How Slow can You Go?

[itsnotuitsme]

I believe this is the one: On Smoking Slowly and the Benefits... :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/on-smoking-slowly-and-the-benefits.96504/

yes it is - sorry i didnt find it again when i wrote the post, otherwise would have linked it then.

 

[bullet08]

No. I don't smoke slow. Nor do I smoke fast. I smoke at my own pace. Sometimes, it will last 2 hours. Sometimes 3/4 hour. But speed isn't necessarily any specific indication as to how you are enjoying your experience. Important thing is your doing your smoking the way you can enjoy it.

 

[anotherbob]

Going slow never helped for me. Reading old instructions from early in Europes fasination with smoking and tobacco helped. Sip. I don't worry about how many puffs or letting the pipe rest. One thing I found odd was that smoking like that the pipe stays lit better even when put down for a minute or more realistically in the pocket to run in somewhere you can't smoke. Good test for if you're pulling right is to light it with a match and draw like you do when smoking the flame with sag but not actually go into the pipe. Also noticed that smoking more gently and casually means I don't get irritation even if I smoke one pipe after the other and get far less palate fatigue.

 

[itsnotuitsme]

Reading old instructions from early in Europes fasination with smoking and tobacco helped.

Sorry, i didnt quite understand that. Which instructions? Would love to read them too!

 

[anotherbob]

Sorry, i didnt quite understand that. Which instructions? Would love to read them too!

found them in a book that transcribed them from early writings on the subject. No clue where to find them now.