Pipe Abuse - Wicked Are the Ways of Men

[Lumbridge]

I had (past tense) such a cob, but a smoke in a windy thunderstorm did this…View attachment 391705View attachment 391706

Wow... that is one brutal burnout. You're supposed to smoke the tobacco in the pipe, not the pipe itself!

 

[didimauw]

Wow... that is one brutal burnout. You're supposed to smoke the tobacco in the pipe, not the pipe itself!

Ohhhh "pipe smoker" actually means.....

Damn
...

 

[Briarcutter]

I had (past tense) such a cob, but a smoke in a windy thunderstorm did this…View attachment 391705View attachment 391706

I'd send it back to the factory. They may get a kick out of that one.

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Wow... that is one brutal burnout. You're supposed to smoke the tobacco in the pipe, not the pipe itself!

It did make for some, uh, unique tasting notes.

 

[gnarlybriar]

I reluctantly admit to tamping too hard.

 

[Lumbridge]

Ohhhh "pipe smoker" actually means.....

Damn
...

Or maybe I've been doing it wrong this whole time.
Tomorrow in the WAYS thread: "I took a blowtorch to a cob just now and boy have I been missing out. Notes of burnt popcorn abound. Tiny bit of tongue bite, though."

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

I reluctantly admit to tamping too hard.

I have occasionally used the poker on my pipe tool to stab a hole all the way through tobacco leaves.