Book matches are good. And the book, held between thumb and forefinger, can help shield the bowl.
Please Help me Light my Pipe!
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Yep! Many small flat bits can be used over the rim. You don't even need to take it off when you take a draw; just release the pressure.
Perforated wind caps in high winds are worse than useless. (Because they give a false sense of security. High winds will blow hot embers quite some distance.)
only functional difference is where they put the red phosphurous and if there is any other difference it is down to the maker alone. And i have stiff winds here and no problems with modern matches.
One last note it is a skill that just takes practice to light a pipe in the wind with matches. Frustrating until it clicks. And the fun thing is there is little to no sense or indication of progress and then it is so easy you wonder how it was ever a struggle.
You might want to give one of these WW1 trench lighters ago.
My friend, John, has a trench lighter, and uses it to light his pipe sometimes when he’s on the go.
I found the answer. Beeswax impregnated hemp wick.
Every shitty match I've tried is too weak and thin and breaks or blows out even when I cup it and shield it.
Going through five or six cheap ass matches just to light a pipe is for the birds.
I salute all you gents with your great lighting skills. Enjoy your man badge. I'll borrow the hippy tech for this one.
Every shitty match I've tried is too weak and thin and breaks or blows out even when I cup it and shield it.
Going through five or six cheap ass matches just to light a pipe is for the birds.
I salute all you gents with your great lighting skills. Enjoy your man badge. I'll borrow the hippy tech for this one.
How do you light your hemp in the wind? Even my wife could handle a match in the wind and light her cigarette. She could also start a campfire in the rain. I do miss that girl, rest her soul.
Either with the trench lighter shown above, or with one of those waterproof camp matches which burn violently for several seconds.
Once you do that, the thick beeswax wich stays lit and you can be as leisurely as you want to be playing with your pipe.
Or, be a man, and do it frantically with your match. Your choice.
I'm a leisure guy myself.
Nothing frantic. Just calmly shield your light and pipe from the wind. Light the item calmly and go about your business. In this manner I don't need to light three items, match/lighter, wick and then pipe. I'm just not seeing the need to mess with a second flame, nothing manly about it. Sheild the pipe, strike a light apply to pipe, toss the match (No storing a wick in one's pocket along with matches.) and then ... go about your business. Much less cumbersome and very easy in my opinion. But, to each his own I suppose. I simply try to keep my smoking simple, uncluttered with unnecessary paraphernalia.
Folks who smoke every day might develop these skills. I smoke on special occasions. And the matches I find at the grocery store are like toothpicks. So, paraphernalia it is.
Easy on the snark unless you know the poster. And welcome to the forum. Have you been here before under a different name?
at the end of the day it's about enjoyment whatever gets you there. and unless you stones are so big you can light your pipe with them there isn't any big man bragging rights.
I had only ever heard of those rope lighters called shepherd's or sailor lighters. The trench lighters I've seen have no hope of lighting a pipe.
The one he has, has a rope—perhaps, it’s a regional thing like hoagie, grinder, sub, hero sandwich? Maybe it is more accurately known as a shepherd’s or sailor lighter; it was referred to as a trench lighter by my friend and the person he got it from; anyway, the rope version, whatever it may be called seems suitable for lighting a pipe outdoors.
OMG, just looked in this box of matches and yep, my man badge! Who knew. But it’s a little “hippie” looking, lol.
So happy to ……. help, anytime at all, eight days a week!
So happy to ……. help, anytime at all, eight days a week!
@Chasing Embers :The 'rope' trench lighters were given away with the brass Christmas 1914 boxes. The idea was they didn't throw off enough light to give a sniper enough of a profile to take aim at from wherever he was hiding. It sort of feeds into the story about not being the third man to light your cigarette from one match. I have this interesting cut down small Krups shell case that had been rigged to sit in the side of a trench wall with a burning candle so you could light your pipe/cigarette without getting picked off by the krauts.