Why No Swirl Love?

[bullet08]

keep test the draw. it's that simple. dry the tobacco, mindlessly stuff the pipe with it, test the draw, stuff some more, test the draw, stuff more, test.. soon the bowl is filled. test the draw. if it's good, light the tobacco. if not, take tobacco out of the chamber and do it again. stuffing should have some resistance, don't force it hard.

 

[mikethompson]

I thought this was going to be about colorful stems.

I thought this was going to be about grain patterns

 

[BROBS]

I thought stems just like @mso489 lol

 

[perdurabo]

I tried the “Swirl Method” once in the beginning. It’s a little on the gimmicky side of pipe smoking procedures, but if you get it to work; great! I just gravity fill and tamp. Then draw to see how tight the pack is. We pipe smokers tend to overthink things, especially in the beginning.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My girlfriend is really good with that, but when I told my wife how to do it, she walked out of the room.

So now, I am content with the index finger, scooping and tamping gently before the light.

 

[kola]

45 years ago I put the tobacco in the pipe and lit it up. I quickly learned what was too tight and what was too loose. Not rocket science. Some of these online "instructions" are a bit odd, some entertaining, some idiotic, and very few -IMO are helpful. The Frank Method cracks me up.

I know a lot of these "instructions" are meant to be helpful but I find them more confusing fora new pipe smoker. And amusing.

It's simple trial and error, nothing more. I tend to pack on the loose side and tamp as needed from the first light. A lot depends on the tobacco cut as well. Some "cubed" cuts (like ERR) are just a gravity feed, " fill and light."

The "SWIRL"..... that's a new one, lol

 

[briarbuck]

I tried the “Swirl Method” once in the beginning. It’s a little on the gimmicky side of pipe smoking procedures, but if you get it to work; great! I just gravity fill and tamp. Then draw to see how tight the pack is. We pipe smokers tend to overthink things, especially in the beginning.

The only swirl method I have ever used was at summer Camp when sticking a persons head in a toilet and flushing.

 

[kola]

^^ LOL. And then there was Seinfelds "swirl' move.

 

[briarbuck]

^^ LOL. And then there was Seinfelds "swirl' move.

With knuckle? lol