Are Certain Style Of Pipes Easier To Smoke To The Bottom?
- Thread starter puff_not_snuff
- Start date
That’s what I was feeling guilty about (I blame Catholics school)... thanks for all the above replies which really shed light on my quandary. I think I will go for a pipe with a stout bowl such as a bulldog when I make my next purchase.
Actually most bulldogs have a delicate heel, due to the shaping of the stummel. Pretty thin down there.
I've been finding that also interestingly. Not my favorite pipes but sometimes I am amazed the smoke I get when I break one back out after a long while.
Most likely the wrong adjective, maybe I should of said squat...
To answer in a more serious way, I can say in my experience, tapered bowls are more difficult to smoke to the bottom. Only conjecture on my part, but many of the tapered bowls can get fairly narrow at the bottom. So there's very little tobacco area to soak up moisture. The bottom 1/4" or so can quite wet which makes it difficult to smoke.
That's been my experience. Can't say it has been others and cannot offer any scientific explanation either. And that doesn't deter me from purchasing or smoking a pipe with a tapered bowl either. When I consider my top 10 metrics for choosing a pipe, smoking to the bottom of the bowl more easily due to bowl geometry doesn't make my list.
That's been my experience. Can't say it has been others and cannot offer any scientific explanation either. And that doesn't deter me from purchasing or smoking a pipe with a tapered bowl either. When I consider my top 10 metrics for choosing a pipe, smoking to the bottom of the bowl more easily due to bowl geometry doesn't make my list.
If you must smoke to the bottom, use a metal pipe such as a Falcon, Viking or a Kirsten pipe. The draft hole is at the bottom and dead center.
Works for me!
Looks like craig beet me to it!
Works for me!
Looks like craig beet me to it!
A slightly elevated draft hole is no impediment to smoking to the bottom.
I hardly ever smoke to the bottom of the bowl.
This is why I started putting a pinch of codger blend in the pipe before I loaded the bowl with what I really want to smoke. This way when I dump out the dottle, I’m not throwing away the good stuff.
This is why I started putting a pinch of codger blend in the pipe before I loaded the bowl with what I really want to smoke. This way when I dump out the dottle, I’m not throwing away the good stuff.
Won’t the heating of the codger effect the flavor of the other tobacco to a certain extent?
To a certain extent, yes, but probably not noticeable at all in most cases. I often load a good English blend topped with a great one, and cannot tell when it transitions, either.
Now, that's frugal. Have you considered using straw? It's absolutely free!
To answer the question in the caption, the answer is yes, cavalier pipes where the draft hole is drilled vertically into the chamber from above. See Cavalier - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier.
I have to be careful not to burn the bottom of this Moretti smoking the last bit of tobacco. I also have a Mummert with the same airway configuration and it too will smoke to the bottom and burn wood if I'm not careful.
I have to be careful not to burn the bottom of this Moretti smoking the last bit of tobacco. I also have a Mummert with the same airway configuration and it too will smoke to the bottom and burn wood if I'm not careful.
That’s looks like the representation of a hermaphrodite as a pipe.