Bad experience with tongue bite

[cosmicfolklore]

I am just saying that you can take all of that math, and weigh it against just smoking slow and dry, and if you don't get burned, then continue on dude. Working a smoking problem out on paper is not the same and putting it in your pipe... am I wrong?

Your participation is very welcome here. In 15 minutes we will all have forgotten about this thread. But, in the future asking for help, and then criticizing the answers you get is not the best way to make friends. Jus sayin.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

"The big clouds of smoke happen when you light"
My problem is I can't even get away with that, one big puff and I'm done for the day (and by "big puff" I mean effectively filling your mouth to capacity, which sounds ridiculous now but for someone starting out it's not difficult and many times seems to be the only way to get a pipe lit).
While I agree that the debate about mechanics is largely semantics at this point, we all agree that big puffs hurt and small sips don't, but "why" is the question that perpetually "burns" in the curious mind.

Thermal or Chemical? In one case you just have to sip slower and/or drink something cold to mitigate the build-up of heat, in the other you need to balance the PH of your mouth.
It's safe to say that temperature is always going to play a part, but exactly how much is anyone's guess right now.
I'm amazed that for all the millions of pipesmokers over hundreds of years no-one has installed a thermal probe in the shank of a pipe and recorded what happens.

Were it not for the impending doom of western pipesmoking, right now would be the perfect time to put a computer in a pipe and make it beep when the smoke reaches a given temperature (assuming temperatire is a significant factor, which I'm still not convinced that it is).

 

[cosmicfolklore]

When I first started smoking a pipe, I burned my mouth and almost cooked my sinuses, which sounds a lot like what has happened here. I came from cigarettes, and yes, I looked like a newbie too. I slowed down, and it took a while for this to "feel" normal to me. When I switched to Virginias, I experienced tongue bite, which was obviously chemical. In puffing harder to find flavor in the Virginias, I added heat to the acidic tobacco, and nearly split my tongue into. I was bleeding down the center of my tongue, and had to learn to smoke Virginias slower, and learn to dicifer flavors in the Virginias.

As far as measuring and mathematics, pipesmoking is a mixture of art and science. I wouldn't waste time with measuring temperatures when all I have to do is pack my pipe and smoke it to get the results I want. And, measuring temperatures just seems like lousy way to win an argument online. This is why it is also an art. One guy may be able to puff harder than the next, with no bite or burn, because they've developed a leather tongue. This is an endeavor that is about doing what suits you. If it burns, listen to what the seasoned pipesmokers say. If it doesn't puff away. Easy as pi.

 

[bprivateaerdric]

Again, since I didn't do that, I don't know why you say I did. But have it your way.