How long is a bowl?

[python]

LMAO @ Haunted!
Depending on the size of the bowl, I normally get between 30-60 mins per smoke.

 

[pstlpkr]

Hey Bob you and I have to get on the ball like these old farts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxPgdpIupz8&feature=related

 

[flanative]

Thats a MAN right there1

 

[bubbadreier]

Holy hell that was fast! I don't think I will ever try that...

 

[unclearthur]

Asbestos tongue required!

 

[joeray]

i usually smoking for 50 - 80 minutes a bowl, depend on the bowl's size.

 

[joeval]

Depending on the size of the bowl and what I'm smoking - around 45 minutes for a quick smoke, and a good couple of hours for a long one.

 

[settersbrace]

Lawrence, there are some pretty wild videos embedded with the pipe smoking contest. Scorpion man?

 

[jmill208]

It's a lot like sex; It CAN be over in a few minutes, but why?
Maybe you need to think about baseball while you smoke....

 

[cigrmaster]

I smoke flake tobacco exclusively and a group 4 sized bowl which is a medium size lasts me 1-1.5 hours. Flakes burn much slower than any other cut. If I were to smoke a ribbon cut in a group 4 it would only last maybe 30 minutes,

 

[12pups]

And when jmill208 has finished his pipe, he rolls over and has a cigarette.
LOL
j/k jmill. There are so many ways that analogy works.

 

[mso489]

I tend to nurse a bowl for an hour or more, but I often let it go out, save some for later,

etc. I'm not concerned about the stop watch. Sometimes I'm on Forums and stop to

post, and relight. So though the bowl may go an hour, that may be in increments over

two hours or more. I light with matches, and buy a cellophane wrapped package of

match boxes at the dollar store.

 

[lostandfound]

I can't imagine smoking for two hours straight. Also, if you put your pipe down, and let it go out, the clock starts over boys. Might want to adjust your time sheets.
My smokes last between thirty minutes and an hour. Flakes. Not quite rubbed out, nor folded and stuffed.

 

[ravkesef]

You must have one hell of a tongue bite! Also--lots of relights is an indication that the tobacco may be too moist, or improperly packed. Here are the three rules that I share with every new smoker:
1. The tobacco should be a lot drier than you think it should. A lot drier.
2. The pipe should be packed a lot looser than you think it should.
3. The pipe should be smoked a lot slower than you think it should.
If the bowl is too hot in your hand, that's generally an indication that you're smoking it too quickly. The bowl should be pleasantly warm. How warm is pleasantly warm? If you place it against a baby's skin, the baby will smile because it feels pleasantly warm. Any warmer than that, and it's too hot, and you're smoking the pipe too fast.
How long of bowl should last can be a function of the tobacco that you're using, but three bowls in an hour is way too fast. I sip my Pipe slowly, and depending upon the size of the pipe, and the tobacco I'm burning, an hour and up is not too much to expect. Remember rule three.
Follow the advice I've given above, and the tongue bite will disappear in a few days. You will also be enjoying your tobacco a lot more, and frequent relights will be a thing of the past.

 

[escioe]

I disagree about the bowl getting hot. Some bowls just get hot. I sometimes view that as a good thing: they are conducting heat out of the chamber. I have group 4 pipes I can smoke for 2 hours that get hot to the touch. Clearly I'm not smoking them too fast. I think a lot of it is pipe-dependent.

 

[ravkesef]

You're right about it being pipe dependent. I just didn't see it as a rookie issue when I formulated my response.