Kind of a pole here. I am starting to lean more toward a opened easy draw. What are youre preferences gang?
Do you lean more to:
Full and open
or
Small tight draw
Do you lean more to:
Full and open
or
Small tight draw
Vote on draw preference
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I find that an open draw gives me more control with less effort. I can't think of any advantage in having a tight draw!
A tight draw leads to too many problems for me, but I do like some resistance.
Wide open draws give me the impression of thinness in the smoke volume, and I don't find that too satisfying.
Maybe my preferences were influenced by my first pipes -- just drug store Medicos, and later, Danish free hands from Tinderbox.
These days, I favor mid-range Italian pipes: Ser Jacopo, Rinaldo, Radice, L'Anatra, and Savinelli -- and their draws are intermediate.
Wide open draws give me the impression of thinness in the smoke volume, and I don't find that too satisfying.
Maybe my preferences were influenced by my first pipes -- just drug store Medicos, and later, Danish free hands from Tinderbox.
These days, I favor mid-range Italian pipes: Ser Jacopo, Rinaldo, Radice, L'Anatra, and Savinelli -- and their draws are intermediate.
I just opened up a very small 4 1/2" WDC Wellington (Peterson system copy p-lip) smoker. It really improved the way it smokes to me.
Your ideal draw is a key factor in enjoyable pipe smoking. And although I have learned to pack a pipe pretty well, my concern is the pipe itself. You can sometimes make a certain adjustment to the draw through packing, but a too narrow or too wide bore is something worth checking before purchasing. My smallest pipe has a narrow bore and my largest has a wide bore, my médium size pipe has the ideal bore.
It would seem logocal that bore size and pipe size is related, but I don't have enough experience to say.
A moderate draw is the way to go for me, but if I like the pipe I'll still smoke it!
It would seem logocal that bore size and pipe size is related, but I don't have enough experience to say.
A moderate draw is the way to go for me, but if I like the pipe I'll still smoke it!
Open, open, open. The draw is free, the tobacco burns better, and the pipe stays cleaner. I can pack my Pipe very well so that it will have just the right amount amount of resistance when I draw on it, thank you very much. I don't need the architecture of a narrow airway to force the issue.
It depends on the effect the draw has on the smoke and the flavor. In most cases, if I just take the filter
out of a filter pipe, for a very open draw, I get a lot of air with the smoke, and that dilutes the flavor and
also gives little control on the intake of smoke. But a restricted draw just makes it difficult to get much
smoke or keep the pipe going or get much flavor. Some wide open draw pipes do well; they can smoke
a little fast, but they can give an ample flavor and sufficient control. Some fairly narrow airways still give
plenty of smoke and provide an enjoyable experience. So there seem to be various factors at work, including
bowl size and shape, the quality of drilling, the smoothness of the joint between the shank and the stem,
among others. If I had to sum it up as an averaged characteristic, I seem to get the best smoking from
pipes that are medium open, not unimpeded airflow, but ample.
out of a filter pipe, for a very open draw, I get a lot of air with the smoke, and that dilutes the flavor and
also gives little control on the intake of smoke. But a restricted draw just makes it difficult to get much
smoke or keep the pipe going or get much flavor. Some wide open draw pipes do well; they can smoke
a little fast, but they can give an ample flavor and sufficient control. Some fairly narrow airways still give
plenty of smoke and provide an enjoyable experience. So there seem to be various factors at work, including
bowl size and shape, the quality of drilling, the smoothness of the joint between the shank and the stem,
among others. If I had to sum it up as an averaged characteristic, I seem to get the best smoking from
pipes that are medium open, not unimpeded airflow, but ample.
Wide open, I'm sure there is such a thing a too much draw, but I've yet to find one. A pipe with a tight draw tends to burn hotter for me and I hate a hot pipe.
Depending on the pipe and once i find the way it likes to be packed it doesn't matter to me. If i like the pipe I'm going to try to make it work. If for some reason I can't well I'll open it up some and see if it helps. If its a no go I'll chuck it. I don't believe in selling a headache pipe.
I recently dropped a big money-bomb on a meerschaum and I was disappointed to find it had a comparatively restrictive draw. (The aesthetic of this pipe is lovely, but I have to admit that the mechanics aren't the best.) BUT, have gotten to know how to get the best out of the pipe, I find that the restricted draw has a pleasant "concentrating" effect: the smoke feels that bit richer and the flavours somehow cleaner. The restricted draw really makes you slow down, as any overly compensatory puffing will just scald the tobacco.
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