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You might be tamping it improperly. That's what I was doing for ages and it was super frustrating. You need to "hot tamp" as opposed to "cold tamp." Basically, when you to damp, mighty press your tamper on your ash, but puff away while doing so. This allows your burning ash to reach fresh tobacco, as opposed to putting the darn thing out.
Credit to someone here for pointing that to me. Can't remember who it was, but it totally changed my piping experience
Credit to someone here for pointing that to me. Can't remember who it was, but it totally changed my piping experience
Your going to get lots of input and there are some tips that work and some that may not.
Cased tobacco will usually smoke a bit wet no matter how you try to dry it...
That comes with the territory..
My drying system is putting a few bowls of tobacco on a paper towel, spread it thin,
and set it under a desk lamp with real light bulb. (Please don’t use heat bulb)
5-7” from bulb to avoid any heat buildup but enough to dry it some.
Some blends may need 5 mins, some more, you’ll figure it out.
Don’t pack too tight, Air is a requirement for burning just about anything.
Tamp lightly as you go and use a pipe cleaner down the air hole often as needed.
Might want add a military mount pipe to your rotation.
They can be easy to get dry as you slowly puff thru a bowl.
Cased tobacco will usually smoke a bit wet no matter how you try to dry it...
That comes with the territory..
My drying system is putting a few bowls of tobacco on a paper towel, spread it thin,
and set it under a desk lamp with real light bulb. (Please don’t use heat bulb)
5-7” from bulb to avoid any heat buildup but enough to dry it some.
Some blends may need 5 mins, some more, you’ll figure it out.
Don’t pack too tight, Air is a requirement for burning just about anything.
Tamp lightly as you go and use a pipe cleaner down the air hole often as needed.
Might want add a military mount pipe to your rotation.
They can be easy to get dry as you slowly puff thru a bowl.
Another cigar convert here. The journey is worth it. I try to pack mine so that drawing is no harder than drinking through a straw. And to me dry enough is where the tobacco still springs back when you pinch it but isn't wet feeling. Crunchy feeling is too dry.
One of the more interesting and frustrating things about pipe smoking is how individual it is. What works for me won't necessarily work for you, and vice versa. Problem solving usually involves trying a few things that work great for some but don't for others.
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