mouthpiece?

Yes.

This is especially important when you get into pipes which cost you more than $4-7 a pipe. When you take apart a pipe while it is still warm, you can damage it - break the tenon, mortice, or even the shank. Breaking any of those parts is not a good thing.

[Powers]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

Yes.

This is especially important when you get into pipes which cost you more than $4-7 a pipe. When you take apart a pipe while it is still warm, you can damage it - break the tenon, mortice, or even the shank. Breaking any of those parts is not a good thing.

If the pipe is not warm and has been resting for several days you could take it apart to clean it without damaging it?

[Emjaysmash]

Originally Posted by UFPowersmoker320

If the pipe is not warm and has been resting for several days you could take it apart to clean it without damaging it?

Yes.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by UFPowersmoker320

If the pipe is not warm and has been resting for several days you could take it apart to clean it without damaging it?

Originally Posted by Emjaysmash

Yes.

He beat me to it.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by UFPowersmoker320

If the pipe is not warm and has been resting for several days you could take it apart to clean it without damaging it?

If UF'320 has a Kaywoodie or some such, there may be considerations for rookies worth discussing here about:

1. stingers vis-a-vis pipecleaners during mid-smoke
2. threaded stinger pipes and the "only turn clockwise" (in and out) stem rule
3. grasping a shank firmly to reduce torque when removing a stem