Going Out and About

[passionofthepipe]

It's a question that causes me much anxiety and is the last step to getting me off cigarettes once and for all.

You're out and about at the pub with some friends, and they all go out to smoke. You follow and whip out your pipe along with its accompanying accouterments... How did your pipe and its fellows get to the pub on your person?

Did you have them in a pants pocket? A pouch? Do you have it in your mouth at all times? Do you run to the car?

I bought a nice leather pipe pouch that holds my tobacco and has room for a pipe, but it's so bulky I can only fit it in the back pocket of my jeans and I don't want to sit on my pipe. I imagine this was an easier problem to solve when everyone wore suit jackets...

I digress: how do you take your pipe on adventures?

 

[fireground_piper]

I don’t go out much with a pipe, but when I do I load it at home and put a wind cap on. I carry it in my pocket with a lighter, tamp with my finger.

I’ll just put it back in my pocket when I’d want to go back inside.

 

[FLDRD]

A padded case, more rounded but about the size of one for eyeglasses / sunglasses; fits most average size pipes.

I've also a small, zippered leather pouch lined for tobacco, and I have a short nose warmer that tucks right in with the tobacco. It has a fairly large chamber for its size and smokes very well. Besides, if you're only keeping pace with cigarette smokers small is better...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Never needed more than a pipe and a lighter. I live in a tobacco friendly community and no one bats an eye when I'm smoking a pipe. Home, walking, hiking, driving, working, etc. I've always got one lit.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I generally smoke only at home. Most of my pipes are not ones I would feel comfortable risking losing or dropping on the go. I do have a pipe holster that fits on my belt if I do decide to do so. I usually smoke cigars on walks.

 

[shanez]

When "out an about" I'm as respectful as possible, i.e. I don't smoke where not allowed or even allowed just not common. At places where it's allowed I smoke at will and the rest of the world can piss off if they don't like it.

That being said I've never actually had an issue, save one time and that was with a complete Karen (don't go to a cigar bar if you don't like smoke), while enjoying my pipe. I've gotten some curiosity and some compliments which I'm happy to talk about pipes if people are interested. If I want solitude I'll smoke in my backyard or away from people like when I'm out with my Jeep. Otherwise, I'm okay with people asking questions or whatnot when I'm out at bars, etc. I figure patience and politeness help our community even if the people I'm talking to don't take up the pipe.

 

[ray47]

1 Falcon stem and 1 bowl in my left pocket. 1 roll up pouch of tobacco in my back pocket. 1 tamper & lighter in my right pocket.

 

[canucklehead]

Pipe Hats :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion

We've probably all used the coiled pipe cleaner hat a time or two in an emergency, or bought one of those cheap spring loaded windscreens, to prevent a pocket full of tobacco and/or ash, but does anyone else make or use pipe lids/hats? I got the idea from an old thread on here I read a couple...

pipesmagazine.com

 

[tmcg81]

I haven't been smoking a pipe as long as most people on here, but when I first started, I wondered the same thing. And then I went out and bought a bunch of shit. You don't really need it. If I'm out for a short while with a pipe, I pack it before I go and put it in my shirt pocket, and then throw a Czech tool and a Bic lighter in my pants pocket. If I'm out for the day and think I'll be smoking multiple bowls (bar, BBQ, whatever) I'll still pack a bowl and throw it in my shirt pocket, but I also have a wallet sized leather tobacco pouch that I fill up and put in my back pocket.

I think sometimes people just need an excuse to buy stuff. Myself included.

 

[passionofthepipe]

I bought a wind cap but don’t find it all that useful for preventing ash in the pants. The cork method looks tempting, but honestly I think I’ll just have to get used to ash in my pockets on occasion.

Does it not stain your pants?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Does it not stain your pants?

It does my shirts.

 

[jpmcwjr]

For outings to the pub or similar, unless hot, I like to wear a sports coat. Lots of pockets. Two pipes, enough tobacco for a bunch of bowls, Old Boy and that's it.

I frequently park a pipe in my front left pocket of my Levi's. Sure, ash and lint abound, but easy to clean turning it inside out.

 

[That Guy]

 

[canucklehead]

For outings to the pub or similar, unless hot, I like to wear a sports coat. Lots of pockets. Two pipes, enough tobacco for a bunch of bowls, Old Boy and that's it.

I frequently park a pipe in my front left pocket of my Levi's. Sure, ash and lint abound, but easy to clean turning it inside out.

How do you turn a pipe inside out?

 

[anotherbob]

sock in the backpack. Pipe sock not foot sock. Also not woodstock.

 

[jpmcwjr]

How do you turn a pipe inside out?

There's a thread here on that, but I meant turning the pocket out!

(And appreciate the humor.)

 

[LeafErikson]

I throw my pipe, lighter, tamper, and a couple pipe cleaners in my pocket. I have a leather pipe pouch that is lined with rubber which keeps the tobacco (always sir Walter Raleigh regular in my pouch) moist for about a week.

 

[TinCup]

Semi rigid sunglasses case works perfectly well for me
One (or even two) pipes with a couple of pipe cleaners folded in half, a 9mm filter or two, pipe nail tamper and clipper lighter. I put the tobacco in a small lined jewellery pouch with a draw string neck which also fits inside… oh a couple of wooden toothpicks incase I need to loosen the draw on a cigar

 

[JOHN72]

It is risky to carry it in your pants or shirt pocket, I would use a bag suitable for pipes and tobacco. With a pouch, you have the advantage of not leaving it forgotten on the bar table, etc. I would forget it, I'm sure, I would end up losing everything. I remember forgetting on more than one occasion, on the tables or bar counter, my transparent plastic dental sheath.

 

[bullet08]

Last and only time I went to a pub with one of my pipes, I used waxed canvas roll bag. Quickly put the pipe away as soon as my friends and I started conversation, and smoked cigar instead.