How does one generally pack a bowl when Breath smoking? Is a tighter draw better than a loser draw for this technique or like most things in the pipe world it comes down to preference?
Breath Smoking Question?
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Good question -- and I don't think it's ever been addressed before. I occasionally slip into breath sipping, and usually
when clenching the pipe in my teeth. But I've never thought about packing the bowl differently to maximize the effect.
Following this thread will be interesting.
when clenching the pipe in my teeth. But I've never thought about packing the bowl differently to maximize the effect.
Following this thread will be interesting.
I just like the regular pack; not an empty soda straw, not a milkshake in a soda straw, but the perfect feeling of soda coming up the straw tightness. If it is too lose, I am too tempted to actually puff on it to keep it lit. If too tight, then it just doesn't smoke self correctly.
Great question and one I hadn't thought about, either. Like Cortez, I only usually slip into breath sipping when I'm clenching and I don't pack differently for that - it just happens. I am currently consciously working at the breath technique when I'm just holding and smoking the pipe, but I haven't changed the way I pack; it seems to work very well with my normal pack but with a much better draw. I'm going to keep at it this way for a while, without changing the pack, until I see how it goes but so far, so good!
As GLP sums it upthis is how I've just always seen men smoke. No puffing, no holding a pipe in hand, just connecting one on one with the briar and becoming one with it.
Personally, I don't discharge the smoke to go back through the stem. I just don't seal my lips, and the smoke just dissipates through my mouth, but the key is to not see your own smoke, or you are doing it too fast. You never see smoke coming from men clenching in old movies, but you do cigarettes or cigars.
I never saw pipe smokers making smoke growing up, working men, farmers, men walking to church with pipe clenched in the jaw. It was always the newbie that you saw making billowing puffs of smoke, like kids with a toy. So, I just naturally have always tried to keep the smoke as invisible as possible. My daughters would tell you that the only time they see smoke coming from me is when they've pushed me too far, ha ha.
I never saw pipe smokers making smoke growing up, working men, farmers, men walking to church with pipe clenched in the jaw. It was always the newbie that you saw making billowing puffs of smoke, like kids with a toy. So, I just naturally have always tried to keep the smoke as invisible as possible. My daughters would tell you that the only time they see smoke coming from me is when they've pushed me too far, ha ha.
Huh. Now I know what I'll do when I have two broken legs and cannot do any work or chores...
Sounds like it might require some practice.
Spencer
Sounds like it might require some practice.
Spencer
The key is just melding with the pipe. You have to just forget about the pipe. It's like driving a car. First get the mechanics for that particular pipe down, ad then you're really driving when you are no longer thinking about it. My uncle used to be so comfortable that he would fall asleep with the pipe in his mouth. It was just a part of him. It's like a zen thing.
I want to thank you for this thread. Been experimenting since it was posted, and now I feel as though I just "grew up" as a pipe smoker. Plus, I finally can smoke my thin-walled pipes such as my Piccadilly pictured below. Walls are probably 3/16 inch, but "breath-smoking," it not only doesn't get hot, it's as if I'm never going to finish the thing. It lasts forever.
I've tried several blends in it this way, and it's as if I'm tasting them for the first time. It made mediocre drug store blends delicious! Cool, tasty, relaxing.
Thank you!
Pups
I've tried several blends in it this way, and it's as if I'm tasting them for the first time. It made mediocre drug store blends delicious! Cool, tasty, relaxing.
Thank you!
Pups
Right there with you 12pups. Ive been working on this for a while, definitely keeps the pipes cool and the smokes long. I still need some work, but I'm getting there.
Um... no delicate way to put this: I tend to pool drool and have to splat out a puddle every so often.
I think my house pipe (a sitter) has too big a stem for this. I have to hold that one. But smaller stems work out better and I don't mind switching positions around. The bigger stem has a "home" in one spot, and I don't like to clench it much. I'm smoking that one, I'm not doing anything else.
But my Kaywoodies and this little Piccadilly, no problem. They're small, light, and have no-nuissance bits/stems.
I think my house pipe (a sitter) has too big a stem for this. I have to hold that one. But smaller stems work out better and I don't mind switching positions around. The bigger stem has a "home" in one spot, and I don't like to clench it much. I'm smoking that one, I'm not doing anything else.
But my Kaywoodies and this little Piccadilly, no problem. They're small, light, and have no-nuissance bits/stems.
I drool a tiny bit too, but only when I am doing something that requires me to tilt forward. I just instinctively remove my pipe if I have to bend forward, and try to maintain whatever it is that I am doing with my head held straight. My workbench is set up perfect for this.
Practice, ha, like that so terrible. I think I'll do a little practicing myself. I could have sworn, just one second ago, you had pics of a pipe. Anyways, cool pipe. Keep on...
Practice, ha, like that so terrible. I think I'll do a little practicing myself. I could have sworn, just one second ago, you had pics of a pipe. Anyways, cool pipe. Keep on...
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