@Chaukisch @Chasing Embers @The Amish Tyrant @brian64 Just downed my clay pipe in under a minute
All hail the clay king !
All hail the clay king !
@Chaukisch No I didn't weigh the tobacco; I didn't pack it in too tight either!That's a formidable performance. Do you weigh the tobacco before you smoke it?
And do you stuff it in tight or more lightly?
I think I did rather good the last time I got proper drunk and tried it. I didn't keep an eye on the time but getting drunk really helped with speed smoking. I'll keep on puffing and provide some data soon.No I didn't weigh the tobacco; I didn't pack it in too tight either!
@Chaukisch @Chasing Embers Do you think I should get a giant clay pipe?I think I did rather good the last time I got proper drunk and tried it. I didn't keep an eye on the time but getting drunk really helped with speed smoking. I'll keep on puffing and provide some data soon.
And to pick up the recent discussion about big clay pipes... I recently spotted this on eBay:
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About 10in long with a chamber of about 3in height and clean as a whistle, for 53.80€
Now THAT's a poipe!
Surely you're joking? The King of Clay should have the largest clay pipe of them all. I just wonder how a fill this large will taste after half or a third of it has been smoked. Will it become muddy or not?Do you think I should get a giant clay pipe?
@Chaukisch @Chasing Embers A king size clay for the clay kingSurely you're joking? The King of Clay should have the largest clay pipe of them all. I just wonder how a fill this large will taste after half or a third of it has been smoked. Will it become muddy or not?
@Chaukisch Did you make this picture? I like it!
I’m guessing for a level playing field in a speed smoking competition, the amount is a specific weight (and same tobacco and pipe) for everyone. I have no context in terms of good times for speed smoking—is @halfdan on track for a time that would place?That's a formidable performance. Do you weigh the tobacco before you smoke it?
And do you stuff it in tight or more lightly?
We may never know...can't seem to get him into an actual competition. But if it ever happens, it needs to be live-streamed!I’m guessing for a level playing field in a speed smoking competition, the amount is a specific weight (and same tobacco and pipe) for everyone. I have no context in terms of good times for speed smoking—is @halfdan on track for a time that would place?
I can't even possible imagine how long it would take to smoke a pipe of that size, fast or slow.Did you make this picture? I like it!
Of course I would slow smoke the giant clay pipe; the idea is to see how long it takes to smoke all the baccy
And the tobac would be probably be prepacked as well, you just light and puff. I think they even mention it in one of the videos.I’m guessing for a level playing field in a speed smoking competition, the amount is a specific weight (and same tobacco and pipe) for everyone. I have no context in terms of good times for speed smoking—is @halfdan on track for a time that would place?
@Chaukisch That's correct; the pipes are prepacked and all the same size.I can't even possible imagine how long it would take to smoke a pipe of that size, fast or slow.
Concerning the picture, I just edited an Evil Dead poster a little.
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And the tobac would be probably be prepacked as well, you just light and puff. I think they even mention it in one of the videos.
@brian64 @Chasing Embers @Chaukisch @The Amish Tyrant @TheIronMonkey The competition was cancelled this year due to the Queen's death and for the previous 2 years due to COVID 19.We may never know...can't seem to get him into an actual competition. But if it ever happens, it needs to be live-streamed!
If it takes longer than one hour without relighting then I will always be impressed. I can't keep the embers up like that.Some of the pipe smokers I met in Nottingham were impressed by how long I made my small clay pipe of baccy last!
@Chaukisch My best time ever is about 45 minutes.If it takes longer than one hour without relighting then I will always be impressed. I can't keep the embers up like that.
IIRC, the local slow smoke champion made his bowl last about 2h 45m! An Italian, I believe. And I think they used their own bruyere pipes of equal size but I'm not sure.My best time ever is about 45 minutes.
The re-enactor playing William Cavendish at Bolsover Castle told me that he once made his clay pipe of baccy last over an hour; I don't think I could make mine last that long
Holy smokes! I gotta look that pipe up.Cavendish's pipe was an impressive 250+ year old silver churchwarden; I'd never seen an antique silver pipe before!
@Chaukisch @Chasing Embers @brian64 @The Amish Tyrant Do you think the Clay King will miss his clays and baccy during Stoptober?IIRC, the local slow smoke champion made his bowl last about 2h 45m! An Italian, I believe. And I think they used their own bruyere pipes of equal size but I'm not sure.
Holy smokes! I gotta look that pipe up.
IIRC, the local slow smoke champion made his bowl last about 2h 45m! An Italian, I believe. And I think they used their own bruyere pipes of equal size but I'm not sure.
Holy smokes! I gotta look that pipe up.