On Smoking Slowly and the Benefits...

[cosmicfolklore]

Beautifully written.

Great to see you back, Funk. And, thank you.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Good also to see you posting now, too!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Good also to see you posting now, too!

I’ve been in the mountains, walking segments of the AT, and just enjoying nature. Not much cell coverage.

 

[Danimal92sport]

But smoking slowly is so hard

I have been working on this and this thread helped me continue to consider slowing down - thank you! I’m relatively new to pipes, so it’s hard to tame my enthusiasm and proclivity to turn my pipe in to a red-hot kiln, but I’m getting there with practice! And enjoying the flavors and lack of stinging tongue as a reward.

 

[dingdong]

As a general principle "take it slow" is a good policy.

i will definitely try this

 

[gord]

My progress in slow smoking is going, at least imho, going very well indeed. I'll look forward to posting on this but right now, I'm outta the house. Really nice day and it's no time to be inside.

 

[dunnyboy]

By no means an expert, but I find that certain tobaccos lend themselves more easily to slow smoking. Folded or lightly rubbed-out flakes and broken flakes seem to work better for me than ribbons or fully rubbed-out flakes. I think it's because there's more air around the strands to keep the tobacco smoldering without having to puff and because there's less resistance to fight against. Packing ribbons more loosely accomplishes the same thing but I'm always tempted to stuff in a bit more to "fill" the bowl.

 

[gord]

By no means an expert, but I find that certain tobaccos lend themselves more easily to slow smoking. Folded or lightly rubbed-out flakes and broken flakes seem to work better for me than ribbons or fully rubbed-out flakes. I think it's because there's more air around the strands to keep the tobacco smoldering without having to puff and because there's less resistance to fight against. Packing ribbons more loosely accomplishes the same thing but I'm always tempted to stuff in a bit more to "fill" the bowl.

Yes, I've found similar results. And as cosmicfolklore said in my now (to me) infamous post on gurgling, so does learning how to smoke and drying your tobacco more. I don't go bone dry, but go at least two stages farther than I used to. Going to cover this in an upcoming post.