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I've never had a problem lighting my Pub pipes or any other giant Oom Paul with my zippo. I only use a zippo and have a lot of Oom Plauls/ full bents.
You see.. You have to have your Zippo lighter fairies for House/Pub Pipes. Close your eyes tight and wish your Zippo to shrink to fit the chamber! Or just position your Zippo about 1/4" (0.7 mm) above chamber opening and gently draw in, another kinda magic.
The flame will travel ... ask @ashdigger ...he's an expert !
You could try one of those lighters meant for lighting bongs tiny bbqs?
yes not an issue. Once the tobacco is burnt already and needs a relight the flame will combust it from even further away. You don't need the flame actually touching the tobacco at all and will have a tastier cooler smoke if you don't pull the flame down in (for me I don't belabor the point, I try to keep flame from touching but it's cool if it does.) Also if the flame is not getting the job done you can pull the wick out a little bit as that's the way to control the size of the flame with a zippo.
To be fair, he lights his pipes from the embers of burning buildings.
No problem lighting any pipe with a zippo. If for some reason you do, then you can use the Bic with an extended flame,
Matches.
Zippo w/ pipe insert.
An Old boy style lighter.
Extended Bic.
All work fine. I don't have any issues relighting, should I need to, in the bottom of a Peterson House Pipe or Pub Pipe bowl. You won't either.
Zippo w/ pipe insert.
An Old boy style lighter.
Extended Bic.
All work fine. I don't have any issues relighting, should I need to, in the bottom of a Peterson House Pipe or Pub Pipe bowl. You won't either.
Shouldn't have an issue, but if you don't feel good about it, you could just adjust your Zippo's wick to provide a longer flame.
When I was in Boy Scouts, one of our leaders used to impress on us the importance of getting a campfire "dead out" by lighting a fire the next morning from an ember he had found.
I use Zippos mostly, and no problem with relights at end of a bowl. You don't need to see the flame hit the tobacco to provide enough energy (heat) to relight tobacco. I do use a pipe insert to protect the opposite side of my bowl.
I own several Pub and House pipes. I use either a Zippo or Bic and don’t have problems lighting a deep bowl.
Draw the flame down to the tobacco by puffing.
Practice is what it takes, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
I urge you to be extremely less invasive with the flame.
Can you use a elongated bbq lighter, a flame thrower or Napalm (which sticks to kids), of course, should you, well no.
But they aren’t my pipes. Do as you will.
Draw the flame down to the tobacco by puffing.
Practice is what it takes, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
I urge you to be extremely less invasive with the flame.
Can you use a elongated bbq lighter, a flame thrower or Napalm (which sticks to kids), of course, should you, well no.
But they aren’t my pipes. Do as you will.
I find a zippo to be less than ideal in re-lighting deep bowled pipes. Instead, use a match, hemp wick, Bic EZ light, or a refillable butane pipe lighter, e.g., Old Boy.
The flame does not have to go down into the pipe, nor does it have to touch the tobacco at all when lighting any pipe. But, I have a slew of toppers and stacked pipes. Just hold the lighter, which ever lighter you want over the bowl by a quarter or half an inch, and gently draw the heat (not the flame) down into the chamber.
Novice tip - if you are are concerned about it to the point of trying to forcefully inhale while lighting and get a mouthful of ash you've now learned the hard way it's likely an issue unrelated to the lighter. No problems with Zippo for pub pipe here (well only that one time at pipe camp) but "once bitten, twice shy", lol, and I now use a Peterson or Old Boy with the pub pipe I have, or a wooden match.
Depends on the tobacco style. Flake. I can get 2-3 hours. Cut. I get up to and hour-ish