New to pipes, former cig smoker

[fitzy]

Welcome to the forums and welcome to the wonderful world of piping. :D
As far as the tongue bite goes that could be smoking too fast or the tobacco being too moist.

 

[pipeman84]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Beside the classical reasons for tongue bite, I think it was aggravated because in the beginning I was smoking the pipe just like a cigarette - holding it between lips right in the middle of the mouth (like LVC in my avatar) - so the tongue got full and direct exposure to smoke. Now I vary with each draw the position of the pipe - from the left corner to the right corner of the mouth.