Are You A Tongue Grabber?

[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

I almost always suck in some bits of tobacco when I first light up a pipe. I grab my tongue with my fingers and wipe the bits off on my jeans or whatever is close. Are there any other tongue grabbers?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Whatever works. Sometimes I a able to spit it out, other times pick it off with fingernail.
However, if you start with a clean chamber and be sure to load in the biggest bits of tobacco, you'll get less up the airway.

 

[mortonbriar]

Yeah it happens sometimes. Mostly when I am rush packing

 

[mayfair70]

Wondered what this thread was going to be. :mrgreen:

Nope, never grab the tongue to remove tobacco. I just swallow it, if it isn't easily spat out. It's been happening a lot lately. Maybe I need to ease up on rubbing it out. (Jeez, this all sounds so dirty :roll: )

 

[aldecaker]

No tongue grabbing for me. As a former (and still very occasional tobacco chewer) I enjoy the taste for a moment, and down the hatch they go.
EDIT: And if I get them, I get them on my test draw, before I light.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Make a nest in the bottom of your bowl with longer strands before loading the bowl.

 

[aldecaker]

Duane, have you ever tried picking the "longer strands" out of Prince Albert? It's like picking fly shit out of pepper!

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

This is one of the main reasons I like filter pipes.

 

[aldecaker]

I've tried the Medico/Grabow style filters before, and found that a stray chunk of tobacco lodged in one is sort of a game-ender. Doesn't seem as pronounced with the Savinelli balsas.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Duane, have you ever tried picking the "longer strands" out of Prince Albert? It's like picking fly shit out of pepper!

With blends like that, I run a pipe cleaner just into the bowl, and make a firm pack to the level of the cleaner then pack as normal.

 

[aldecaker]

I just enjoy the freebies. PA tastes great even when it's not lit.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

The best filters are little spirals of pipe cleaner, with the right angle you get minimal air restriction and it still traps all the little tobacco bits, plus it collects a lot of moisture to help reduce gurgle.
9mm pipes and filter stem Cobs seem to work best, the Savinelli 6mm slots don't seem to be quite big enough.

 

[didimauw]

It happens to me sometimes, usually I just spit in any direction.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I just enjoy the freebies. PA tastes great even when it's not lit.

That it does.

 

[ophiuchus]

I just spit. *Pthhhht pthhhht!*
I used to just swallow bits of tobacco and ash that made it all the way ... probably wasn't a good thing. :wink:

 

[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

The other end of the tongue grab is when you're at the bottom of the bowl trying to get the last few hits out of it, and bam!; a hot ember of tobacco hits the tip of your tongue. I grab then too.

 

[prndl]

Oh, well.
I always thought those bits were part of the food chart.
8O

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Yeah I've been known to grab the tongue.

 

[pipestud]

Just remember fellas, it is okay to pick shards of tobacco off your own tongue but it is considered bad manners to do that to a fellow pipe smoker's waggler, unless he asks you to, of course.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Even then, it should be done in private! Have yet to see a lady smoker whose tongue I'd care to pick. I am sure she's out there, just haven't met her yet.....