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Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
47,718
128,969
With all due respect, that is a reason for someone to quit the forums, not the hobby.
Not really, still lots of folks I enjoy interacting with I just wish to have as little in common as possible with those that I do not. You missed the saturation aversion in my post, it also became boring. Pipes are a light it and forget it sort of affair.
 

Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
47,718
128,969
do you inhale the smoke or just swish and spit like a pipe?
I inhale and retrohale like I did with a pipe.


Does the rolling paper contaminate the taste and smell?
I use the unbleached tubes. Adds a slight nutty/sour flavor.

That alone means you have to keep at it so it goes well. Nothing to do with "forget it"
Gravity fill a pipe and smack it against your palm to settle the contents if the chamber. The pipe will nearly smoke itself.
 

bersekero

Can't Leave
Nov 29, 2023
365
791
Greece
Gravity fill a pipe and smack it against your palm to settle the contents if the chamber. The pipe will nearly smoke itself.
This is what I do but maybe I smack it too much and the tobacco becomes very dense. But the airway is totally free with no resistance. Or it has to do with the blends I smoke. Former dunhill (Peterson), Samuel gawith, gl please, all English and a Balkan. Or maybe I put the pipe down for too long being busy with other things meanwhile.
 
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Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
47,718
128,969
This is what I do but maybe I smack it too much and the tobacco becomes very dense. But the airway is totally free with no resistance. Or it has to do with the blends I smoke. Former dunhill (Peterson), Samuel gawith, gl please, all English and a Balkan. Or maybe I put the pipe down for too long being busy with other things meanwhile.
About the same blends I smoke excluding latakia but I cube cut flakes.
 
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Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
47,718
128,969
I can't seem to get mine to light and forget about it...much more attention required than cigars!
3+ decades of regular smoking turned it into a thoughtless activity. Cigars, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco often need receptacles for waste while using. I light a pipe and realize it's done when I get ashes in my mouth.
 

andrew

Lifer
Feb 13, 2013
3,229
893
Winnipeg, Canada
Other way around actually. I mostly smoked a pipe for the past 35 years. It was the first smoking that I picked up and stayed with since age 17. The online community has been souring for a few years now and it left a bad taste in my mouth and I found friendlier more like minded folks in the RYO crowd. Fortunately, the majority of my cellared tobacco translates well to cigarettes so I threw away the pipes and took up RYO.
This is why I don't spend much time on forums of any kind. The internet brings out the worst in alot of people
 

bersekero

Can't Leave
Nov 29, 2023
365
791
Greece
These days I am mostly smoking my pipes with big bowls and meanwhile I am practicing slow smoking so we are talking about a couple of hours smoke. I am usually busy with something so I put the pipe down all the time but this is intentional, so are the relights. But when I smoke for several minutes the pipe stays lit regardless of the slow smoking. So I call it a success.
 

bersekero

Can't Leave
Nov 29, 2023
365
791
Greece
She takes care of your health.
My wife is not a smoker but she lets me smoke anywhere. Inside the house, in the car etc.
When I used to smoke cigarettes she didn't like it at all so I had to smoke outside.
I gave up all the junk (cigarettes, vapes, iqos) and now I only smoke pipes with only good tobacco. This totally solved my problem. Now I can smoke as much as I like.
Same at the office. Smoking is forbidden but everyone likes nice pipe tobacco so no collegeau is complaining.
Of course some smoke cigarettes inspite of the banning. We are Greeks after all! Fortunately our office is at a remote area so no control.
 

PApiper63

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 13, 2024
174
906
Been smoking a pipe for over 40 years and I also smoke a couple of cigars a week. Most days I smoke between 6-10 bowls. I always have a pipe with me and a pouch of tobacco in my front pocket. Although I am mindful of non smokers my family knows that a pipe is part of the package and rarely even acknowledge it. I prefer smoking outside but do smoke in my house and car. I smoked a pipe around my wife when we were dating in the stone ages so she knew what she was getting.
 

PApiper63

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 13, 2024
174
906
Been smoking a pipe for over 40 years and I also smoke a couple of cigars a week. Most days I smoke between 6-10 bowls. I always have a pipe with me and a pouch of tobacco in my front pocket. Although I am mindful of non smokers my family knows that a pipe is part of the package and rarely even acknowledge it. I prefer smoking outside but do smoke in my house and car. I smoked a pipe around my wife when we were dating in the stone ages so she knew what she was getting. I definitely am part codger!
 
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