Pipe Skills Improving

[aggravatedfarmer]

The key to lighting once is using a blowtorch.

 

[perdurabo]

I was left with a melted stem, thanks farmer! Geez. Thats the last time I follow your advice.

 

[deathmetal]

Stem? You just pile the tobacco in your fireplace and set a fan on it. Burns down to the bottom every time.

 

[blackbeard]

I hate to be that guy...but I can't pass it up. For a one light smoke every time.

Congrats nonetheless it does make a difference, but with some tobaccos, forcing a relight can change it up quite a bit and give a whole different taste.

 

[perdurabo]

Thanks Tyler, that reminds me Of Cheech trying to smoke that small particle of pot in Up in Smoke.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, flakes give me a hard time occasionally also. It is very rare that I don't cube cut or rub them out these days, for that reason. Most of the time when I fold and stuff, I will almost always leave a chunk that never wanted to burn. YMMV

 

[perdurabo]

Cosmic, I broke up two flakes of McNaren Old Dark Fired. Smoked some in large basket briar, relit 4 to 5 times. Then switched to a RobRoy cob, one relight. Do You have a harder time getting through larger bowls with initial light? The smaller cob seems to preform better than the briar.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I don't smoke cobs often enough to have learned how they want to be smoked best. But, instead of certain pipe types, I think it is how well I have learned to smoke certain pipes. I have some wide and some narrow that I know well enough to smoke unabated through a bowl. Some, I am still learning. But, flakes do get finicky on me, occasionally.

 

[perdurabo]

Thanks, Cosmic.

 

[perdurabo]

Got to love the damn spell check McNaren :twisted:

 

[aldecaker]

I generally get better draft characteristics with a cob. All other things being equal, I seem to get fewer relights. Unfortunately, some tobaccos don't taste good to me when smoked in a cob.

 

[smokinfireman]

Good Work! My advice to anyone starting the pipe smoking hobby is perseverance. You didn't learn to walk overnight, nor will you learn to smoke overnight. Glad you are improving! check out Boston Briar's aka "Birdman 6591's" video on perseverance with your pipe. He is a very motivational person, kinda like an online grandpa that can rock a hoodie.