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     Kerry Lex Gerald Member Username: Comoy Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2009 |
Gentelmen, I am having probems loading packing and keeping my pipe lit without burning up all my tobacco and I find that it is really frustrating. What am I doing wrong? please advise Thanks you all are fantastic people, Kerry Gerald | ||
| Dan Bryant Member Username: Bryantm3 Post Number: 55 Registered: 03-2009 |
it depends on what cut of tobacco you're using. a sure fire way for the ribbon cut tobacco is to drop the loose tobacco in the bowl and tap it on the side so it falls into the bowl. do this until the pipe is a little more than full, and then use your tamper and press and turn the tamper lightly until you've compressed a loose bowl into a half bowl (it shouldn't be densely packed yet). on top of this lightly compressed half bowl, drop more tobacco while tapping the side of the bowl to make sure it falls in, and then once it is a little over-full again, press and turn down a little bit harder, until the bowl looks 2/3 full. then, do this again, tapping the side of the bowl until the bowl is a little bit over full again. then, press and turn your tamper until the tobacco goes up to about 1 mm below the rim of the bowl. for lighting, light your pipe until the tobacco expands and rises up out of the bowl. then, tamp it down flat. what you see in the bowl now should be a flat layer of ash over the tobacco; you shouldn't be able to see the tobacco. if you can see it, do another 'pre-light' and tamp it down flat again. finally, when you have a flat layer of ash, do your final light across the whole surface, and it should glow red all over the surface. this is how you know you've done a good light. while smoking, tamp the ash down occasionally, and use your tamper to press down the sides more than the middle, making a dome shape. if you don't tamp the ash down, you can get too much air flow through the pipe and it can go out. | ||
| Ellis Spear Member Username: Espear Post Number: 418 Registered: 12-2003 |
Dear Kerry, This is a very common question. Here are a couple of wonderful videos that I think will help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_u0umPXMGY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdougX9q3dM |