As is usually the case. Takes time to learn their personality.Sounds to me like the problem is more one of technique than the pipes.
Anybody Find Small Pipes a PIA to Smoke?
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I will agree that it is probabley operator error rather than the pipe.
In briars I find no difference. In actuality, it’s a pipe by pipe thing. I have a group 4 Dunhill and an almost exact sized baby Peterson Cara and each smoke quite well. But….
Ive been so enamored, spoiled by, the ease and quality of my MM Country Gentlemen pipes, I own eight, that I find myself seriously leaving my briars alone.
To the OP’s question — in Cobs, I rarely reach for my Apple Diplomats or Legend/Washington smaller sized cobs. I favor the larger MM cobs —the aforementioned CG’s as well as my Great Danes. The capacity, feel in the hand, and their open draw has won me over.
Now to drift away from the original question. I’m primarily enjoying only two blends and to make things quite simple, I’ve dedicated my four bent stem CG’s to Granger and four straight stem CG’s to Pegasus so there’s no question which pipe to grab and and haven’t looked back. — I never have a bad bowl with my cobs. For fun, I’m building a thick cake in one of each just to experiment.
I’ll pull out a briar soon, I’m sure. But for now…
There are benefits to being a simple bastard. Being me is a full time job. ??
Ive been so enamored, spoiled by, the ease and quality of my MM Country Gentlemen pipes, I own eight, that I find myself seriously leaving my briars alone.
To the OP’s question — in Cobs, I rarely reach for my Apple Diplomats or Legend/Washington smaller sized cobs. I favor the larger MM cobs —the aforementioned CG’s as well as my Great Danes. The capacity, feel in the hand, and their open draw has won me over.
Now to drift away from the original question. I’m primarily enjoying only two blends and to make things quite simple, I’ve dedicated my four bent stem CG’s to Granger and four straight stem CG’s to Pegasus so there’s no question which pipe to grab and and haven’t looked back. — I never have a bad bowl with my cobs. For fun, I’m building a thick cake in one of each just to experiment.
I’ll pull out a briar soon, I’m sure. But for now…
There are benefits to being a simple bastard. Being me is a full time job. ??
I like the concept of being simple. If you smoke the same pipe several days or bowls, you learn something about them that one and done does not support.
Bingo. Unlike cigars, often in piping it's just a technique issue.
Try cube cutting a flake and gravity fill into the small pipe. This way you’re not packing anything. Get a good light, small tamp and light again. You can make a flake last an hour in that. They are great for stronger blends so your head doesn’t pop. I prefer larger pipes for latakia blends because you get more surface area and more flavors come out. I prefer small bowls for virginia blends/flakes.
Only problem with small bowl is, it's finished before I start.
Wise words Hiawatha! Lol
Pale Face who smoke with forked tongue doing something wrong!
I remember them being called “titty” . A girl I knew referred to them as “the twins “.
Recently shifted to smaller pipes, got tired of hand holding all the time. Maybe it’s my old teeth but enjoy them more .
The only small pipe I have is a Tonni Nielsen and it is a superb smoke if some what brief.
How much bigger are the chambers in the larger pipes, if they are?
Like said, most if not all pipes with a decent construction smoke cool if you know how to use it. I like my pipe to my tobacco, a small pipe for flakes or ready rub and a large one for mixtures. The cigar analogy is flawed, you can go very wrong with puffing like a freight train.
Not my style, just get them lit then it's run out. If you want that short of a smoke just roll a cigarette.
I am trying to reach a stage where I can do the techniques almost automatically without thinking about it and just sit back and enjoy the smoke. With my big pipes, i can se real progress - fewer relights, less tongue bite, etc. Smaller pipes, being smaller, with less room for error, seem to make the small details more critical. I will keep the small pipes and press on. I really love these little pipes.
The 'correct' cadence and rhythm can vary a lot depending on the tobacco and pipe shape. And the "less room for error" is definitely the case with some smaller pipes.
I like my smaller pipes and generally don't have any issues with them. The only exceptions are the 2 opera oval shaped pipes, they sometimes smoke kinda wonky, probably because they're harder to tamp properly
the b10 has a chamber diameter /depth of .80X 1.43. The small calabash is .60x1.28. I think it's just a matter of the larger pipes hacve more room for air circulation, where the smaller ones don't. I as someone else just po
seted, it is probably just a matter of adjusting the technique to fit the smaller pipes.
Was curious about the larger pipes, no matter.
I've got a pipe that's pretty meaty but the chamber is no bigger than most of my others and small than a couple, so was just curious if what many think are bigger pipes are physically bigger but don't really have more capacity, for example. Thought we might get some input on that, but haven't so far.
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