New Method of Smoking

[DamienPiper]

Hello, fellow pipe smokers! In search for a method of smoking that works for me, I have found something satisfactory at last. I thought I would describe it here as it might help someone enjoy their pipe more. So:
1. Draw on your pipe gently.
2. Take it out of your mouth
3. Shut your mouth and hold your breath
4. Inhale through your nose
5. Exhale though your nose a little, not to let all the smoke out.
6. Repeat inhaling and exhaling until the smoke is gone

I guess it’s similar to the breath method, but somehow I can’t perform the same things with a pipe in my mouth, always let the smoke out.
Advantages:
1) easy to learn
2) pipe doesn’t get too hot as you can’t really perform it if the smoke is too intense and the whole procedure takes enough time for your pipe to rest
3) the flavour is incomparable to standard puffing.
Disadvantages:
1) As a former cigarette smoker, I needed pipes to fulfill the need for nicotine. But I don’t get enough nicotine during my pipe smoking as I used to before. Maybe it’s the tobacco, though. And maybe it’s the right path to enjoy pipes but at last get rid of the addiction.
2) Pipes don’t stay lit as good as with breath smoking.
Have you tried it? I have never found it described anywhere in the internet.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

If this works for you, then that is great!!
I may be missing something here. If I just hold smoke in my mouth and breath through my nose, the smoke just stays in my mouth.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Did you patent it?

 

[DamienPiper]

Did you patent it?

Not yet. I’m still thinking about the name. Damien nasal method, maybe))

 

[jpmcwjr]

Damien:

Please put your location in your Profile as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I'm a former cigarette smoker too, and true enough you don't get much of an instant hit with a pipe, but stick with it and stay aware because the nicotine can creep up on you you afterwards.
Also if you haven't already tried it, I would suggest Capstan Nayy Cut ready rubbed, it looks, tastes and smells like Virginia hand rolling tobacco but on a bigger scale, and it's certainly hits that nicotine spot.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Are you really posted in Russia, or is this another Moscow?

If the former, cool! Very interesting.

 

[DamienPiper]

Are you really posted in Russia, or is this another Moscow?

If the former, cool! Very interesting.

Yeah, I’m from Moscow, Russia.

 

[DamienPiper]

I'm a former cigarette smoker too, and true enough you don't get much of an instant hit with a pipe, but stick with it and stay aware because the nicotine can creep up on you you afterwards.
Also if you haven't already tried it, I would suggest Capstan Nayy Cut ready rubbed, it looks, tastes and smells like Virginia hand rolling tobacco but on a bigger scale, and it's certainly hits that nicotine spot.

Thanks, I’ll be sure to try it!

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

No need to add “if it works for you do it”.

Thank you for posting. We can always learn something new or a tip we hadn’t considered.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

No need to add “if it works for you do it”.

Why not? I think it's awesome that it works for him. I am not sure if I understand where the smoke goes. He still hasn't explained that one. I've set here while posting trying to figure it out.
Did you figure it out and learn something new. If so, where does the smoke go, and if not why the fuck even quote me?

 

[bullet08]

It's like eating a mouthful of caviar, since OP is from Russia but you can say hotdog if you want. You take a huge bite of that delicacy, but too much to swallow. So, your jaw's working it, and you swallow a bit at a time. In this case, you retrohale just a bit of smoke at a time. I think that's what he meant.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's like eating a mouthful of caviar, since OP is from Russia but you can say hotdog if you want. You take a huge bite of that delicacy, but too much to swallow. So, your jaw's working it, and you swallow a bit at a time. In this case, you retrohale just a bit of smoke at a time. I think that's what he meant.

That makes a little more sense, but now I don't understand the food analogy, ha ha.
So... does it have to be a retrohale?

In the regular breathsmoking, you are trickling the smoke in and out slowly with the expansion and contraction of your throat as you breathe normally through your nose. It seems similar, but then forces one to drag the smoke through the sinuses, which I am not crazy about doing. If... you are correct about his process.

 

[anotherbob]

Maybe this method only works in Russia? Just kidding. Sounds like leaning heavily into the retrohale. But the real question is what if any are the blends only available in Moscow? I know there are old school very strong harsh blends but I have no idea if they're still made.

 

[anotherbob]

That makes a little more sense, but now I don't understand the food analogy, ha ha.
So... does it have to be a retrohale?

In the regular breathsmoking, you are trickling the smoke in and out slowly with the expansion and contraction of your throat as you breathe normally through your nose. It seems similar, but then forces one to drag the smoke through the sinuses, which I am not crazy about doing. If... you are correct about his process.

Everyone seems to think if you blow smoke out your nose you get more flavor. Personally I find that just makes things smell somewhat like an ashtray.

 

[bullet08]

Everyone seems to think if you blow smoke out your nose you get more flavor. Personally I find that just makes things smell somewhat like an ashtray.

Retrohale didn't work for me for the longest. Then one day, it just worked. Not sure what changed, but I enjoy it now.

 

[anotherbob]

Retrohale didn't work for me for the longest. Then one day, it just worked. Not sure what changed, but I enjoy it now.

went the other way round for me. Though that's what I used to do with rolled cigs. I think it was more about nicotine then flavor though.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Everyone seems to think if you blow smoke out your nose you get more flavor.

If I didn't retrohale, I wouldn't be able to taste the smoke at all.

 

[brian64]

Hello, fellow pipe smokers! In search for a method of smoking that works for me, I have found something satisfactory at last. I thought I would describe it here as it might help someone enjoy their pipe more. So:
1. Draw on your pipe gently.
2. Take it out of your mouth
3. Shut your mouth and hold your breath
4. Inhale through your nose
5. Exhale though your nose a little, not to let all the smoke out.
6. Repeat inhaling and exhaling until the smoke is gone

I guess it’s similar to the breath method, but somehow I can’t perform the same things with a pipe in my mouth, always let the smoke out.
Advantages:
1) easy to learn
2) pipe doesn’t get too hot as you can’t really perform it if the smoke is too intense and the whole procedure takes enough time for your pipe to rest
3) the flavour is incomparable to standard puffing.
Disadvantages:
1) As a former cigarette smoker, I needed pipes to fulfill the need for nicotine. But I don’t get enough nicotine during my pipe smoking as I used to before. Maybe it’s the tobacco, though. And maybe it’s the right path to enjoy pipes but at last get rid of the addiction.
2) Pipes don’t stay lit as good as with breath smoking.
Have you tried it? I have never found it described anywhere in the internet.

One aspect of what you're describing that is true for me as well is I find it more difficult to retrohale while clenching because my mouth isn't closed completely, so I typically remove the pipe several times during a bowl to get a good retrohale. But it works better for me if I inhale prior to drawing on the pipe rather than the way you describe.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Retrohaling just irritates my sinuses. I seem to get the same ashtray sensation as Anotherbob. I actually taste the majority with my taste buds, and then my tastes are amended by my sense of smell, but to actually drag the smoke through my nose, overwhelms them, and just ashtray... then my sinuses get irritated, and I wake up with a cough that may last for a week or so.

And, screw this thing. Tell us more about what pipesmoking in Russia is like. What blends are available, pipes, pipemakers, what are pipe shops like there... tell us about local or Russian blends... screw stuff that we hear about everyday on here. Tell me more about what it is like to be a pipesmoker (or just a person) in Russia. That shit is fascinating right there.

So often we will get a member from somewhere cool as shit like Azerbaijan, Malaysia, or Japan, and then they just talk about every humdrum shit like Nightcap, MacBarens, Phhhht... screw that humdrum stuff, lets talk "what do you see when you walk out your door, where do you buy food, pictures of stuff that (if you live there) might seem uninteresting, but just talking to us about stuff we can see for sale in any old American Pipe shop doesn't interest me nearly as much as stuff you have access to that we would never have heard about.

Or, were you just f'n with jpmcwjr?