Bowl Height

puffy

Lifer

Dec 24, 2010

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• Jul 5, 2011

• #1

Filling bowls is my least favorite part of pipe smoking.Most times when I get to the end of a smoke I think gee I've gotta fill this thing again already.I've been thinking about those pipes with deep bowls that hold more tobacco.I'm wondering though if they're hard to re light down towards the bottom of a smoke.Any opinions here of those pipes?

 

python

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Apr 8, 2009

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pipesmagazine.com

• Jul 5, 2011

• #2

I don't have any problems with relights on larger bowls, but I use a lighter. I imagine that there may be some difficulties using matches for relights in larger bowls.
There may also be a little bit more maintenance needed during smoking with a larger bowl, such as ash issues which may cause you to have to dump some ash around mid-bowl before you can get a good relight going, etc.

 

python

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pipesmagazine.com

• Jul 5, 2011

• #3

Also, a larger bowl may change the way that the blend tastes to you. The only way to find out is to try it.

 

romeowood

Lifer

Jan 1, 2011

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The Interwebs

• Jul 5, 2011

• #4

Here's a link to a thread that will have some relevant information for you, and which I find myself returning to often. As Bob says, changing the combustion chamber will change the pay that you will taste the smoke. Personally I've been wanting a tall bowl for VA flakes.

 

hobie1dog

Lifer

Jun 5, 2010

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Cornelius, NC

• Jul 5, 2011

• #5

 

pdmus

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 5, 2011

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Santa Monica, CA

• Jul 6, 2011

• #6

Now that is a pipe!!! I guess you need a torch for those down the bowl endings of the smoke!

 

grouchy

Can't Leave

Jun 26, 2011

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• Jul 6, 2011

• #7

ive got to get one of those. may have to use barbque lighter but ive dune stranger things than that 8)

 

ace57

Lifer

Jun 21, 2011

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• Jul 6, 2011

• #8

Wow it must take $20 to top it off

 

cyndi

Lifer

Nov 14, 2009

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Flowery Branch, GA

• Jul 6, 2011

• #9

I have a pearwood pipe that I need a candle lighter to reach once it gets halfway through. I need one of these for that brat because this doesn't work.

 

zunismoke

Starting to Get Obsessed

Nov 3, 2010

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NC

• Jul 6, 2011

• #10

I like deep bowls! Sometimes I have to turn the flame up on my lighter to get a relight down in the bottom. Now, that talll chimneyyyy Pipe is just begging for a hacksaw! LOL I never have tried one that extreme because I would be afraid it would tip over and take a couple of teeth with it!

 

zunismoke

Starting to Get Obsessed

Nov 3, 2010

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NC

• Jul 6, 2011

• #11

Speaking of deep as in pockets, my avatar peed in the middle of my laptop keyboard while it was running today. Do not think it is going to recover.

 

hobie1dog

Lifer

Jun 5, 2010

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Cornelius, NC

• Jul 7, 2011

• #12

Speaking of deep as in pockets, my avatar peed in the middle of my laptop keyboard while it was running today. Do not think it is going to recover.

Click to expand...

:nana: Sorry, but that's just funny stuff there. :rofl:

 

ace57

Lifer

Jun 21, 2011

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• Jul 7, 2011

• #13

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

mukihr

Might Stick Around

Jun 27, 2011

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• Jul 7, 2011

• #14

i use a similar type of lighter as Cyndi has but not that fancy - mine was something like a 1USD and it is perfect for tall pipes...

here it is:

 

sjpipesmoker

Lifer

Apr 17, 2011

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2

• Jul 7, 2011

• #15

I like my bowls to be about 2" in height, big enough for a good decent smoke, any bigger than that, the bottom of the tobacco gets nasty

 

smoker

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jun 25, 2011

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• Jul 7, 2011

• #16

Bob i smoke a large bowl and don't have any trouble with ash i relight as easy as i do at the start of the bowl. The taste of the tobacco i smoke in it though has become much cooler than in a smaller bowl and much tastier too, the smoke also lasts longer so i fill up less often. I am now considering a big bowl pipe for each tobacco blend i smoke and use my smaller bowls for testing new blends.