How and Why do you Clench?

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jackattack

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jun 15, 2024
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Austin, TX
Clenching just seems a natural way to smoke a pipe for me. I rarely have my pipe in my hand. Smacking a corner with the pipe has become a real hazard for me. I really enjoy smoking while I cook, paint, read, and play video games. I'm clenching a pipe while I type this.
 
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BobFleming

Lurker
Jun 19, 2024
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Stratford upon avon
I do, probably half of the time.
Found I was marking the step so got those little rubber things to protect it, seem to work ok but probably not for everyone.
I'm British so my teeth are a bit wonky! so the tip of the step sits comfortably in one of the gaps.
 
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proteus

Lifer
May 20, 2023
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2,587
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Connecticut (shade leaf tobacco country)
Gotta have a place to put your stuff. Like right now. Hard to type and hold a pipe. So it's either clenched or in a holder. Like readers. They get put everywhere and there's really no rhyme or reason other than convenience. My tombstone will read Where's my pipe, my glasses, my keys, my phone, my...
 
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rmcnabb

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 19, 2024
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583
Because my hands are busy driving while playing Jerry Garcia air guitar!