A story of a mini pipe

[papajoe]

After settling down to a kind of smoking routine with the pipes I've got, I decided to get me a small pipe to serve me mainly at work. Something small which will be easy to carry around and which will give me a short time smoke on breaks.

I looked around on eBay and found this nice small pipe that I thought was exactly what I looked for.pipe.So I decided to give it try and ordered that pipe. Yesterday it arrived. I rushed to the post office, took the envelope opened it and looked at my new pipe thinking to myself: is someone playing a joke on me? Is it a real smoking pipe? Remember, I am a newbie.

Anyway I decided to give it a try. So I filed her up lit and started smoking. And loo and behold, what I got was a fine smoke. She burnt quite nicely, even though she is a short one she feels nice her smoke is cold without burning my tongue, the bowl did not heated up and burned quite cold and the small bowl gave me almost an half an hour of smoking. And since I'm a clencher, she is so light that you could put her in your mouth and forget about her.

All in all exactly what I wanted end even more.

So I guess that size doesn’t matter after all. :lol:

Just wanted to share a nice surprise I got.

 

[papajoe]

5 bones shipped for a 30 minute cool smoke?

What does 5 bones meen?

 

[simnettpratt]

Bones are dollars, so five bones means five dollars Not a pipe thing.
BTW, I have two tiny maple and cherry wood pipes just like yours and like them. They look like toys, but smoke surprisingly well. I keep mine loaded in the kitchen - when I go to stir the pot or add hot water, I can take a few puffs and they work well. Would be good for outdoors adventures, when you want lightness or a pipe you don't mind losing in the lake

 

[jeepnewbie]

MM makes a fine small hard one pipe. I own one myself, and a few of their cobs too, a small just like the hardwood. I used them when out doing yard work, and don't worry if they fall. They are sturdy little guys and indeed do give a great smoke. Some folks may see them and think they are a gimmick, but they are a great buy for the price. Glad you like it.

 

[kimbiker]

I've just bought a Dr Plum 'Dinky' (metal filter), using it to smoke arros, well pleased with it.

 

[papajoe]

I just finshed smoking it again and liked it so much that I have orderded another one. The only down side I can see to this pipe is that its air hole is a bit higher then the botom of the bowl, so that there is a littletobacco left there at the end of the smoke. But stil it is a good pipe.

Btw dose thos pipe needs to rest and dry between smokes as other wood pipes?

 

[mephistopheles]

My first pipe was the same one pictured. I came to love that little Missouri Meerschaum Ozark Mini! Yes, they seem to benefit from being rested, dried, and cleaned and should be treated with the same love and respect as any other pipe. :puffpipe:
Just a tip, I found that I had the same issue where there would be tobacco left over at the bottom of the bowl and decided to experiment with my packing method. I found that by using "The Air Pocket Method" that it fixed that problem.
Here is a link to the video that taught me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6M1KXnd73w

Or search: "Tobacco Pipe Packing Methods - The Air Pocket Method" on youtube if the link doesn't work.

There are other packing methods on there from PipesMagazine that were also very good to try.
Just remember to test the draw after you pack your pipe. If you can't get any air repack and try again or poke a hole with your pipe tool. I found that the pipe and my chocolate aromatic tobacco really benefited from the tightness of the pack. I also had an almost perfect cherry (the red of the tobacco burning) and have been fortunate enough to successfully smoke all the way to the bottom of the bowl several times without issue. Packing method really is important. I hope I helped. :mrgreen:

 

[papajoe]

Thanks mephistopheles, I tried it and it worked fine.

 

[newbroom]

If you like that size in the hardwood, try the MM Morgan. It's basically the same pipe in an untreated cob, and mine is smoked about 4x a day.

I love a smaller bowl as an ex cig smoker I'm not yet into dealing with very long smokes, so I've got several small bowl cobs in my current regular rotation.

 

[mso489]

Small pipes serve many purposes including short smokes, sampling, appetizer/dessert bowls around larger pipes, flake tobacco that burn slow, etc.

Enjoy.