How I Fill My Pipes

[puffy]

This system evolved early in my pipe smoking experience and has served me well all these years.

I sit in my chair.

I Pick up a pipe and a tin of tobacco.

I fill the pipe dropping some tobacco in my lap.

I pick up what tobacco I can out of my lap.

I stand up dropping the rest of the tobacco onto the carpet.

I pick up the big pieces of tobacco out of the carpet.I never get it all.

When my wife gets on my case about the mess in the carpet I get out the vacuum.

I know there is discussion going on in pipe smoking circles about the how how one should fill a pipe.This method just seems natural to me.

 

[mp31guitar]

:rofl:

 

[olderthandirt]

Ayup

Pretty much sounds like my routine also.

I have to be extra careful picking up those pieces from the carpet though. Cat hair does sizzle so when lit (-;

 

[irish2fish]

LOL! :puffpipe: I thought I was the only one to rescue all the little bits of tobacco.

 

[ace57]

I went to the same school of baccy loading that You did. :rofl:

 

[seanz]

its good to see i am not alone!

 

[octavius]

My wife literally was just giving me crap about tobacco on the floor... :roll:

 

[ssjones]

+2 on crap from the missus on dropping tobacco...

I like spreading tobacco specs over desk, than knocking some to the floor. A careful foot push gets those pesky scraps up against the black baseboard...

 

[philip]

Get the kids to fill the pipes for you. Didn't Gidget used to fill her dad's pipes? :?

 

[juni]

:rofl:

 

[igloo]

Yep those are the proper directions for loading a pipe . :rofl:

 

[jasongone]

Puffy you rule.

 

[undecagon]

ANY MUSICIANS OUT THERE?!?
Load over a piece of sheet music, and it works well to collect whatever "misses"

 

[scotrob]

Load over a piece of sheet music, and it works well to collect whatever "misses" []

thanks undecagon, that is my method too, although I never fill a pipe when I am actually sat at a keyboard (dropping bit of tobacoo in between the keys would not be good)....alternatively, just fill pipe with any book in your lap

 

[chopz]

i never knew there was another way other than how grandpop did it - shove the bowl down in the tobacco pouch and scoop the tobacco in.

 

[juni]

I use a paper plate for drying and bowl filling, and put the left over tobacco in a mysterious "scrap blend" jar.

 

[morlader]

Ditto Puffy and me being a cheapskate I get it all off the carpet and back in the pipe :lol:

 

[undecagon]

dropping bit of tobacoo in between the keys would not be good

ABSOLUTELY! I keep the vibraphone pretty pipe free, and definitely packing free for the same reason. Drum set, however, is riddled w/ drum stick chips anyway, so some loose baccy in there makes no difference. It'll come out every few months when I replace heads

 

[pipedisciple]

I have a small vac in my room so when I spill tobacco, I just zip it up, pain in the butt but keeps wifey happy. I fill my pipes the same way. ::

 

[philip]

I use nearly the same method while sitting on the bed. The vacuum is essential.