Yep. All the soot off of the latakia.
Opinions Regarding the "Palm Swirl" Method of Packing a Pipe.
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I hate to admit it but cosmic is right on, don’t think about it just do it= perfect smoke. I still hate your cob hating ass cosmic.......
I see this is a common thread. My only input would be the moisture of the tobacco is to moist for most new to smoking a pipe. Drying it out will help more then any technique of packing. Petty dry and pack it in Tight , but not too tight and Your good to go. My 2 cents.
Yep, overthinking it wrecks it.
Just stuff and puff, with time you will get it, I’m sure most on here will agree, after a certain amount of time you will be able to load a perfect pipe while driving
I’ve tried it but didn’t find it offered any advantages to my usual “incremental fill and stuff until the draw is where I want it” method.
Well, no. Proper moisture level first! Do it in batches. Then your drive time smoke, loaded while driving, will be excellent and safe, as you're using but one hand for the whole operation.
Mostly the Codger scoop so for me with ribbon. Fold and stuff with flake. The swirl method is fine but an unnecessary process. Get the feel then you can load it however you wish.
I will say when I started on the pipe (way back this past May), the swirl method and the Frank method are what allowed me to actually pack a pipe well enough to enjoy. Somehow, I got hooked on the 3-part method (pack like a baby, a woman and finally a man) and that's what works best. I could get it initially, but once I realized I was building an upside-down campfire that burned down instead of up, it all clicked.
Both the swirl and the Frank method are 'advanced' methods, in so far as they require you to know, or at least have a good idea, beforehand of the capacity of your bowl(s), otherwise it's easy to overpack and the pippe won't stay lit. Know thyself your pipes so that you be able to swirl without frustration.
Well that's just ducky. So I went at it ass-backwards knowing nothing and somehow got them to work. F'ing beginners' luck.
Six months into pipe smoking here. Started with the three-layer method (more like five layer adding two smaller toppers just to fill up my bowl). I found the Frank method earlier this week and miraculously nailed it the first three or so tries. Been hit and miss after. I’m thinking the whatever-gets-it-done thing these guys are saying is the reality. I know the Frank method is messier.
I usually do some combination of the 1-2-3 fill, the codger scoop, gravity fill, or rarely the frank swirl. I definitely think I have a tendency to pack a little too right usually, so a gravity fill and small topper is probably more what I need. I smoke fast usually and if it’s not enough, it’s gone too soon. A personal problem.
99% of the time, I just stuff it in and smoke. No tapping, swirling, twisting, measuring BUT at times I like to get fancy and tap, swirl, twist, or measure.
These tricks for loading a pipe are good beginner practices (I guess) or when you just want to try something different. Most of the time I don’t have any time. I just stuff it in and smoke it. Practice makes perfect. I honestly can’t remember the last time I packed a pipe too loose or too tight. It must have been years ago....
When I first started smoking a pipe in 1990, there wasn’t the information available that there is today. I crammed in as much tobacco as I could get in there and would have to routinely struggle through a pipe that I could barely draw through. Experience taught me to pack less and less until I found the sweet spot. Now it is muscle memory.
These tricks for loading a pipe are good beginner practices (I guess) or when you just want to try something different. Most of the time I don’t have any time. I just stuff it in and smoke it. Practice makes perfect. I honestly can’t remember the last time I packed a pipe too loose or too tight. It must have been years ago....
When I first started smoking a pipe in 1990, there wasn’t the information available that there is today. I crammed in as much tobacco as I could get in there and would have to routinely struggle through a pipe that I could barely draw through. Experience taught me to pack less and less until I found the sweet spot. Now it is muscle memory.
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I'm surprised many are calling the swirl fancy or extra. I legitimately find it easier to just dump an amount in my palm and swirling the pipe till its full. It actually rarely ever overfills, it's like the bowl knows when enough is enough.
Goes to show why people should experiment with different packing methods, you never know which one will click.
Goes to show why people should experiment with different packing methods, you never know which one will click.