Do You Clench your Pipe?

[kcghost]

I usually keep the pipe in the left side of my mouth. Not clenching it, but rather holding it in my hand. Can't clench to save my soul.

 

[PipeWI]

Clench, clench, clench and be damned

 

[jpmcwjr]

I really wish a word other than "clenching" were used for this habit. It may cause some to bite down on the stem.

I hold the pipe gently in the right side of mouth, and put it on the left when I think of it.

 

[The Clay King]

Never; I don't want get pipe notches in my teeth:

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[AroEnglish]

I really wish a word other than "clenching" were used for this habit. It may cause some to bite down on the stem.

I hold the pipe gently in the right side of mouth, and put it on the left when I think of it.

This is good reasoning. Plus clenching is reserved for other, lower parts of my body.

 

[Peter - CCB]

I 50/50 clench and hold, often to type like I am now. I prefer a partially bent pipe for that reason and use thinner walled softy bits for the most part.

 

[Gimlet]

I really wish a word other than "clenching" were used for this habit. It may cause some to bite down on the stem.

I hold the pipe gently in the right side of mouth, and put it on the left when I think of it.

Until I came on here I used to say "clamping". Not sure it's much better but it maybe sounds a bit less fraught.

It's a fair point though that you should bite the pipes gently. Quite apart form damaging the mouthpiece, habitual hard biting can loosen your teeth.

 

[VDL_Piper]

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