Gurgling v Blowing

[tolstoyevsky]

(kinda sounds like a lawsuit, don't it)

Newbie transitioning from cobs to briars. The latter are more satisfying, but prone to gurgle - no doubt because of my poor technique. (And all my pipes are bent, if that may be a factor. Got my eye on a Nordic Compass as my next acquisition).

Partial remedy is to rest them vertically between re-lights. Just discovered that gently blowing into them mitigates and/or eliminates the gurgle...but tends to make the smoke more unpleasant. Am I better off accepting the gurgle as a blessing that eliminates undesirable elements while I learn to pace like a grown-up?

 

[Copperhead]

If I have no filter, I periodically pull the stem and blow out the moisture....but that is the worst form of pipe smoking heresy.

 

[proteus]

You can try to run a pipe cleaner down the stem or when this happens to me I just blow a bit forcefully into the pipe and it clears up. Have to catch it real early though don't let it build up. Even after 35 years I still occasionally get a gurgle. It happens.

 

[artificialme]

You can try to run a pipe cleaner down the stem or when this happens to me I just blow a bit forcefully into the pipe and it clears up. Have to catch it real early though don't let it build up. Even after 35 years I still occasionally get a gurgle. It happens.

This is the way. Blowing lightly from time to time seems eliminating it. But if it still gurgling, then a pipe cleaner through the stem.

 

[abecox]

I'll have to try blowing on it, my remedy for a gurgling pipe is to just cover the bowl with my thumb and then fling the bowl 180 degrees from vertical to get any moisture out. It sometimes works and sometimes just puts it out. I'm sure there's a technique thing I'm missing but it isn't happening as much so I think I'm on the right track...

 

[seanv]

Cover the bowl with your hand and flick the moisture out of the stem. It works well and doesn't send the moisture to the heel of the pipe

 

[tolstoyevsky]

Cover the bowl with your hand and flick the moisture out of the stem. It works well and doesn't send the moisture to the heel of the pipe

Ok, I'm taking that as extraordinary wisdom. Not entirely happy with the thought of reintroducing that goop back into my smoke.

 

[Auxsender]

I cover the bowl with my right thumb, hold the pipe vertically, and repeatedly tap the mouthpiece against a clean rag (or my jeans). After maybe 5 taps, the fluid drains out the stem and it’s right as rain (but much drier than rain) for the rest of the smoke.
No pipe cleaner.
No disassembly.
No blowing into my pipe.

EDIT: I only smoke straight stemmed pipes. This wouldn’t work with a bent pipe.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Flicking works, a quick and gentle puff works, but if you can slow down and be patient with the briar, you will eventually build up a lay pf carbon in the heel and shaft that will start to mitigate that moisture somewhat.
Bent stems create turbulence inside the stem which condensates the moisture out of the smoke. So, just be aware that fast draws will push more water down the stem. So, sllllooooooowwwwwe…

I prefer a straight stem to offset this, but I will occasionally smoke a bent.

 

[condorlover1]

Almost like asking a girl if she swallows!

 

[Sobrbiker]

I’ve taken to flicking, if I have no cleaner handy. I flick back towards bowl, so I don’t get stanky juice in the bit area.
I used to blow a bit, but in the process of logically overthinking things I realized that adds more moisture to the equation, making a temporary fix more temporary.

Almost like asking a girl if she swallows!

As long as she doesn’t say “kiss me”, who cares?

 

[Servant King]

(kinda sounds like a lawsuit, don't it)

Or a blog entry by Linda Lovelace.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

If it's done right you should have both.

 

[keith929]

Sorry, I thought this post had something to do with the hawk tua girl.

 

[LeafErikson]

I'll never forget a piece of invaluable advice that my father gave me when I was 14-15. He was dropping me off to attend my high school's football game and I was going to meet up with some friends and girls, the latter of which we were discussing on the ride to the game. As serious as a heart attack he turns to me and says, "Son, just make sure the woman you decide to marry loves giving blowjobs."

 

[DeerparkDays]

I'll never forget a piece of invaluable advice that my father gave me when I was 14-15. He was dropping me off to attend my high school's football game and I was going to meet up with some friends and girls, the latter of which we were discussing on the ride to the game. As serious as a heart attack he turns to me and says, "Son, just make sure the woman you decide to marry loves giving blowjobs."

Ok I have had a beer and a pipe and so I now have one statement and two questions…..

Your Dad sounds like a top fellow. Im guessing he gave you all sorts of helpful tidbits as you matured. I remember asking my Dad for advice on girls one day, and what I got from him gave me good information and took our relationship to a new level.

Did you follow your Dads advice?
How did that go for you?

Ha!

 

[LeafErikson]

Did you follow your Dads advice?

What sort of son would I have been to have not heeded the sage advice from my old man?

 

[condorlover1]

My Father told me that up to 40 sex was free. After 40 you either paid for it or told a good story!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Tamp it down a bit tighter and run a pipe cleaner through. That should end the gurgling.

 

[Woobijube]

As someone who has a case of the “gurgles” quite often, I will say that I just smoked my first true Peterson System pipe the other day and was floored by how dry it smoked. All of the aforementioned advice is excellent and I’m sure quite a few have their beef with Peterson but I will say, it may be worth your while to look into some System estates on eBay or elsewhere. From an engineering standpoint, a very purposeful design. I’ll step off my Peterson soap pipe box for now.