Back when I only had a few work pipes I used a reamer all the time to keep up on the cake build-up. But once I joined this forum and developed both an obsession with pipes as well as tobacco I rotate pipes so often I seldom give them much time to form a really good cake that needs to be reamed. There are a few I reach for more than others ... but not enough to require a reaming.
Yea, I have so many pipes that I have never reamed one of the pipes I have smoked. Only when I reamed them as estate pipes when I initially refurbished them. That also means that I do not have a cake of any substance in any of my pipes yet. I am looking forward to the smoking experience after I get a pipe with a proper cake.
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by Chuck Stanion
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I find the same, except for the two pipes I smoke most often.