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How and Why do you Clench?
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I always have the pipe stuck in the side of my mouth. Since I am missing most of my teeth I have pioneered my own answer to soft mouth pieces and they are called gums!
No drool, no bite marks on stems. (Clenching is a poor term as some take it to mean you have to clamp down on the stem. No!!)
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I prefer not to clench. I despise chatter!
However certain pipes I have exclusively for clenching when riding the mowers, washing the cars, throwing darts etc. etc.
Usually Authors and Small Pokers. These pipes get the snot beat out of them though and that’s their purpose. I clench at the 10 O'clock
Position with the button at the teeth.
Don’t concentrate on it and you’ll pick it up and fix any issues automatically over time.
However certain pipes I have exclusively for clenching when riding the mowers, washing the cars, throwing darts etc. etc.
Usually Authors and Small Pokers. These pipes get the snot beat out of them though and that’s their purpose. I clench at the 10 O'clock
Position with the button at the teeth.
Don’t concentrate on it and you’ll pick it up and fix any issues automatically over time.
Move back and forth between holding and clenching depending on what I’m doing at the time. Clenching took time to find comfort. After I did it became more & more natural. Finding that 
space of comfort on both sides of the mouth is 
with your ability to retrohale. 
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space of comfort on both sides of the mouth is with your ability to retrohale. ️
I was clenching on my way home from Walmart yesterday, ran straight to the commode when I got in the door.
I keep my pipe in my mouth pretty much through the whole smoke, though.
I keep my pipe in my mouth pretty much through the whole smoke, though.
I should probably note that I have no teeth anymore. Made clenching as mindless as breathing.
"Clenching" for me means the pipe rests between my molars, jaw usually at rest so no teeth marks. But, I have broken a bit or two over the years when involved in strenuous activity, hauling logs, pushing a car and such. It's a tool for delivering nicotine not some sort of pristine artifact to be revered. But, that's just my opinion. I take reasonable care and do the maintenance but, they ain't worshiped as a rule. There are three exceptions in my collection though.
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Sounds like a classic double clench!
With my teeth.....
Cuz I like to.....
OK
There are actual benefits to breathing through the nose, and clenching will promote that, and at a better pace, if not overly active at the moment.
I began with the common position on either side, but felt subtle changes and pressures in my teeth and TMJ's that I didn't prefer, and had concerns about long-term stress if I continued. Now I hold it directly in front and I don't get those subtle symptoms.
I'm almost exclusively using a bent P-lip and that works for me. I'm also almost always outdoors, and much of that time is walking around on my grounds in the evening.
Cuz I like to.....
OK
There are actual benefits to breathing through the nose, and clenching will promote that, and at a better pace, if not overly active at the moment.
I began with the common position on either side, but felt subtle changes and pressures in my teeth and TMJ's that I didn't prefer, and had concerns about long-term stress if I continued. Now I hold it directly in front and I don't get those subtle symptoms.
I'm almost exclusively using a bent P-lip and that works for me. I'm also almost always outdoors, and much of that time is walking around on my grounds in the evening.
I have suspected for a while that the new guys often let slobber run down the pipe stem.
That could be the cause of many issues with keeping the pipe lit.
Drooling is not good in most cases.
That could be the cause of many issues with keeping the pipe lit.
Drooling is not good in most cases.
I almost never clench i enjoy the feel of a pipe in my hand ... my own pipe.. no not THAT kind of pipe, Jesus you're all a bunch of 10 yr olds!!!
I love the feeling I get with my pipe in my hand, which is one of the primary reasons I clench.
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Some pipes are made to clench. If I cant "clench" em I aint smoking them, though.
There is the matter of how you clench as well, if the pipe is angled down much more of a chance to drool down the stem, nothing as gross as sucking up your own drool mixed with whatever goop is in the stem, i find IF i do clench the pipe is more at an upward angle which removes that nasty side effect.