Clenching?

[jship079]

i clench so much and so often, stem only last me bout 3 months, tried the softies but doesnt feel natural, guess its my excuse for always buyin replacement pipes.(great excuse to the wife, i just show her the stem an tell her i need a new pipe) generally works

You want to give me all the bowls to those chewed up steams

 

[ontario]

Drool here too

 

[pjm03fatboy]

Ok now i see i must of not pay closely to the ? i too am a drooler like a garden hose , but the softies help me keep it there for only the time im puffen or it would be on the ground!!

 

[teamhavoc28]

I enjoy the softies and couldn't imagine clenching without them. Thought about trying tubing but like the easy removal of softies to clean stems.

 

[mattmars]

I use the worries on 3 of my 4 pipes. I drool like a fool, but I take the bits off as soon as I'm done smoking so the stem can dry off.

 

[weezell]

Just started smoking a pipe again on a regular basis.Was a clencher but..just had a bi-cuspid removed that was cracked all the way to the root(head ache from HELL).Just one of those things :?:

 

[pjm03fatboy]

@mattmars Be careful on removing stems on a warm pipe the shank will swell a little and could brake the stem or shank, i would let it cool then later remove stem, thats me though

 

[iowamike]

I am a holder here too. When I try to clench i just drool. I keep trying it but no luck, which is ok because it makes me sit and just relax.

 

[juni]

It sort of sucks not to be able to do it though. I could use a third hand.

 

[zanthal]

I'm a courier, and spend at least a few hours of every day of the work week driving.
I've been smoking my pipe while driving lately, and clenching feels pretty natural now.
@juni - my jaw muscles were aching a bit during the first few times puffing most of a bowl in my teeth. But that soreness starts going away fairly quickly. I've also found it's easier and more comfortable to clench with your molars, as opposed to any of your teeth towards the front.
It also makes me smoker faster. And yeah you can't help but inhale a little more smoke than freehand, but this factor is pretty much eliminated if you are in even a slight breeze.

 

[ohin3]

I started clenching from the very first time I smoked a pipe...just seemed natural. I only ever get jaw fatigue from pipes that are 42 grams and heavier. I suppose that is why the pipes in my collection hover around the 34 - 36 gram mark.

 

[sfexeter]

I had never heard the term "breath smoking", but I guess that's what I do. I guess its actually a combination of clenching and holding. I tend to make an event of smoking, and not partake in too many other activities while smoking. I have to say that clenching an acrylic stem isn't quite the same.

 

[frtimmyd]

I try to clinch. Makes more sense when I'm reading or working on the computer (I'm a priest and 80% of my time is doing either of those). I notice that when I clench I run into the "excess moisture" problem. Once that starts happening I end up hand holding so that it doesn't get worse.

 

[seakayak]

I generally hold the pipe with my hand, clenching when I need to use my hands for some other purpose. It just sort of happens naturally without conscious thought. No side effects either way.

 

[smokenscotch]

It all depends on the situation for me. Most of the time it's clenching, but when my mouth gets tired, I hold on to it for a few minutes. I walk a lot with my pipe so I always have it secure between my teeth. The tobacco goes a lot quicker because you are always puffing. If i'm in a conversation with somebody, I'm not clenching for speech clarity, all depends.