Will Packing Tighter Help Reduce A Loose Draw?

[puff_not_snuff]

I received this budget Molina shorty the other day, while I find it cute, the draw is way too loose compared to my Comoy which I sadly broke the stem on shortly after buying it (still smokable though). I can barely taste anything with Molina as it’s like a smoke bomb even while carefully sipping. Could packing the tobacco tighter and causing some resistance help alleviate this at all?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Could packing the tobacco tighter and causing some resistance help alleviate this at all?

Yep

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Yep

Just what I wanted to hear!

 

[BROBS]

That’s exactly what I do. Pack it to match the draw of the pipe. If it’s an easy open draw it needs packed tighter if it’s a tighter draw more loose.

 

[anotherbob]

each pipe I have has different packing requirements.

 

[kcghost]

Yes that would work.

Why don't you have someone make you a replacement stem for the Comoy??

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Interesting, but I also imagine that pipes with loose draws much get harsh towards the bottom of the bowl regardless?

@kcghost, yes I plan to after life gets back to normal. I had the luck that my first pipe was a very good smoke and the misfortune of breaking it!

 

[mso489]

I'll have to play around with that and see if it's useful to me. I've never made that association in particular, but it sounds like it makes a difference. I've smoked a lot of pipes for a long time, so I'm still learning.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Interesting, but I also imagine that pipes with loose draws much get harsh towards the bottom of the bowl regardless?

I'm just the opposite. I try to make a draw as open as possible to cut down on moisture build up and to make a pipe nearly smoke itself.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I guess dottle in a way works as a potential regulatory of draw—sort of makes me think of but in an opposite way how gravel in a planter can increase drainage.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I'm just the opposite. I try to make a draw as open as possible to cut down on moisture build up and to make a pipe nearly smoke itself.

Yes, the Comoy weeps a bit too much and because of the design a pipe cleaner cannot be passed through to the bowl while smoking.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I'll have to play around with that and see if it's useful to me. I've never made that association in particular, but it sounds like it makes a difference. I've smoked a lot of pipes for a long time, so I'm still learning.

What a slut!

 

[Chasing Embers]

because of the design a pipe cleaner cannot be passed through to the bowl while smoking.

That is one of my biggest deal breakers.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

That is one of my biggest deal breakers.

I see it as a problem too but I have to say that pipe pretty much creates the perfect cadence for me.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I guess dottle in a way works as a potential regulatory of draw—sort of makes me think of but in an opposite way how gravel in a planter can increase drainage.

Some use Nording's Keystones, meerschaum shards, and Akadama granules in their pipes for the same purpose.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Some use Nording's Keystones, meerschaum shards, and Akadama granules in their pipes for the same purpose.

Interesting, I think I’ll experiment with diamonds.

 

[Chasing Embers]

diamonds

?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

?

You know 1 or 2 caret diamonds... I’ll have to loot a jewelry store first.

 

[olkofri]

each pipe I have has different packing requirements.

I find they all do. No two pipes are the same.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I can barely taste anything with Molina as it’s like a smoke bomb even while carefully sipping. Could packing the tobacco tighter and causing some resistance help alleviate this at all?

Yep, that's one way. Tamping a bit firmer and more often can also firm up the draw.