A slight thread of smoke, So slow and relaxed, what could sleep on top of a fresh shit of dog.....................
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I think something was lost in translation, but that is still hilarious!!
Yes, the truth is, I think I look like a Martian trying to communicate with the earth..................I can only have short conversations, like a teddy bear vending machine..............
If you published your posts into a book of sayings or even called them poetry, I’d buy it. I keep meaning to copy and paste some of these to remember. But, I am going to work “.I can only have short conversations, like a teddy bear vending machine…” into a few conversations today! Pure gold!!
So I have been writing like a computer a of gas station from the 30s, for two years?
New to this still, but I think I can chime in. I liken it to smoking meat. You dont want a big rolling cloud of thick smoke. That is acrid and bitter. It will not give the best flavor. What you are looking for with meat smoking is a thin whisp of steady smoke. So, in my pipe smoking, I try to keep it light and whispy.
I aspire to smoke like the Pedaling Piper on YouTube. Half the time I'm convinced he's pulling on an unlit pipe because the smoke is very thin or barely noticeable. He does seem to enjoy this tobacco nonetheless and I'm trying to take a cue from his technique - easy does it.
2 things I concern myself with when smoking a pipe:
1. Am I enjoying it
2. Feel the bowl for excessive heat or hotspots and adjust the tobacco and/or cadence accordingly to mitigate damaging the pipe.
1. Am I enjoying it
2. Feel the bowl for excessive heat or hotspots and adjust the tobacco and/or cadence accordingly to mitigate damaging the pipe.
For me, that depends on how much I am enjoying it. If it's a great smoke, all that's left is ash. Like not one single ribbon left unsmoked. I REALLY slow down toward the end so as not to damage the pipe..
I am a trickler constant clencher, so most of the time, I only realize that my pipe has finished when I get a small taste of ash. Most, all smoke to ash, but sometimes not. But, I am not sure if that is because of the small amount of smoke or not, but I am pretty sure it's because of the constant engagement with the pipe.
Visible smoke all the time. Occasional big clouds.
Properly packed and smoked with rhythm the pipe doesn't get hot.
Properly packed and smoked with rhythm the pipe doesn't get hot.
I've noticed that there is more volume/density of smoke with the heavily flavored and PG'd blends, like Lane BCA and Capt Black White. Some of the heavy aromatics even mention large volume of smoke in their description.
I get more smoke then someone like Embers. I can smoke as slow as he does but I find somewhere in the middle works much better for me. I personally find the flavor best when I can see the smoke but am not burning my tongue. Excepting certain blends there are some blends that I get much more out of going the wisp route. The one that comes to mind is Sav Jupiter.
and cavandish too. Which gives me more volume and more visible smoke no matter how slow I go.
Despite my long years at it, I think I am an unsophisticated smoker. I sip, but I produce some smoke almost every draw anyway. I smoke a lot of burley and burley blends, but even with Virginias, there are some clouds. Often, when I light up, I get a smoke ring or two unbidden. I don't retrohale or inhale. I'm focused on enjoying the flavor, and apparently this is how I do it. Since there is rarely anyone evaluating my smoking, it suits me.
I rarely blow the smoke out of my mouth, I tend to blow a little smoke inside the pipe using the technique I learnt from Muttnchop piper and sometimes I retrohale, so the majority of my smoke is ejected from my pipe and from my nose. Is this you're referring to when you say that some pipe smokers don't blow smoke out of their mouths?
To be honest it's not natural at all for me because I'm also a vaper and I love blowing huge amounts of smoke from my mouth and from my nose, so I have to switch to a new mindset when I smoke a pipe, it's like meditation.
To be honest it's not natural at all for me because I'm also a vaper and I love blowing huge amounts of smoke from my mouth and from my nose, so I have to switch to a new mindset when I smoke a pipe, it's like meditation.
This thread has helped me tremendously.
It got me to start thinking about my sip. I would take long slow pulls with lots of smoke and a burning bowl with younger bite most of the time. After contemplating what is being discussed here and going over everyone's responses, I decided my next smoke would be soft small sips and the flavors started to really come alive. I could feel that the smoke coming in was cooler than before and everything just seemed right in the world for that moment.
So thanks to all of you
It got me to start thinking about my sip. I would take long slow pulls with lots of smoke and a burning bowl with younger bite most of the time. After contemplating what is being discussed here and going over everyone's responses, I decided my next smoke would be soft small sips and the flavors started to really come alive. I could feel that the smoke coming in was cooler than before and everything just seemed right in the world for that moment.
So thanks to all of you
