Clencher or holder

[ghost]

Used to be a holder, now I'm mostly a clencher since I started using the softy bits. I find it easier now.
This would definitely be a strange thread to read for someone who doesn't know what we're talking about...

 

[keith929]

I am usually a clencher but I have one or two pipes that are just too heavy to clench for any length of time. I am right handed but I tend to clench on the left.

 

[jwp159]

I clinch 90% of the time, the side depends on what I am doing at the time. :mrgreen:

 

[martiniman]

holder, when i clench i seem to plug the hole in the stem with my tongue? whats up with that?

 

[briarbird]

65% Hold 35% Clench.

 

[smokindawg]

Some of both, depending on the pipe I'm smoking and what I happen to be doing while smoking said pipe!

 

[taerin]

Probabley 50% holder, 50% clencher, keep a softy on every brair pipe stem, my teeth are very very sharp.

 

[bentmike]

Always holding my pipes!

 

[bobby46]

Clencher.......except during conversation, when the stem is held pointing at my neck. Sometimes the mouthpiece is waved or pointed at a listener's face for speaking emphasis, before returning home between the teeth.

 

[nightmarejones]

I'm about a 50/50 guy myself, but oddly enough I too am right handed but clench on the right and hold with my left hand and occasionally clench on the left then hold with my right hand...guess I'm weird

 

[pipeinhand]

Hands free, hold. Hands busy, clench.

 

[checotah]

5000 years ago, when we smoked in offices, I clenched nearly all the time while working. Went thru a lot of bits, however.
Now, I only clench when I'm working in the shop; otherwise, I'm holding, usually left handed, smoking with either side of mouth. Right hand is busy with the single malt or cognac....

 

[meech]

I could say I almost always hold. I find it awkward to smoke and clench, it's probably just one of those skills that develops over time.
I do most of my smoking sitting at the computer, browsing Youtube, Reddit, PM. what have you, so I hold left handed so I can work the mouse, and then I just rest the pipe in my mouth to type. It's also kind of calming to hold a nice warm pipe in your hand.
I've noticed that when I do something that requires two hands like reading or playing video games with a controller I'll generally clench, but pause to remove the pipe from my mouth while I exhale.

 

[jaybird]

clench a pipe, hold a cigar

 

[lankfordjl]

Depends on what I'm doing when I'm smoking. If I'm sitting, then I hold the pipe; I sit to smoke my more expensive pipes. If I'm walking (going for a walk or walking the dog), I clench; usually smoke a cob then. I hold my churchwardens whether I'm sitting or walking.

 

[sabertooth]

I always hold mine, unless I'm lighting with matches sometimes. I don't have a rubber piece on mine, so I try to avoid bite marks.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

I would say I'm about 90% holder and 10% clincher. I find that when I clinch I get more saliva in my pipes which has me running a pipe cleaner through it several times. When I'm holding my pipe I alternate hands. It depends on what I'm doing for which hand I hold it in.