Using Two Fingers Instead Of Tamping

[cigrmaster]

I began using this technique years ago and some of our newer members might not know about it, When you think your pipe may be going out, cover the top of the pipe with a couple of fingers and puff real quickly taking your fingers on and off the pipe. It takes some time to get the rhythm but it works great

 

[mso489]

Yup, that works. I think it brings up the temperature slightly in the ember and gets it going again. I'd only tamp lightly when the pipe has gone out altogether. Otherwise you can pack it down too much.

 

[luigi]

Drafty door method. ?I'm using it all the time when need be.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It works it the ember is still in contact with unburned tobacco. If the ashes have lifted the ember above the tobacco you can press it back down with a finger.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Yes, I call it the Gerald Ford maneuver.....lol!!

 

[warren]

And, if you require a tamp, use your finger. You are never without a tamper when you rely on your fingers. Don't worry about a burn, callouses will soon develop.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

By two fingers, are you referring to one in the pink, one in the stink?

 

[bullet08]

Zippo.

 

[jaytex1969]

It's the venturi effect, to some degree. Decreasing the area through which a volume of air must pass causes it to pick up speed.

Hoosier, you've been socially distanced for too long...

 

[Misanthrope]

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Damn it. I was drinking coffee when I saw that pic, and my nose hurts now. ?

 

[Hfinn]

if there is not so much ash on the surface, then you can slightly blow into the pipe and then hit the puff.

 

[rushx9]

Good ol' two finger carb choke.

 

[kcghost]

Seriously, the two finger method can be used by many advanced pipe smokers, a fraternity to which I do NOT belong, Use one finger as a tamper is something I glommed on to almost immediately.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, it. works a treat when you catch the dying ember in time.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

venturi effect

 

[anotherbob]

It's the venturi effect, to some degree. Decreasing the area through which a volume of air must pass causes it to pick up speed.

Hoosier, you've been socially distanced for too long...

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or not long enough if you ask some people

 

[jpmcwjr]

Good golfer, that Ken Venturi! Some time ago, there were several names given for the effect, in addition to Venturi, but I can't remember what. I know one was not the Carbonara Effect.

 

[anotherbob]

venturi effect

why does this sound filthy when you say it?

 

[Casual]

Ventura effect.

 

[elvishrunes]

I admit the title of this tread had me doing a double take, hmmm, i guess I’m not the only one...

I saw one of the characters in LOTR doing it, the actual smoking technique I mean, and I’ve used it for years... I certainly works