Occasionally on the left side, but I tend to hold my pipe while smoking most of the time.
Do You Clench your Pipe?
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Honestly, I didn't know can do like that until recently I saw someone posted, he pushed the soft bit until over the bite area ?. But doesn't look nice though..... Never mind, my stem has already got bite mark ?
If I’m not taking a drag the pipe is cupped in my palm. I’ve come to realize I don’t like to do other activities while smoking. I like to sit and think and relax. So I’ve stopped multitasking- now I smoke less often, but enjoy it more. When relights started to feel like a chore, or handling of the pipe was inhibiting efficiency with various tasks, I had to reevaluate how and why I smoke. So no clinching.
As i'm mostly standing or walking while smoking I clench all the time. Left or right are alternating a bit.
Me is because I lost a teeth on the left upper. So, there's a hole there, cause me can't clench my pipe on left side ?
I have some pipes that are easier to clench than others and it depends entirely on what I'm doing when smoking. I have a few lightweight pipes with vulcanite stems that I smoke when I know I'm going to be clenching. For the most part, I hold the pipe in between my middle and index finger by the shank, like how most people hold a cigarette.
Wow... 677 days of inactivity... Talk about thread necromancy. 
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Gimlet
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Pershonally, I've been unable to discush. Too buishy clensching my pipe.
I'm quite a recent clencher 
because I can't seem to find proper pipe bits here in Portugal I've just bought this:
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because I can't seem to find proper pipe bits here in Portugal I've just bought this:
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Yep. And when I realized it habitually was in the same repetitive spot, I decided that might not be good long term, so I vary it. Also began trying a directly central clench to even out any pressure / angle issues on both teeth and TMJ alignment. Trying to anticipate and mitigate long term issues.
Truth be told, that's probably what modern rubber bits evolved from.I'm quite a recent clencher
because I can't seem to find proper pipe bits here in Portugal I've just bought this:
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HRPufnstuf
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I find myself clenching on the right or the left. It depends on the pipe geometry and the button size and shape.
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HRPufnstuf
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Good solution. Inexpensive,too.I'm quite a recent clencher
because I can't seem to find proper pipe bits here in Portugal I've just bought this:
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HRPufnstuf
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But it does demonstrate the relevance of pipe issues from generation to generation.Wow... 677 days of inactivity... Talk about thread necromancy.