I’m not exactly a noob piper, but I still struggle with the pipe getting really hot to the touch. It does not creat a hot smoke, just a hot pipe. I take it easy. It’s not like I’m leaning on it. I barely puff enough to keep it lit but it still gets hot. Any tips? Does the moisture or dryness of tobacco affect this? Hanks much. Tom
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Yes moisture affects it. Try drying your tobacco more. Also pack it a little looser which may, or may not, help.
Yes, let it dry a little and don’t pack as hard. And just slowly sip the smoke.
Is this some kind of hint? Yeah moisture makes a difference. Pipes make a difference. Like some pipes just get hot while others not so much. Also the idea of slow can change dramatically as one smokes. I'd say for me the proper speed is slightly above comatose. And yes packing looser can help too.
I've noticed that pipes differs a lot regarding heat.
My rusticated Eltang Basics smokes a lot cooler than my Stanwells.
My rusticated Eltang Basics smokes a lot cooler than my Stanwells.
More surface area to dissipate the heat.
Yep. I was curious about that so I had to buy one.
Now they are my favorite smokers.
Practicing smoking slowly, even if it doesn't appear to resolve the current problem. Once you get that you've got 90% of technique, and it will spare you many problems in the future.
Ever wonder why so many of mine are ring blasts??
Those Weavers are fantastic.
Elcome! Just clench and forget about it. If you are drying the tobacco right, packing loose, and sipping instead of puffing.. No reason to stress about a pipe that just burns hot. Either the pipe will become tamed, or burn a hole. Problem solved.
I think I’ve noticed it across several of my pipes but I’ll need to check that more. Tonight when it was burning was a Peretti pipe, a small bowl zulu with Peterson 965, which was actually very dry. Maybe the small bowl, and my packing.
If you dry your tobacco and pack loosely, it may taste like hot, ashy crap.
It does to me. I prefer to smoke it straight out of the tin, and pack quite firmly. Doing that automatically slows you down, but If the pipe gets hot, what does it matter.
At least with moist tobacco you'll be getting the most flavour from your smoke.
Try both ways and consider the flavour before you make up your mind one way or the other.
Or if you like the way your smoke tastes the way you have been doing it, stick with that.
It does to me. I prefer to smoke it straight out of the tin, and pack quite firmly. Doing that automatically slows you down, but If the pipe gets hot, what does it matter.
At least with moist tobacco you'll be getting the most flavour from your smoke.
Try both ways and consider the flavour before you make up your mind one way or the other.
Or if you like the way your smoke tastes the way you have been doing it, stick with that.
Ok, I’m going to differ from the rest here. Surprise, surprise.
I am usually the ambassador of drying tobacco. But, the moisture content of the tobacco won’t have any bearing on tge heat of the actual bowl. Drying your tobacco only affects whether the smoke contains steam, making the smoke burn your tongue more or less.
I bet you think you are smoking as slow as you can. I’ve been there. I know. “How can I smoke any slower?”
Once you get the pipe going, just clench it and forget about it. Don’t puff, or take long draws. Just let it hang and breath through your nose. Maybe read a book or get your mind off of having a pipe hanging out of you mind. Just let it stay there.
What you are going for is to passively let your throat or gullet, slowly billow with every breath as you breath through your nose. This will keep a slow and steady tiny trickle of smoke moving through your mouth.
you may ask yourself, where does the smoke go? What if it goes out? Is this my house? Is this my wife?
well, stop thinking. The key to pipesmoking is the ability to just turn your damn brain off and relax.
But it might go out? Stop it!!
The only way you can tell if it has gone out is by puffing. You puff, and you’ve ruined. Ha ha.
Pipes are actually a balancing act, between keeping it lit and letting it go out. A very fine line. Get used to letting it go out in your clench, because getting it going again is the easy part.
Smoke on the verge of it going out. This is where the flavor is, keeps the pipe cool, and slows the smoke down. Maybe practice just walking around all day with an empty pipe. I keep on clenched at all times. I hunt, fish, farm, and fuck with a pipe in my clench. I am bonded with it, connected, a part of me. Some wear glasses, I smoke a pipe. It’s just second nature to me.
I once thought I smoked slow enough also. I was there. But, just when I thought I was smoking as slow as humanly possible, I slowed down more. Now my average smoking time is about an hour to an hour and a half, pending the pipe. On a road trip, I might even get a moderate bowl to last two hours. Hell, sometimes I will have a pipe clenched for hours after it’s gone out, because I lost track of time.
I would suggest to practice, but just do it. And, yes, dry your tobacco, but do that to squeeze more tobacco flavor out of the smoke and to cool the smoke on your tongue. But, smoke slow to keep that bowl cool. And, just keep that pipe clenched beyond the smoke. Just get used to clenching.
I hope this helps!
I am usually the ambassador of drying tobacco. But, the moisture content of the tobacco won’t have any bearing on tge heat of the actual bowl. Drying your tobacco only affects whether the smoke contains steam, making the smoke burn your tongue more or less.
I bet you think you are smoking as slow as you can. I’ve been there. I know. “How can I smoke any slower?”
Once you get the pipe going, just clench it and forget about it. Don’t puff, or take long draws. Just let it hang and breath through your nose. Maybe read a book or get your mind off of having a pipe hanging out of you mind. Just let it stay there.
What you are going for is to passively let your throat or gullet, slowly billow with every breath as you breath through your nose. This will keep a slow and steady tiny trickle of smoke moving through your mouth.
you may ask yourself, where does the smoke go? What if it goes out? Is this my house? Is this my wife?
well, stop thinking. The key to pipesmoking is the ability to just turn your damn brain off and relax.
But it might go out? Stop it!!
The only way you can tell if it has gone out is by puffing. You puff, and you’ve ruined. Ha ha.
Pipes are actually a balancing act, between keeping it lit and letting it go out. A very fine line. Get used to letting it go out in your clench, because getting it going again is the easy part.
Smoke on the verge of it going out. This is where the flavor is, keeps the pipe cool, and slows the smoke down. Maybe practice just walking around all day with an empty pipe. I keep on clenched at all times. I hunt, fish, farm, and fuck with a pipe in my clench. I am bonded with it, connected, a part of me. Some wear glasses, I smoke a pipe. It’s just second nature to me.
I once thought I smoked slow enough also. I was there. But, just when I thought I was smoking as slow as humanly possible, I slowed down more. Now my average smoking time is about an hour to an hour and a half, pending the pipe. On a road trip, I might even get a moderate bowl to last two hours. Hell, sometimes I will have a pipe clenched for hours after it’s gone out, because I lost track of time.
I would suggest to practice, but just do it. And, yes, dry your tobacco, but do that to squeeze more tobacco flavor out of the smoke and to cool the smoke on your tongue. But, smoke slow to keep that bowl cool. And, just keep that pipe clenched beyond the smoke. Just get used to clenching.
I hope this helps!
Really good stuff and entertaining as well. Thanks for taking the time to reply!
The English elite put their peas on the back of the fork.
The plebs just scoop them up in the round of the fork, shove them in their cake-holes, and mock the elite.
But there's a good reason for putting them on the back of the fork, which is, to get them to stay on they have to be squashed on with the knife, and in so doing they get crushed.
When eaten in this way the flavour is instant and greatly enhanced.
Now I'm not calling any of you guys plebs, far from it. I'm just using an example to illustrate my point.
Dry tobacco equals dry toast without even a scraping of butter.
Moist tobacco equals five star restaurant.
The plebs just scoop them up in the round of the fork, shove them in their cake-holes, and mock the elite.
But there's a good reason for putting them on the back of the fork, which is, to get them to stay on they have to be squashed on with the knife, and in so doing they get crushed.
When eaten in this way the flavour is instant and greatly enhanced.
Now I'm not calling any of you guys plebs, far from it. I'm just using an example to illustrate my point.
Dry tobacco equals dry toast without even a scraping of butter.
Moist tobacco equals five star restaurant.