Outdoor smoking
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Maybe look for pipes with windcaps, or buy those clip on wind caps.
Besides a wind cap, plugs and flakes in a more condensed state, fold and stuff method, can be a pain to get lit but once lit, will stay lit better in the wind.
5 Brothers. It may be brief, but it ain’t going out! Pfffffft
Depending on your experience level, I would suggest a meerschaum pipe. I only smoke outdoors and if there is more than a slight breeze I reach for my meerschaums. I smoke flakes 80% of the time anyway, but they are better when it’s windy for the reasons crashthegrey mentioned.
Wind caps are cheap and fit most all pipes.
As stated - wind cap for the pipe of your choice
I smoke outside only. Any pipe will work. If it's truly miserable, do you really want to be out there? Occasionally wind, rain and so on, just put your hand to cup the top. Don't completely cover it.
I cup it/palm it too. This will make me smell like smoke so much more than if I kept my hand away. This could be bad if you have to step into an office or client meeting after smoking. When working from home this is my method of choice.
Windcaps make you look like a pompous ass
The only real solution is to find some shelter or wear a jacket with a hood that extends a few inches outboard of your face profile.
One should not be dissuaded from pipe smoking in the wind though. Over time i have learned that this is the best time to smoke wet blends; they will require almost no relights. You just have to make the wind work for you and keep your ember going. Turn away if it gets going too good.
A harsh wind can make dry tobacco burn too hot so instead I use it to get the denser goopier blends to burn nicely.
De rigeur if you're tooling along in your roadster or on board your yachtWindcaps make you look like a pompous ass
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I just go to the garage on a windy day. Beats struggling with keeping it going for sure!
I am an Exclusively-Outdoor-Pipe-Smoker (EOPS©) - I use any pipe I feel like smoking. But windy conditions bring up another interesting question: what did old time sailors/pirates do to deal with the wind on deck while smoking? Navy Flake smokes a bit slower, so maybe that helped with the heat. Maybe, just had to keep it below deck - what did they do?!
They didn't smoke in the wind, at least not in heavy wind. At a certain point the wind makes it essentially impossible to smoke.
I live on the Oregon coast, with lots of wind, and sometimes I have to either smoke indoors or not smoke at all.
@cosmicfolklore I know a guy that makes windcaps, if you want his info!
Yeah - I was always curious about that. Figuring there would be a good amount of wind at all times on the open sea.