The Deeper the Bowl the Better Smoke?

[HawkeyeLinus]

Just as a side thought. A easy way to prove this theory either right or wrong is to get 2 corn cobs. One the country gentlemen with a deep bowl (or the general ) and the other get the Morgan. Try both with the same tobacco and see.

Liking this for the experiment angle! You must experiment!

 

[SBC]

I don't like a smoke to last for more than 30 to 40 minutes -- I don't know why, it's just me -- so my taller bowls rarely get packed all the way.

But on the rare occasions that I do pack a taller bowl all the way, and have a longer smoke, I don't notice any improvement. On the contrary, the last third of the bowl sometimes turns south, if I do this.

I see some of you saying that you get the best flavor towards the bottom. Huh. I feel that I get the best flavor around the middle.

 

[Bob the bear]

Liking this for the experiment angle! You must experiment!

I tried it today with C&D Bluegrass. The country gentlemen definitely just tasted better. Not exactly an empiracle experiment but there you have it

 

[jiminy]

I like small narrow chambered pipes and get more flavour out of them, especially for English blends. YMMV

Very interesting! Many people tend to say that wider bowls are better for English blends (narrow for Virginia), or at least that's what I've read. I haven't smoked enough to notice a discernable difference.

How narrow do you like your English pipes l?

 

[canucklehead]

Very interesting! Many people tend to say that wider bowls are better for English blends (narrow for Virginia), or at least that's what I've read. I haven't smoked enough to notice a discernable difference.

How narrow do you like your English pipes l?

Thinking about it further, I prefer smaller/narrower pipes for most tobaccos, not just Englishes. I have a pipes that are as narrow as ½ inch, but most are a bit wider than that.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have 2 large group 6-ODA sized pipes. One is a Rad Davis Billiard.

The other is a Brian Ruthenberg Caliper Grade Dublin.

I smoke 2013 Capstan Gold Ready Rubbed in each as a first of the day smoke and really enjoy the longer smoke.

 

[georged]

Taste is too subjective for a conclusive result either way.

Wut?

If something tastes better or worse to YOU, that's all that matters.

No meaningful agreement can be reached by a group of smokers, but that's irrelevant.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Wut?

If something tastes better or worse to YOU, that's all that matters.

No meaningful agreement can be reached by a group of smokers, but that's irrelevant.

Wut?

The beginning of the post was too generalized to have a conclusive answer and the point that pipe smokers are too argumentative to agree on much of anything.

 

[georged]

Wut?

The beginning of the post was too generalized to have a conclusive answer and the point that pipe smokers are too argumentative to agree on much of anything.

It wasn't general at all. It was a specific experiment recommended to anyone who was reading the thread. A reader is an individual.

No "vote taking" or similar was mentioned, and no need to agree was expressed or implied.

Your compulsion (need? drive?) to disagree with everything you encounter is starting to affect your reading comprehension, I think.


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[kcghost]

It is just a matter of what you think and then round up enough guys who agree with you and, voila, you rule the world.

 

[FLDRD]

It is just a matter of what you think and then round up enough guys who agree with you and, voila, you rule the world.

"It's not socialism - it's democratic socialism."

 

[Searock Fan]

Deeper bowl is better smoke? Not really. A bowl that is too deep allows an excess to harsh tars to build up in the bottom so the pipe starts to smoke worse the further down you go. I like to keep mine to about an inch or so.