Better Piping: The Head Bone's Connected to the Neckbone

[jlbst49]

I think the important point to make (since Ive only been smoking pipes for about 8 months) is that there are LOTS of ways to pack, light, tamp, etc. The thing is to keep trying until you find a method that works for you.
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I've tried lots of techniques Ive read on forum including the Frank method, which didnt work great for me... But it didnt hurt to try either.

Jeff

[dillonmcmurphy]

Originally Posted by jlbst49

I think the important point to make (since Ive only been smoking pipes for about 8 months) is that there are LOTS of ways to pack, light, tamp, etc. The thing is to keep trying until you find a method that works for you.
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I've tried lots of techniques Ive read on forum including the Frank method, which didnt work great for me... But it didnt hurt to try either.

Jeff

I agree. There are many ways especially to pack your tobacco, and if you find a way that works great for you than use it. With that said, from what I have seen there are some pretty shoddy packing techniques out there. But I don't like to call it "packing" anyway. In the words of Mister Moo, it should be refered to as loading, filling, or preparing. Packing has a bit of a negative conotation in this context in my opinion since it almost infers that you are compacting your baccy in your pipe. Anyway, happy puffing everyone!

[Phlegmatic]

Perhaps I´m too cheap or something, but I have this fascination with smoking the pipe to the bottom. I want nothing left but some ashes! Problem is that I get ashes in my mouth! Is this why they make filter pipes?

[Phlegmatic]

Does new pipes need to rest longer tha broken in ones? I think this Nördning Ive got tastes awful now, even though its been in abeyance for two days?

Originally Posted by Phlegmatic

Perhaps I´m too cheap or something, but I have this fascination with smoking the pipe to the bottom. I want nothing left but some ashes! Problem is that I get ashes in my mouth! Is this why they make filter pipes?

The pipe will tell you that its done before you suck ash.. At the end of a bowl the draw will creep a while then slam open. If you stop just before the draw is wide open you can prevent a mouth coated in ass (so sorry) ash.

Dottle on..

[RJpuffs]

Originally Posted by Phlegmatic

Perhaps I´m too cheap or something, but I have this fascination with smoking the pipe to the bottom. I want nothing left but some ashes! Problem is that I get ashes in my mouth! Is this why they make filter pipes?

Oddly I never get "ashed" and I do smoke it down to last dreg of baccy. Dottle? Dottle? We don' need no steenkin' dottle!

I don't tamp OR use a pipe cleaner when its down to the last 15 minutes of the bowl. Anything that wobbles the balance of the loaded tobacco could cause it to drop into the airhole.

[Phlegmatic]

thx guys!

heres a very good beginner instruction! (his my favorite on youtube) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFep5...eature=related

[JacksonCognac]

Another quality post by Mr. Moo - I hope this thread finds its way into the FAQ sticky.

[dustinhayden]

Good info! Thanks!