Hi, I'm a retired guy who stopped smoking cigarettes 35 years ago, but I recently decided to smoke a pipe because I have such a nice back porch for it. I started with a corncob on the advice of Fayette Cigar Store, then bought a more expensive pipe after a week, during which I really enjoyed smoking the corncob.
I have a couple of questions, the first one may not have an answer I like. If you notice my username, it is my actual screen name "baerdric" (that I have used for over 20 years on dozens of forums) with the word "private" stuck in the middle. I didn't do that. It just showed up when the email got to me. I see that "it can't be changed", but maybe a moderator will show pity on me.
The other question is more on topic. My new pipe seems to be a second, or defective. It's a rigoletti bent churchwarden, and the draught hole is not centered in the bottom of the chamber nor in the mortice. It's near the edge of the mortice and ~1/4 of an inch up the side of the bowl.
It still draws well, but has to be disassembled to be cleaned. It also cannot be smoked to the bottom, of course. I have been moving the tobacco around near the end to get some of it to smoke, but that's not a solution. So I was thinking of a screen, or actually a pipe mesh ball for tobacco I found on amazon, to keep all the tobacco above the draught hole.
I guess I got a bad pipe, but will this make it more smokable?
I have a couple of questions, the first one may not have an answer I like. If you notice my username, it is my actual screen name "baerdric" (that I have used for over 20 years on dozens of forums) with the word "private" stuck in the middle. I didn't do that. It just showed up when the email got to me. I see that "it can't be changed", but maybe a moderator will show pity on me.
The other question is more on topic. My new pipe seems to be a second, or defective. It's a rigoletti bent churchwarden, and the draught hole is not centered in the bottom of the chamber nor in the mortice. It's near the edge of the mortice and ~1/4 of an inch up the side of the bowl.
It still draws well, but has to be disassembled to be cleaned. It also cannot be smoked to the bottom, of course. I have been moving the tobacco around near the end to get some of it to smoke, but that's not a solution. So I was thinking of a screen, or actually a pipe mesh ball for tobacco I found on amazon, to keep all the tobacco above the draught hole.
I guess I got a bad pipe, but will this make it more smokable?