Smoking 1/2 Bowl at a Time. Get a Smaller Pipe?
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I wouldn't go out and buy a pipe just to have a small chamber. And I don't pack it half way as I don't know how much time I'll have, so I load it fully. If interrupted, I'll set the pipe down, and be happy to come back to it in a short while, next day or the day after that. Almost always as tasty as the top part, sometimes better!
Folks who frequently experience damp tobacco or goop in the chamber most likely are packing tobacco that's on the moist side.
I've kinda been treating it like my wine, after opening a bottle, I only let it go one night... after that, I toss it.
Will try the going beyond and seeing how it tastes.
I think I do prefer the hopefulness of packing a full bowl.
Good luck; I think you'll like it.
As to wine, after opening if you immediate decant half of it into a clean empty split bottle, you'll have a choice of saving it till the next time, or, well, gobbling it all up!
There are any number of smallish cobs that you might enjoy smoking. I have never had a "goop" residue in a cob, and the tobacco always smokes well to the bottom of the bowl. But, as others have said, whatever suits you best is not just acceptable, but correct!
Always decant, and always pump the air out - and I guess in reality, I'll go into day 3 and still drink most of the wines, but end of day 3 and beyond, nope
I just picked up a TINY cob - it was actually too short of a smoke, it was almost a tease:
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I guess I am one of the few outliers here. If I only smoke half the pipe I put it down, let it go out and go about my business. Later I will come back to the pipe and finish it.
During my pipe smoking tenure I have gravitated towards smaller bowls. I look for chambers that have am inside diameter of max. 20 mm (0,79 inch) and a chamber depth of max. 40 mm (1,57 inch). I don’t go beyond those measurements. All the rest (bowl height, length, and so on) I’m not too worried about, although I don’t like heavy pipes (beyond 60 gram). I’m a slow smoker, so pipes usually last me for hours. That‘s why I smoke one pipe a day (perhaps two when I am totally consumed by madness).
My advice is: figure out what preferences you have first. It takes some trial and error, but pipes can easily be sold.
My advice is: figure out what preferences you have first. It takes some trial and error, but pipes can easily be sold.
It's totally ok to smoke one pipeful for several days. No need to dump half a bowl.
I often pack a pipe with strong tobacco and smoke it for days, sometimes just a few puffs, for a minute.
Of course tobacco will dry out completely and often taste better.
I often pack a pipe with strong tobacco and smoke it for days, sometimes just a few puffs, for a minute.
Of course tobacco will dry out completely and often taste better.
You know, pipe is a tool. Use it anyway you need it to. It really doesn't matter if you smoke a half a bowl or 2/3. Or the whole thing. Use it as a tool and forget about it.
I have a medium-size clay for more deliberative smokes and a smaller clay for shorter ones. ?