Well, to get maximum enjoyment out of your pipe, and to minimize the need for mid-smoke relights, it is important to pay attention to your technique here, as with any other aspect of smoking.
You apply open flame, whether from a match, lighter or other such contrivance and puff on the pipe until it is lit. Lighting a pipe seems to be a very straightforward operation. Now, if all of the above steps have been successfully completed, your pipe is properly packed and ready to be lit and smoked. If there is any more than this, dump out the tobacco and start over. The resistance should be minimal, like sucking on a straw. (11) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. The tobacco should still feel springy, only slightly less so than on the second tamp. This will take a bit more pressure than the first two tamping operations, but take care not to overdo it. (10) Using your tamp again, pack this tobacco down until it is even with the top of the bowl. Return any left-over tobacco to its container for future use. (9) Trickle a bit more tobacco into the pipe, until a small mound of it protrudes above the rim of the bowl, looking as if it needs a haircut. There may be tiny amount of resistance this time, but if you have any troubles drawing on the pipe, dump out the tobacco and start over. (8) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. The tobacco in the bowl should feel springy. You will probably find that to achieve this level of tobacco, you have to tamp with slightly more force than the first time. For tapered bowls, the pipe should now be five eighths or so full. For straight sided bowls, the pipe should now be three quarters full. (7) Again, tamp the tobacco down gently with your tamp. (6) Once again, trickle loose strands of tobacco into the bowl until it is once again full, perhaps even a tad over-full. If there is any resistance, dump out the tobacco and start over. (5) Put the pipe to your lips and take a test draw. The tobacco in the bowl should have a very springy, almost soft consistency. For pipes with tapered bowls, aim for more like two thirds full.
For bowls with straight sides, you should tamp gently until the tobacco half fills the bowl. (4) Now, take your tamper/pipe-nail/etc and gently compress the tobacco. Do not pinch the loose tobacco while doing this, as you will create more of the clumps you just took time to remedy. resist the urge to push the tobacco down with your thumb half-way through this operation. (3) holding your pipe, trickle strands of tobacco into the bowl of the pipe until it is filled to the top. When you come back, it should have dried just a bit and be a little easier to deal with. Go make yourself a cup of tea, pull an espresso, or open some mail. If it is too moist, you may want to let it sit out for a few minutes to dry out a bit. Gently pick apart any clumps in the tobacco, and make note of the moisture content of the tobacco. (2) remove a small amount of tobacco from your tin/pouch/etc and lay it out on a flat surface. It is probably best to do this over a trashcan, large ashtray, or other such receptacle, pointing the bowl of the pipe upside down to avoid spewing dottle and ash into your own face. Run a pipe cleaner through the stem, dump out any dottle, and gently blow through the stem to expel any leftover ash.
How to smoke pipe tobacco correctly free#
(1) First, it is important to make sure that your pipe is free from obstructions and left over ash from previous smokes. It is, by no means, the only method of packing a pipe and experimentation is the key to finding a process that works well for you. The method listed below works well for many folks and many different kinds of tobacco. There are many methods employed to pack a pipe with tobacco. Packing and lighting a pipe, much like smoking a pipe, is an artform, and this technique may take some time to master, but once you have it down pat, one of the major stumbling blocks to pipe smoking bliss will have been removed.
Here is compiled a step by step outline to the correct way to pack a pipe for maximum enjoyment.
How to smoke pipe tobacco correctly how to#
The number one complaint of new pipe smokers seems to be that they do not know how to correctly ‘pack’ their pipe, resulting in either dottle (excess moisture) left over at the end of the smoke, or a hot smoke and the dreaded tongue bite, or a pipe that is hard to draw on.
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