Funny, you’d be hard pressed to find char on my pipe rims. But, I need to up my bug killing skillz.
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1. No
2. Yes
3. Don't Use
4. Anything that works but prefer a Corona lighter.
2. Yes
3. Don't Use
4. Anything that works but prefer a Corona lighter.
As a former cigarette smoker and nicotinist I had the bad habit of sometimes inhaling to get a fast nicotine kick. But over time I have started to enjoy the tastes more than the nicotine and now I avoid inhaling because I think it somehow disturbs my sensing of the aromas.
The last thing I want is to be addicted to nicotine. Pipe smoking can be calming, for some reason except that I like to taste by retrohaling and smell the smoke. I also enjoy smoking meat and wood burning. I love fire.
I'd rather sit and smoke than walk around. Also, I don't clinch.
I have used matches, but then they can be a mess to clean up, so I got a nice lighter with low temperature flame to prevent overheating and tongue bite. I have no interest in using a BIC because I can burn thumb.
Congratulations on your new pipe.
I'd rather sit and smoke than walk around. Also, I don't clinch.
I have used matches, but then they can be a mess to clean up, so I got a nice lighter with low temperature flame to prevent overheating and tongue bite. I have no interest in using a BIC because I can burn thumb.
Congratulations on your new pipe.
1) No I don't inhale, but I do retro-hale quite a bit (same goes with cigars). Draw the smoke into your mouth, and exhale through the nose. You'll draw more nic that way, if that's what you're after, and IMO enhances your experience of the tobacco. Especially with blends containing perique.
2) When I smoked briars, I only kept separate pipes for blends containing latakia. For cobs and clays, I don't dedicate to anything.
3) Yes mason jars are good. If I open a big (8 oz or 1 lb) container, I immediately store it in a large mason jar, and transfer a smaller amount to a small mason jar for near-term smoking. The smaller tins (2 oz), I just leave it in the tin -- it's fine for a long time.
4) I've only ever used butanes (bics or pipe lighters). I can't attest as to whether there is some advantage using matches, though many folks will tell you it helps prevent charring your pipe (if you're not careful with your lighter). Again I only smoke cobs and clays so this is not relevant to me.
Enjoy, and welcome to the forums!
2) When I smoked briars, I only kept separate pipes for blends containing latakia. For cobs and clays, I don't dedicate to anything.
3) Yes mason jars are good. If I open a big (8 oz or 1 lb) container, I immediately store it in a large mason jar, and transfer a smaller amount to a small mason jar for near-term smoking. The smaller tins (2 oz), I just leave it in the tin -- it's fine for a long time.
4) I've only ever used butanes (bics or pipe lighters). I can't attest as to whether there is some advantage using matches, though many folks will tell you it helps prevent charring your pipe (if you're not careful with your lighter). Again I only smoke cobs and clays so this is not relevant to me.
Enjoy, and welcome to the forums!
1. Yes, I inhale and retro hale as I smoke.
2. I'm a one blend smoker but if I were to smoke other blends I would dedicate a bowl/pipe to avoid crossover.
3. I don't use jars for tobacco storage. I keep tobaccos in the original container/package it comes in until smoked.
4. I currently use a Bic lighter.
2. I'm a one blend smoker but if I were to smoke other blends I would dedicate a bowl/pipe to avoid crossover.
3. I don't use jars for tobacco storage. I keep tobaccos in the original container/package it comes in until smoked.
4. I currently use a Bic lighter.
1) I french inhale and retrohale to intake nicotine. If I inhale directly from the pipe ill cough/upchuch etc..
2) In briars I seperate flavors, but no with cobs...
3) An 8oz jelly jar can hold 2-3 ounces of ready rubbed leaf, or 4-5 ounces of flakes/plugs, this seems like the perfect size to me for storage, gifting, tasting, and cellaring. H.aving different shaped/sized jars seems like a pain
4) Matches are great for flavor, since they burn at a lower temperature. Bics are slightly hotter but obviously way more convenient. Jet flame lighters burn very hot and can lessen the flavor of the bowl.
2) In briars I seperate flavors, but no with cobs...
3) An 8oz jelly jar can hold 2-3 ounces of ready rubbed leaf, or 4-5 ounces of flakes/plugs, this seems like the perfect size to me for storage, gifting, tasting, and cellaring. H.aving different shaped/sized jars seems like a pain
4) Matches are great for flavor, since they burn at a lower temperature. Bics are slightly hotter but obviously way more convenient. Jet flame lighters burn very hot and can lessen the flavor of the bowl.
Some of the English blended aromatics, called Lakeland blends, have a heavy rose-geranium flavoring that "ghosts" a pipe, that is, it persists long after a bowl. For those, most people prefer to designate a pipe. For most other blends, you don't have to designate, unless you have particularly sensitive taste for, say, Latakia. So unless you're buying Lakeland aromatics, don't worry about it. If you find you are sensitive to or fussy about other blends, it's no concern.
I never inhale pipe tobacco. You totally lose all flavor when you do that, so I don't recommend it.
I dedicate all my pipes to either genres of tobacco or I will dedicate specific pipes to specific blends. Sometimes you just get lucky and a certain pipe just kills it. For example I had dedicated 2 of my Rad Davis Lovats to my 2007 Stonehaven. Once I began collecting my Jack Howell pipes, I found a Billiard that smokes that Stonehaven just as good as my Rad's. I put one of the Rad's back in rotation in the Vabur genre.
I dedicate all my pipes to either genres of tobacco or I will dedicate specific pipes to specific blends. Sometimes you just get lucky and a certain pipe just kills it. For example I had dedicated 2 of my Rad Davis Lovats to my 2007 Stonehaven. Once I began collecting my Jack Howell pipes, I found a Billiard that smokes that Stonehaven just as good as my Rad's. I put one of the Rad's back in rotation in the Vabur genre.
I guess, if you're trying to light the pipe instead of the tobacco.?
1. Don't inhale - it's bad for your lungs. If you want to mainline tobacco do as @chasingembers suggests and chew the stuff. I do this myself but only with brown twist.
2. Matter of personal preference although antique meerschaums are more forgiving.
3. Mason Jars
4. Bic Lighter/Matches
2. Matter of personal preference although antique meerschaums are more forgiving.
3. Mason Jars
4. Bic Lighter/Matches
Nope. But not everyone has your flame acrobatics skills. I certainly don't.I guess, if you're trying to light the pipe instead of the tobacco.?
The only pipe I don't have a problem using a Bic with is the Vauen Basic, because whatever coating/finish they used for it made it a Panzerpfeife; but a number of my other pipes have the scars to shew from Bic use. Actually, Bic use is pipe abuse.
No acrobatics needed. As long as you're not holding the flame to the pipe when not drawing, the flame will never touch the rim.
I meant the inversion of the lighter and the thumb dance. Till I get an asbesos thumb, I'm not willing to try that again. ?
Hold the lighter differently. It's quite possible to use any source of flame safely and comfortably.
I'm a former cig smoker and yes I still inhale every 3rd or 4th puff.
The blends I smoke are on the mild side and have mild nicotine.
I gently sip the smoke most all the time, inhaling when it's going just right. Not too hot, but not stone cold. It's a balancing act.
Smoke gently and slowly. Smoke your pipe all day if you want to. Clean it at night or in the morning.
In my experience, leaving dottle in the bowl after a smoke makes things bitter and acrid. Empty your pipe soon after you're done smoking if possible.
It's good to have a glass jar or an ashtray to empty it in. Fire safety is important. I like a pickle jar with a lid. Or an ashtray.
You'll get more pipes eventually. Enjoy your pipe.
And, be gentle scraping out the dottle. That will keep the heel of the pipe in good shape.
There's a lot of gentleness to pipe smoking. It really is an art, I think.
I use a Zippo and a Bic. Depends on what I have in my hand.
I use matches and twigs from the fire, too.
Some folks use a pipe lens.
I want to try one if I ever find one.
Smoke gently and slowly. Smoke your pipe all day if you want to. Clean it at night or in the morning.
In my experience, leaving dottle in the bowl after a smoke makes things bitter and acrid. Empty your pipe soon after you're done smoking if possible.
It's good to have a glass jar or an ashtray to empty it in. Fire safety is important. I like a pickle jar with a lid. Or an ashtray.
You'll get more pipes eventually. Enjoy your pipe.
And, be gentle scraping out the dottle. That will keep the heel of the pipe in good shape.
There's a lot of gentleness to pipe smoking. It really is an art, I think.
I use a Zippo and a Bic. Depends on what I have in my hand.
I use matches and twigs from the fire, too.
Some folks use a pipe lens.
I want to try one if I ever find one.
Why do you char the rims of your pipes? I use a Bic regularly but, I don't understand why one should char their briar.