Looking to Buy a Gandalf-Style Pipe. Facing a Dilemma and in Need of Advice.
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bigvan, lol, I know what you mean about that claim. Cool smoking is a combination of quality briar, proper tobacco humidity and good smoking technique. The length of a pipe has nothing to do with how cool or hot it will smoke. Just another old wives tale that are running around the net.
I believe the claim was made by Georges Herment. He thought it was a poor trade-off to exchange nose for cooler smoke.
I believe the claim was made by Georges Herment. He thought it was a poor trade-off to exchange nose for cooler smoke.
I don't know, but I think there is some truth to the idea that CW offer a cooler smoke. Especially when igniting tobacco, my butane is superheating the tobacco - the longer distance from this initial flame, the greater the cooling effect IMHO.
To use an exaggerated example, just imagine puffing on a 3 ft pipe stem vs a 3in pipe stem. However, overall, I will agree with what Harris wrote:
I own 3 churchwardens (two Savinellis and a Rigoletto) and find the more I get into this hobby the less I smoke them. I recommend you buy a convertible-type churchwarden such as the Stanwell Hans Christian Anderson. They come with a long churchwarden stem and a short (normal length) stem.
@Roth: The Rigoletto was a bear to break-in but is a good smoker now. If memory serves me the draft hole was a little high and I had to apply mud to the bottom of the bowl in order to get this one to smoke right.
@Roth: The Rigoletto was a bear to break-in but is a good smoker now. If memory serves me the draft hole was a little high and I had to apply mud to the bottom of the bowl in order to get this one to smoke right.
I would personally recommend the Vauen Auenland pipes. I've checked them out in person in a great little pipe shop in Munich, Germany. They're absolutely amazing. Well-crafted, the finish is stunningly beautiful, and feels just right in your hand. If you're looking for that Middle-Earth feel, then these are what you want. "Auenland" means "Middle-Earth" in German.
You won't regret it. I would have bought it myself, if I wasn't broke from backpacking for 4 months.
You won't regret it. I would have bought it myself, if I wasn't broke from backpacking for 4 months.
Try http://www.lunapipes.com/ I have ordered my first pipe from Tom, and while I have yet to smoke it I chose Tom because of the good reviews he got. Happy hunting!
The OP hasn't been back to even look at comments in a month. I can say a couple years back I bought a church warden that was a full wooden crafted pipe from a Ren Fair and its more of a collectible, I've smoked out of it some but it just isn't all that great.
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