Last 1/4 bowl not burning???
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I noticed a big difference in this area when I started drying the baccy more prior to loading and smoking. This may be a little unorthodox, but it works for me... Try drying it out almost completely, say 30-45 min. Pack your pipe, then place your lips around the bowl and put a few long breaths of air through the pipe. The baccy will pull some moisture from your breath. For me, this is just about the perfect dryness. And I get to the bottom, without bad tastes. But it may still take a light or two after a tamp when you get down there.
Good luck!
Have fun experimenting, it comes with the hobby!
Good luck!
Have fun experimenting, it comes with the hobby!
"Plus with the way a cob is built I don't think you'll be able to smoke 100% of what's in the bowl."
Fitzy, I actually find the opposite to be true with my Mark Twain cob. It's a rare event for me to have any dottle in that pipe. It is drilled right into the bottom of the bowl so perhaps that is why I can smoke it mostly down to ash?
Regards,
Jay.
Fitzy, I actually find the opposite to be true with my Mark Twain cob. It's a rare event for me to have any dottle in that pipe. It is drilled right into the bottom of the bowl so perhaps that is why I can smoke it mostly down to ash?
Regards,
Jay.
, I'm still on aromatics as I like the flavor and haven't struck out into non-aro yet. Can I get some recommendations of a mild, low nic non spicy blend to try or should I start a new thread?
Even the driest tobacco has moisture. I've read that D&R blends average 16% moisture content and are among the driest tobaccos being shipped.
So....along with: "Good packing with properly dried baccy is the key." I add cadence.
The harder and faster you pull trying to keep a pipe burning can counteract the process you are attempting to complete.
First, a fast cadence creates heat which releases moisture that is absorbed by the leaf in the bottom, then, the tobacco becomes 'soggy and hard to light'.
So....along with: "Good packing with properly dried baccy is the key." I add cadence.
The harder and faster you pull trying to keep a pipe burning can counteract the process you are attempting to complete.
First, a fast cadence creates heat which releases moisture that is absorbed by the leaf in the bottom, then, the tobacco becomes 'soggy and hard to light'.
"Even the driest tobacco has moisture."
That is so true Newbroom. I once loaded a bent Falcon with Elizabethan Mixture and totally forgot about it for at least six weeks.
I was going to ditch it but thought I'd give it a go. It smoked fine if a bit quickly but at the end of the smoke the homemade absorbing ring under the bowl was sopping wet!
Regards,
Jay.
That is so true Newbroom. I once loaded a bent Falcon with Elizabethan Mixture and totally forgot about it for at least six weeks.
I was going to ditch it but thought I'd give it a go. It smoked fine if a bit quickly but at the end of the smoke the homemade absorbing ring under the bowl was sopping wet!
Regards,
Jay.
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