Dottle???
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As long as the tobacco is pretty dry, I'd say I leave less than that. Sometimes I dump the ashes and relight, helps get the last part of the bowl lit. Some people say they just stop when the pipe goes out. I'm a little cheap, and try to smoke most of what I put in my pipe.
*Not advice from an experienced pipe smoker, but this is from my experience.
*Not advice from an experienced pipe smoker, but this is from my experience.
No photo, but I usually only have a few tiny blackened bits. And no tobacco that looks like unsmoked stuff I had just loaded in the pipe. You look like you’ve got a half a pipe full there.
Whatever reason makes you stop, there’s probably another solution. If it gets wet and acrid, then maybe dry it more before you start. If it goes out too often and won’t stay lit, then maybe also dry it more before you start. If you get tongue bite, then … well, you get the idea.
Good luck. Tobacco is too precious per gram for me to leave that much unsmoked per bowl.
Whatever reason makes you stop, there’s probably another solution. If it gets wet and acrid, then maybe dry it more before you start. If it goes out too often and won’t stay lit, then maybe also dry it more before you start. If you get tongue bite, then … well, you get the idea.
Good luck. Tobacco is too precious per gram for me to leave that much unsmoked per bowl.
I often dump dottle of that amount. When I get down that far, it's a pain to keep lighting it constantly, in my experience.
The remains of Salty Dogs from a Weaver dublin.
Smack the open end of the pipe against your palm to loosen things up a bit. Turn the pipe right side up, tap the heel against your knuckle to settle the contents, and relight.
Thanks for the tip Embers, I'll try that next time
Most pipe tobacco smokers are so tight you couldn't pound a Pea in their asshole with a sledge hammer! I smoke it till it's ash or tastes like 
. Take it from there Brother ...
. Take it from there Brother ...
Don't say that, if folks start saving their dottle and smoking it, Esoterica will go out of business! ?I smoke it till it's ash or tastes like
There is no such thing as over/under smoking. When I'm done, I'm done.
That being said I often pack half a pipe depending on the blend or the amount of time I have. Wouldn't want to waste 5¢ of tobacco...
That being said I often pack half a pipe depending on the blend or the amount of time I have. Wouldn't want to waste 5¢ of tobacco...
Can’t really tell from the photo but I think that tobacco looks wet. So probably try drying it out for a bit before packing.
Another trick I learnt if I was relighting a lot half way down the bowl was to slide the pick down the side of the bowl in a couple of places.Tamp and relight. Good to go.
Another trick I learnt if I was relighting a lot half way down the bowl was to slide the pick down the side of the bowl in a couple of places.Tamp and relight. Good to go.
Mostly I agree with this - when you are done, you are done. Don’t worry about the dottle. I almost always pack a full pipe, normally I am satiated at 60 min mark, if the pipe goes out around that point, I would throw out whatever is left. Even if the pipe is still lit, if I am satiated, I would still dump a bowl.
Well, I'm a thrifty Scotsman. So I usually smoke it down to the bottom. While I'm smoking, i will quickly nudge the unburned tobacco toward the center of the chamber with my index finger. When there is only a small but detectable mass at the bottom. I will cover the rim and puff a couple of times with a restricted air flow to get the smoke going again. I will be able to get another few minutes out of a bowl that way. I usually don't require a relight.
^^^^This too.
Once I quit trying to pack a completely full pipe I discovered I had been packing too tight/over filling the bowl. Combined with the above I get more complete smokes plus more flavor too.
Try simply gravity filling a bowl, or maybe a little more, and forget about layers, packing techniques, full bowls, etc. Use a tamper, or your finger, to keep the tobacco packed to where it will just barely stay lit with very small or slow puffs. I think you'll find that not only will you get better flavor but also when you really start to have difficulty with the bowl it's basically gone/done at that point.
From there you can learn to pack more in the bowl if you want a longer smoke but remember there is a reason people have pipes with really large chambers rather than packing more (too much) tobacco into a smaller chamber.
What would you say, a good little 15 minute smoke from that one? Haha
It can kill a 50g tin with 2.5 smokes.?
A Moretti, the 904s are nowhere near that big.