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  1. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    Wow... Thanks for all the replies. This is for sure the best forum ive ever been a part of. You get answers so quickly and so many different angles of view. I will keep trying out new blends and if i can get some of the blends you folks have talked about. But some of them im not sure i can get...
  2. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    I do not inhale the pipe smoke only when i use it in hand rolled cigarettes. The two pipes ive got has that premade carbon layer inside the bawl. Both of them are Stanwells. Featherweight 245 just got it today and the other is a 86. Ive smoked the 86 around 30 times since i got it and i think it...
  3. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    Thanks very much. Actually the tobacco being too wet was my first thought. It did get better when i dried some of my aromatics. But it did not solve the problem a 100%. Ive just smoked a bawl of sweet dublin trying some of your advices and i think it is the way i smoke that might be the problem...
  4. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    Oh i forgot to mention that i do the to step lightning. Char/light the top, tamp then do the real light.
  5. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    I have a Xikar Pipeline butane lighter i use for everything i have to light. When i light the pipe i draw slow while moving the lighter in circular motion over the tobacco for about 2-3 seconds. Charing could be the problem i will have to read up on that. And i clean my pipes after every smoke...
  6. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    Sorry will use the shift key :)
  7. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    my pipes do get hot but not so hot that i cant do the ''cheek-test''. my draw is slow and long. im not smoking the pipe like i smoke a cigarette. i get the same amount of smoke as i would get from a cigarette. maybe it could just be me not being used to smoke a pipe. i just thought it would be...
  8. billethemighty

    Smoking Not Pleasant Need Advice

    hello there. im new to this forum and pretty new to pipe smoking. ive read a few threads on this forum but cant seem to find an answer. ive been smoking cigarettes since i was around 14-15 years old (22 now, well 23 around the corner). ive tried pipe smoking a few times but picked the hobby up...