Blow Moisture Out Of Stem

[hyperstar]

A gurgling pipe is annoying. When the smokes wetter, I would gently clockwise twist and pull the pipe stem out, then blow moisture out of the stem. It makes the pipe stop gurgling and keeps the smoke dry.
I think the moisture in pipe stem is most likely the saliva. It gets into the stem when we puff and blow back into the pipe.

I wouldn't worry about the moisture in bottom of the bowl. 'Cause it would be vaporized by the burning tobacco.
I tried both my ordinary pipes and spigot pipes. It all works fine.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

I use pipe cleaners.

 

[Chasing Embers]

You can also cap the chamber with you palm with the stem away from you and sling the moisture out like cracking a whip.

 

[Kal]

I use a pipe cleaner. I only smoke outside and it's the humidity that gets drawn into my pipes.
It's not a big deal really, has a bunch of pipe cleaners.

 

[didimauw]

I used to always have to blow out of my stem to get moisture out. But that was when I was smoking Carter Hall. It's rarely an issue now, that I smoke crispy tobacco.

 

[alan73]

Some will advise that you don’t want to pull stem out right after pipe is smoked .. bad for mortise tenon thing …
I either blow a little , or insert a pipe cleaner for a second which always fix the problem .

 

[sablebrush52]

It's really rare for me since I dry down my tobaccos before smoking, in order to get the most flavor from them.

 

[TheWhale13]

I don't think it is saliva actually. Even quite dry tobacco will release moisture when combusted, but not enough of course as moist. But still, I think that the flick is a more effective method of removing moisture if you don't want to use pipe cleaners.

 

[didimauw]

It's really rare for me since I dry down my tobaccos before smoking, in order to get the most flavor from them.

That's obviously a myth my friend. Come on now.....?

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's obviously a myth my friend. Come on now.....?

Even with wet aromatics you can smoke with no gurgle.

 

[--dante--]

I think that's actually from steam. If I'm mindlessly puffing away, I might get that gurgle. When that happens I just ram a cleaner through without removing the stem. I've heard somewhere that occasionally exhaling through your pipe (blowing a bit of smoke up and through the bowl) can help prevent that, but I've no idea if that's true. I do it myself out of habit after learning that, and rarely get the moisture in the stem issue.

 

[justscience]

Depends on the pipe, tobacco and ambient humidity (season). I smoke mostly in warm humid weather and crispy tobacco is neither possible nor preferred by me. Filters such as Brigham work well and pipes with spigot bits permit blowing out moisture despite the uncouth appearance. Carburetor pipes seem to work wonders for me but apparently no one else. Puffing rate seems to resolve remaining issues.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

You can also cap the chamber with you palm with the stem away from you and sling the moisture out like cracking a whip.

Seen old timers' favoring this very method

 

[Honkytonk Man]

Not sure its a good idea to pull the stem out of a lit pipe, you might end up cracking the shank.
I use a pipe cleaner. But now I've heard of the "whip-cracking" method, might try that now.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have no pipe that gurgles. I would never own one.

 

[instymp]

I have no pipe that gurgles. I would never own one.

I will bet there are some people that can make them gurgle.

 

[PipeIT]

Don’t pull stems off while smoking, just run a pipe cleaner through it.

Good pipes, tabac dried good, packed good, smoked slowly, you won’t have this problem.

I’ve never had a gurgle.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Don’t pull stems off while smoking,

If you hold the shank immediately in front of the stem it won't cause a problem. For cleaning I immediately disassemble pipes after smoking.

 

[kcghost]

I just run a pipe cleaner down the stem and that eliminates gurgle.

 

[PipeIT]

If you hold the shank immediately in front of the stem it won't cause a problem. For cleaning I immediately disassemble pipes after smoking.

I just mentioned that for newbies as a general rule of thumb, better safe than sorry. Also more for contraction/expansion and getting tenons in and out. I’ve had a few, where the shank airway contracted a little and the tenons were really tight getting back in, but some beeswax fixes that nicely.

Thanks