Your pipe cleaner that is. One year ago someone emailed and asked whether or not it was a high-quality idea to leave a pipe cleaner in the stem when you're through smoking. I answered according to what I had been taught ... NO. I've always listened to the pros and cons on the subject and formulated my own close. After thinking about I came the close that I shouldn't be jumping to that close. I determined to carry out a somewhat forbidden test. Here is how I did it.

* Two indistinguishable, new-fangled Savinelli Model 114 pipes were used. Both irritated grained.
* Every was smoked three period a week for 1 year (3/03)
* Each rested 2 days between smoking.
* Each was cleaned with 4 pipe cleaners following smoking was total.
* Each was methodically cleaned every 4 weeks.
* The same tobacco, five celebrities Deluxe, was smoked completely.
* One was absent to relax with a pipe cleaner in the stem and stem and one was not.
* Standard dimension and fluff pipe cleaners were used.

Here are my remarks at the termination of the investigation. The pipe in which the cleaner was left in will be referred to as Pipe A. Pipe B is the pipe without.

* The shank of Pipe A is to some degree darker than Pipe B leaving a somewhat two toned appearance.
* Pipe A urbanized a small gap between the shank and stem.
* Pipe A's shank prolonged slightly larger than the stem.
* Pipe A had more pipe cleaner remainder (stray fuzz) in it when thoroughly cleaned.
* Pipe B took longer to break in. I'm not sure if that had anything to do with the test.
* Pipe A took a small figure of more cleaners for the one time a month cleaning.
* After 1 year Pipe A is a small more ... well for lack of an improved term, stinky.

So there you have it. Pipe B, without the cleaner, faired better than Pipe A with. I am only going to guess why but I believe that the pipe cleaner left in does more to keep the dampness attentive than it does to wick it out. Happy Smoking.