Pipe Lighting

[thebigragu]

I think the trick to avoid getting fuel taste with Zippos is to keep the lighter perfectly parallel to the ground, or, better yet, to tilt it ever so slightly upwards. If you tilt it downwards you'll get fuel in your bowl.

good tip olkofri

 

[anotherbob]

Haha yes it was my fat fingers strike again. smoking in general is just so taboo nowadays that even with a pipe people freak out like its then end of the world

it amazes me how many times I have been asked if I did bring the pipe and want to smoke while at a non-smokers home. Which is always a treat for me as I won't smoke in my own home.

 

[anotherbob]

I think the trick to avoid getting fuel taste with Zippos is to keep the lighter perfectly parallel to the ground, or, better yet, to tilt it ever so slightly upwards. If you tilt it downwards you'll get fuel in your bowl.

oh so use as directed. funny how many products work better when you follow the directions.

 

[alexnc]

Cabot- I would have believed Hemingway!

I use a Corona Old Boy and love it. I have a Kiribi Kaboto, but it seems to have gotten a little unpredictable when adjusting the flame.

If I'm smoking a deep chamber I'll switch to wood safety matches at some point and insert it down into the chamber bit

 

[olkofri]

oh so use as directed. funny how many products work better when you follow the directions.

LOL. Yeah. I actually tend to tilt the pipe sideways towards the lighter when the bowl is halfway through or more. I do this with any type of lighter, but it's a must when using a Bic. Alas, now that Bics have no flame regulation and big arse flames this will result in rim charring, but better the rim than my finger.

 

[thebigragu]

it amazes me how many times I have been asked if I did bring the pipe and want to smoke while at a non-smokers home. Which is always a treat for me as I won't smoke in my own home.

yeah that's a rarity for me I did have one lady I worked for on her farm who used to let me sit in her cellar and smoke in the winter and turn it into basically a mancave

 

[thebigragu]

LOL. Yeah. I actually tend to tilt the pipe sideways towards the lighter when the bowl is halfway through or more. I do this with any type of lighter, but it's a must when using a Bic. Alas, now that Bics have no flame regulation and big arse flames this will result in rim charring, but better the rim than my finger.

I do the same thing even with bic lighters . I just do it out of habit I guess

 

[thebigragu]

oh so use as directed. funny how many products work better when you follow the directions.

do I sense a bit of sarcasm in that reply Haha

 

[anotherbob]

do I sense a bit of sarcasm in that reply Haha

well I am from central PA and sarcasm is medically necessary to survive such a place. And not just because we call big hills mountains either.

 

[writingraav]

I wish we could go back to the good old days of pupe smoking and when you could smoke inside

When I first got married I could smoke in the house. There wasn't even a question (50 years ago in December.) Then I quit for a few years voluntarily, just too busy or something, and when I picked it up again new rules were in force.

 

[gamzultovah]

Maruman lighter and bic.

 

[perdurabo]

Zippo can suck a Dick, I use Bic.

 

[ray47]

I've been using these for 50+ yrs to light my pipes.

 

[thebigragu]

well I am from central PA and sarcasm is medically necessary to survive such a place. And not just because we call big hills mountains either.

I'm from the part of New York where we have the fingeelakes on one side mountains om the other do I understand

 

[thebigragu]

When I first got married I could smoke in the house. There wasn't even a question (50 years ago in December.) Then I quit for a few years voluntarily, just too busy or something, and when I picked it up again new rules were in force.

I never smoked in my own house I dont know why but I never did

 

[thebigragu]

Maruman lighter and bic.View attachment 4854

that looks like a nice lighter

 

[thebigragu]

I've been using these for 50+ yrs to light my pipes. View attachment 4856

I use the green light ones also

 

[Chasing Embers]

I never smoked in my own house I dont know why but I never did

My recliner is my primary smoking haunt. Drives the wife insane because she can't see the smoke and she hasn't learned how to do that yet.

 

[Saintwilliam]

Bic because it’s what I usually got on hand. I had a fancy butane lighter but it works about 20% of the time. Using Bics bothers me though because they are just adding to landfills... maybe a new fancy more reliable butane is in order.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I do this with any type of lighter, but it's a must when using a Bic.

I've never had to lean the pipe to a Bic. Just hold the flame above the chamber and draw.