To wax or not?

[Santa]

Wondering what others think about waxing briar pipes.

I like the way waxing highlights the grain, I've been using a Canauba wax, are there any negatives?

[Silver]

I use carnauba wax on my pipes. Also, Renaissance wax for some rusticated pipes.

[arturo7]

I use nose wax.

From the outside, not the inside.

[ncrobb]

When I refurb an estate I give it a couple of coats of carnauba wax with a buffing wheel all over. After that it may get another coat during a deep clean. It does enhance the appearance.

[Santa]

Thanks for the replies, guess I'll continue waxing.

[Ronv69]

From the thread heading, I was going to suggest a Brazilian.

[Piping Abe]

I’ve never waxed a pipe. I don’t think you need to worry about it yet. Maybe every 200 smokes. That sounds like a good number

[Plinsc]

From the thread heading, I was going to suggest a Brazilian.

I got one for the wife as a surprise but she woke up as soon as I started applying the wax.

[Ruffinogold]

Waxing a pipe has been a standard final act of cleaning and or freshening up a pipe for over a hundred years .

[HSigurdsson]

I wax my pipes occasionally....like very occasionally.
I do not really care what my pipe looks like but I like waxing them.