Anyone smoke a pipe?
J.S.
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Hi all,
I thought I would see if anyone else smoked a pipe. I have been smoking cigars for almost 20 years but I started smoking a pipe just a little over a year ago. I generally smoke a bowl or two a day.
I thought I would see if anyone else smoked a pipe. I have been smoking cigars for almost 20 years but I started smoking a pipe just a little over a year ago. I generally smoke a bowl or two a day.
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hehe, I knew someone would say something.. figured you'd beat me to it.
I like pipes. I need to buy one myself. Thing is finding the right tobacco.
As for material, stay away from clay or stone - it can get too hold to hold and when it gets that hot, it starts "cooking" the tobacco, producing a very disgusting juice in teh bottom that you can sometimes suck up - VERY disgusting. For the most part, try to find a nice briar wood pipe; if you wanna splurge down the road, Meerschaum is a beautiful wood that starts white, and gradually turns yellow with smoking - ever watched For a Few Dollars More? Lee Van Cleefs pipe is a merschaum - stunning IMO.
Finally, you could always buy an "estate" pipe - that is, one that's been used by someone else for a number of years; if you don't mind it being second-hand, you can get some very expensive pipes at very cheap prices.
EDIT - Obligatory explaination on pipe smoking: the pipe will go out within a minute if you don't keep it hot (but a full bowl will last you over an hour) - you keep a pipe going by continuously suck in the smoke into your mouth and either blow it back into the stem, or blow it out, then blow fresh air into the stem - unlike cigars, a pipe is smoked by both puffing and blowing (no homo)
If a pipe gets cold, it'll turn very bitter if you don't relight it quickly (same with a cigar) - you can either use a lighter to relight, or you can take two fingers, and cover the top of the bowl - separate your fingers a little bit and start drawing. Your goal is to only allow a very small amount of air in as you're drawing, you wanna create a small suction, so the embers get relit and pulled towards the bottom of the bowl to the unlit tobacco
EDIT 2 - if you get a new pipe, it needs to be seasoned - that is, for the first 10 bowls, pack it ONLY 1/3 full; after that, pack it 2/3 full for the next 10 bowls - after that, the pipe will have built up a proper "cake" inside, which protects the wood from catching fire when you smoke
EDIT 3 - another short story