The pipe is a whole different experience than cigarettes. I know, I smoked cigarettes for decades. You're not inhaling, so we tend to think in terms of just making and blowing smoke. Making big billowy smoke is just an exercise in futility. But, if making pretty clouds and wasting all of the tasty nicotine goodness is your thing, then go at it brother.
But me? I know that I am only going to get that nicotine into my body by allowing the smoke time to get absorbed into the small blood vessels in my mouth and sinuses, so I slowly smoke, savor the flavors, and just allow the smoke to pass in and out almost on its own. Sure, a puff to check the fire, but for the most part, you're not puffing. The slower you go, the more you get out of all of this.
Newer guys that don't hang at B&M's, I feel for you. Unless you grew up with a pipe smoker in the family, you probably have no idea. Maybe watch some old movies with pipe smokers in them, like
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, or one of the many others. You won't see men puffing on pipes like cigars or cigs, and I would even argue that most men smoke cigars too fast also.
Just drizzle, savor, roll it around you mouth, take it in, try to absorb every last drop. Don't waste it all into the air.
Now, that this has all been said... there are no rules. Smoke how and what you want. No one should ever tell a cowboy how to ride his horse, unless he asks, but... If you are going to make big billowy clouds, stand on the other side of the room. I don't want people to think that I just started smoking a pipe yesterday too. :wink: Ha ha!! :
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