Comments on: Pipe Smoking Tips & Tricks

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:17:17 +0000

I echo the responses to Sy’s comment. However, I would like to suggest a slightly different perspective. Many times, pipe smokers focus just on the smoke. Don’t get me wrong, the smoke is wonderful. But I derive a great deal of pleasure from the ritual of laying out the tobacco, packing the tobacco, lighting the first light, tamping, lighting the true light, and tamping while enjoying the smoke.

Take the time to learn to pack your pipe right, but enjoy the lesson. Pipe smoking is relaxing. Be deliberate as you pack your pipe to set aside concerns and cares. For the next 35 minutes to an hour, your focus should be reflecting a life well lived and a pipe thoroughly enjoyed.

By: Mckell

Mckell — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:16:34 +0000

The tobacco quality is the most important detail when smoking a pipe. Store brands are worthless e.g.( Capt. black, paladin,dunriff). Here is a website for some good tobacco.http://www.smokingpipes.com/. G.L. Please is a wonderful tobacco with many different flavors

By: Mattaz

Mattaz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:15:00 +0000

G’day lads,

I quit the evil ciggies about 2 month ago and I miss it… A good Cigar is expensive so is reserved for a special occasion, So I thought I’d take up pipe smoking.
I’m looking to get a churchwarden pipe, I’ve been told that they produce a more cool smoke and are good for blowing smoke rings, I will pobably get a corcob aswell I’m told thy are an easier place to start and they’re cheap, after I’m finished with it I can have it incase my mates wannaa try it.

I’m looking for a tobacco that produces allot of smoke, very thick smoke and one that also smells good. Has anybody got any ideas?

cheers,
Matt

I appreciate the finer things in life like real coffee and fabric softener

By: Mattaz

Mattaz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:14:01 +0000

G’day lads,

I’m looking for a tobacco that produces allot of smoke, very thick smoke and one that also smells good. Has anybody got any ideas?

cheers,
Matt

I appreciate the finer things in life like real coffee and fabric softener.

By: James

James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:52:31 +0000

i am 19 and recently just like mentioned in this guide was at a park and smelt someone else smoking a pipe. i loved the smell and decided to give it a shot. not a huge fan of the corn cob stile so i talked with a girl at a local smoke shop and she showed me this little pipe that was only a buck and said it would be a great way to get started and not spend to much. i must say i do enjoy it very much. it wasn’t till after trying the little pipe that i found this guide and i must say already i found a few things i was doing wrong just wanted to say thanks.

i do have one question though. i have two types of tobaccos i smoke vanilla and cherry. i found that they don’t really taste like vanilla or cherry and remind me more of a cigar. i am wondering if that is because i am not packing the bowl right or if i am smoking it to quickly?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:52:53 +0000

I just bought a briar pipe (Big Ben Holland Brand) for my first pipe. (About $75)
I’m smoking a Stanford Aromatic vanilla blend.

Smoking a briar as the first pipe works fine for me. After like three bowls it’s starting to taste pretty damn good.

Anybody else use a Big Ben pipe?

By: Roman

Roman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:44:56 +0000

With a new pipe if the “cake” of tobacco resin from smoking quite a few bowls of pipe tobacco has not yet accumulated it will feel hot for a while. Once a little bit of “cake” has built up your pipe will eventually smoke cooler and be sweeter. A new pipe needs experience to get used to tobacco as well as a new pipe smoker does. I find each of my pipes smokes slightly differently depending on how many bowls of tobacco have been smoked in it. The one I have smoked the longest is like a good friend, it always gives me an enjoyable smoke.

By: Roman

Roman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:32:55 +0000

To build up a “cake” that is mostly built up in the lower half of the bowl try just smoking the top half of the pipe then tapping out the ash that accumulated on top of the unburnt tobacco. Refill the bowl with more tobacco up to the top again, relight and smoke again just down to half. Tap out the ash on top and continue doing this as many times as you like. Usually most people have only a cake built up on the top half because they may smoke only half a bowl at a time then set their pipe aside. It is really much less of a concern if you have a good “cake” on the bottom half, as long as you smoke the top half a few more times than the bottom.

By: DW

DW — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:11:09 +0000

After reading Kelly’s post I to have the same problem. Just recently I bought a Boswell pipe nose-warmer. Love the design and the color of the pipe is pretty. While smoking my newly found pipe I notice the varnish was coming off on my hands and started to panic. But, reading Brandon’s post about the varnish I think its best if I take off the varnish so the pipe won’t heat as much and wont have to worry about having a brownish color stain on my hands.

Thanks for the info.

By: Neil SD

Neil SD — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:48:46 +0000

“It’s about the symphony of flavors on your palate”….could not have said it any better!