Ruined a Perfectly Good Bowl of Tobacco in This Failed Design
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At first glance I thought. Brilliant design.
but after one smoke I see so many flaws.
I have been smoking some English Oriental all week. In various pipes. And it has been bliss.
so today I thought, let’s try that Bartlett that has been sitting there for months. I read a bunched. Then I packed it and lit it.
1. hard to light
2. Can’t tamp. Best you can do is compress from the top by opening lid.
3. where does al the moisture go? Has nowhere to escape. Yup. Condenses on the lid on top and drips on the tobacco and straight into the stem.
anyone else have one of these?
but after one smoke I see so many flaws.
I have been smoking some English Oriental all week. In various pipes. And it has been bliss.
so today I thought, let’s try that Bartlett that has been sitting there for months. I read a bunched. Then I packed it and lit it.
1. hard to light
2. Can’t tamp. Best you can do is compress from the top by opening lid.
3. where does al the moisture go? Has nowhere to escape. Yup. Condenses on the lid on top and drips on the tobacco and straight into the stem.
anyone else have one of these?
That one may smoke like a regular pipe. But I think I’m done with novelties.
It was in a lot I bought a while back. Back when I had 3 pipes, and I wanted to add to my collection, just to have some pipes on hand that I could give away to friends who came over, and wanted to try Pipe smoking.
There’s no better pipe than a simple one.
I think the simplicity of traditional shapes often captures a kind of perfection. Any gimmicks introduced to capture a new market tend to be clunkers. Not all, but most. People have been tweaking tobacco pipe designs for several hundred years, so coming up with a real improvement is quite a feat.
I work in the ancient trades and often have to contend with ideas (sometimes my own) that someone believes are an "improvement" to an item that had been made countless times and served countless people as it was.
The presumption that you can improve upon "big hole intersects little hole inside block" astounds me.
The presumption that you can improve upon "big hole intersects little hole inside block" astounds me.
I just got one of these this week. I will try it and let you know how It goes.
This whole post is written so well as a double entendre that I can’t tell if you’re a woodworker or an escort.
Ancient principles of joinery at work in either case.
Would it help if you drilled small holes in the cap? I cant see any in the picture.
If you are into it, It may be a good opportunity to experiment with air flow characteristics, especially if you are fed up with it, then there is nothing to lose. I would try 6 small holes close to the edges first and see what the result was. If you never find a solution you are happy with, at least you got to have some fun before tossing it.
Edit: I should have read about the pipe first, I didn't realize it had a screen in the bottom
If you are into it, It may be a good opportunity to experiment with air flow characteristics, especially if you are fed up with it, then there is nothing to lose. I would try 6 small holes close to the edges first and see what the result was. If you never find a solution you are happy with, at least you got to have some fun before tossing it.
Edit: I should have read about the pipe first, I didn't realize it had a screen in the bottom
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They smoke from the bottom up. Would kind of be like drilling a hole in the bottom of a regular pipe.
Ha! I'll keep it ambiguous and say the bridal joint is one of my all-time favorites.
Thanks for pointing this out, I wrote my replay and thought, I must be missing something, and read a reborn pipes article on them. I just assumed they got creative with the airway and the cap was like a hurricane cap with 2 layers like a saucer or something drawing air from the sides. I guess it would never gurgle
might spit back at you though
And in other news Boeing has announced plans to introduce new aircraft designs featuring concrete fuselages and cutting edge and eco friendly pedal action turbines and wings that actually flap!
Because ... winning?
Because ... winning?
Absolutely NOT!
Kirstens smoke like a champ. my all time favorite pipes to smoke.
This post is about the Bartlett upside down pipe.