Pipefags.
I’m still roughly new to smoking a pipe, maybe for about six months now total. Still not getting the hang of keeping a good and long lived burn.
I do the three layer method when packing, I do a pre-burn and tamp it down before actually trying to smoke. Yet within 10 minutes tops my light is out.
Anyone have advice on what methods to use to keep a pipe going? How long can you keep yours lit for?
Thanks.
Hello OP. I smoked a pipe for 20 years.
Good pipe tobacco does not have nitrates in it to keep it burning. That means that you either constantly relight, or constantly puff.
I was the constant puff type - so I have the ipe in my face all the time. Saliva and smoking juices would collect in the bowl and gurgle. I hate gurgling.
Mine always goes out at least three times and I constanly puff, so I don't know.
I never was too fancy with packing, just packed it decently tight for a good draw.
Vaping is the future, old man.
Cigars or your a faggot
Yes it is, and the future explodes in your pocket.
How much do you tamp while you're smoking it? I haven't really figured out how often it is necessary or if it helps it stay lit much.
It's not gonna stay lit for longer than that unless you're constantly smoking it/lighting it.
It's the same with weed bowls/pipes. that shit doesnt stay lit forever
So you have a thing for phallic objects in your mouth?
>793673761 dis me
>793674201 dis me
Gave up the pipe 30 years ago because of the gurgling. Took up cigars and never looked back. Trie chewing cut plug, but it was too messy.
Kek
But weed has more moisture than tobacco.
Sometimes a penis is just a penis.
If your gonna suck on something may as well not look like a gay neck beard
once it was lit I never tamped it again.
You're right, but as said, no nitrates = no stupid long burn
Dude I have a pipe too, it's hard s fuck to smoke, I was talking to a old guy a few days ago and he said it's all about how dry your tobacco is and don't over pack it, I'm using the carbon filters atm he didn't, also a gauze
Man why are you using filters on a pipe. The Dr Grabow things are a racket
Haven't really used it, I want to but every time I go to it doesn't smoke how I want, every time I try I end up with 60% of the tobacco left in the pipe
How long have you been smoking it?
You're* faggot
I got it about 8 months ago, intention being to replace cigarettes, but I've only really used it a few dozen evenings, it's enjoyable but I don't like the wasted tobacco i make
Pipe smoking is meant to be relaxing op multiple lights is normal. Smoking pure Latakia right now
Dry your tobacco and don’t pack too tight. If you puff too much you’ll get tongue burn
kys
Good dry tobacco, none of that flavored bullshit, smoke softly and with short puffs, mix the bowl and tamp every now and then. A bowl should actually go out on the first puff (called the charring light) and then relit. If your bowl smokes perfectly down to the bottom you've either achieved pipe tobacco enlightenment or you're smoking too hard and ruining the flavor. Relighting is perfectly normal.
Mmmmm Love Latakia. also Black Cavendish, but it would run people out of the room.
I kinda like English blends but Latakia just smells and tastes like arm pits to me
Damn now I want a pipe. LOL
Oops meant to reply to
hey guys
just popped in the say
the only people who smoke pipes unironically are
>the elderly
>faggots
have a great day
Ya, douche flutes are real cool, lol
I use Turner, but to be fair I've never bought it to specifically smoke in my pipe
Thanks for your opinion user.
thx. ur input is appreciated
Anyone had any experience with long pipes like in lotr? Are they difficult to clean?
I smoke weed out a wooden pip, can I join this bread
What do you prefer? I generally hate cigarettes so too much Virginia ruins it for me. Oriental blends all the way. I used to love blue mountain Balkan blue but I haven't tried a good blend so I just smoke Latakia straight now. The war has dried up supply in Syria though
Never tried with weed what pipe tobacco do you mix with?
Smoke cigars now.
This^ get you a nice padron and you'll never even think about going back to pipe tobacco
OP here
I do also smoke cigars. In fact I prefer them. Just find my taste is expensive lol.
Smoking pipes is for fake poseur faggots.
I smoke pipe with a tobacco
Yes I get that. I am down to one a day
>itt old people
Fucking keel already.
Cigars cause more cancer
That's false.
Go vape some more faggot
u cause cancer
Cars cause cancer and there's plastic in the water supply. What now libtard?
Pure latakia? Do you still have taste buds?
The longest burn I've had was a 95% or so, where nearly all the fill is burned and the only thing left is the dottle at the bottom. But this is in a controlled situation (i.e. indoors). When smoking outdoors, you have to relight often, so a lighter is more practical than multiple matches (though sometimes I use a long match (the kind they use to light barbecues) and relight that to light the tobacco). Lighter fluid can influence the taste, which is why matches are preferable.
Your three-layer method is correct, but in this method be aware that you need to tamp it down rather firmly. On many pipes, the ratio is 3:1, so first you fill the pipe to the brim loosely with backy (think of pouring it in), then tamp it; if you tamp it firmly enough, it should fill only a 3rd of the pipe. Then you pour more tobacco into the pipe until the rim, tamp it down, and it should fill up to the last 3rd or a little higher. Then the final pour, tamp down, and light. When you light, the tobacco will expand/unravel a bit, so it's best if you don't have tobacco at the brim when starting the first light, as it will expand outwards and fall out (likely onto your trousers).
Your preburn is fine. Perhaps consider preburning more vigorously (i.e. taking a few firm and repeated tugs so the top is fire red and glowing, then let it cool down). After that, tamp down, and relight proper.
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When smoking, the only way to keep it from going out is to draw in frequently enough or vigorously enough. If too vigorous, it gets too hot, and could alter the taste, give you tongue burn, and possibly damage the pipe. So, perhaps consider increasing the frequency of the draw.
If your estimate is true (it goes out within 10 minutes) then you're either not smoking hot enough or drawing frequently enough. If you do, and you see the red embers, and it still goes out, then your packing is rubbish and you need to pack firmer (still do the three layer, just tamp it down firmer).
What kind of pipe are you using? Is it briar, or meerschaum? Also, have you checked the airflow? Is it well cleaned so that you can draw a lot of air through it without restriction, especially when lit?
>Started smoking a pipe in university, kept it up until I finished. Two pipes every Friday afternoon...and I miss it. Connoisseur's Choice, Peterson Meerschaum "The Originial".
I smoke a briar, 3 step loading and when smoking take frequent small puffs which seems to keep it going. I still need to relight the but now i barely notice and just keep a zippo in hand and apply flame as needed. Sometimes when it goes out it's nice to take a break and then come back to it.
No tobacco
Not about burn time. Its about maximizing flavor and smell. Relighting is expected and normal. Burnt taste is too hot. No flavor/smell is not taking your time with the draw and trying to power through it. You cant rush a quality pipe smoking experience. Its about relaxing man and enjoying it.
I came from cigs and I chain smoked them bastards 3 packs a day easy. Pipe smoking is WAYY different. Try the breathe method. It didnt work for me but it did allow me to find how I can enjoy the smoke by relaxing the tempo and getting in the right rythm to maximize the flavor.
I found for me if I take light back and forths in the pipe before exhaling I can massage the flavor out of the tobacco and you can really taste it on the actual exhale. But its soft though, you cant force it, very light back and forths.
also, love watching muttinchoppiper on youtube and he explains the breathe method too and alot of other cool things
Could you summarise the breathe method please?