Hello fellow pipe smokers,
I'm smoking a pipe since 2016. I think I have learned to get a really good smoking experience with most of my pipes. Those pipes, which I am able to get a good smoke out of are all approximately the size of a Dunhill group four or three. I do not smoke armomatics or Englishes and I usually dry my tobacco before smoking and use do the so called gravity fill.
This year I bought a pipe with a bigger bowl, because I was looking for a longer smoke. I have not yet learned to enjoy it. It has a diameter of about 22mm and is nearly 50mm deep. I do not get much of a taste out of it and it goes out very often. Then I thought it might be a problem of this particular piece and bought a pipe of te similar size which causes the same problems. So I think the problem is me and not the pipes.
Do you have any recommendations according the use of larger bowls? Should I dry the tobacco even more / or less? Or should I tamp stronger / less strong, or more or less often? Is there a special cut / type of tobacco that fits better / worse for big bowls?
Thanks for your help!
I'm smoking a pipe since 2016. I think I have learned to get a really good smoking experience with most of my pipes. Those pipes, which I am able to get a good smoke out of are all approximately the size of a Dunhill group four or three. I do not smoke armomatics or Englishes and I usually dry my tobacco before smoking and use do the so called gravity fill.
This year I bought a pipe with a bigger bowl, because I was looking for a longer smoke. I have not yet learned to enjoy it. It has a diameter of about 22mm and is nearly 50mm deep. I do not get much of a taste out of it and it goes out very often. Then I thought it might be a problem of this particular piece and bought a pipe of te similar size which causes the same problems. So I think the problem is me and not the pipes.
Do you have any recommendations according the use of larger bowls? Should I dry the tobacco even more / or less? Or should I tamp stronger / less strong, or more or less often? Is there a special cut / type of tobacco that fits better / worse for big bowls?
Thanks for your help!