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     William Roy MacIntosh Member Username: Mac Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2009 |
I try to smoke my pipe to the bottom. I find they seem to become hot towards the bottom of the bowl. Is this normal. I smoke as gently as I can but it still seems to get hot near the end of the smoke also I saeem to get a little light headed. I am a new pipe smoker and pretty green. Any suggestions | ||
| Harvey Click Member Username: Fafhrd Post Number: 1459 Registered: 03-2006 |
William, I just let my pipes go out when they start to get too warm and relight them after they have cooled. | ||
| Robert J. Saul II Member Username: Tuxin_piper Post Number: 15 Registered: 04-2009 |
Also keep in mind that most tobaccos lose most of their flavor toward the end of the bowl IMHO. Typically, there seems to be little dottle left after most tobaccos, so you really aren't talking about much product loss anyway. You might want to check your dottle for unburned quantity. If there is a bunch left, you may be packing too tight. | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 667 Registered: 05-2006 |
My guess it that your pipe isn't as well caked at that bottom of the bowl... less protection from the heat of the burn. It will come with time. Lightheaded = nicotene. It's when your knees start to wobble that you have to worry.  | ||
| Wayne Smith Member Username: Pipe_bomb Post Number: 9 Registered: 05-2009 |
Mr. Click, is something that should/must be done to build a proper cake? I have the same trouble with one of my pipes. | ||
| Harvey Click Member Username: Fafhrd Post Number: 1462 Registered: 03-2006 |
--"Mr. Click, is something that should/must be done to build a proper cake? I have the same trouble with one of my pipes." The most important thing IMO is to smoke slowly and coolly until some cake is built, let the pipe go out whenever it gets too warm, and smoke to the bottom of the bowl so the cake will form all the way down. I always smear a thin coat of honey in the virgin bowl before the first smoke, as it will turn to pure carbon and form the foundation for good cake, but many (probably most) pipers don't do this and they build good cake anyway. Melvin has a very useful tip about shaking ashes, and maybe he will chime in to describe it. | ||
| Melvin S. Schwartz Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 4315 Registered: 02-2002 |
Melvin chimes in-- There are variations of this method described as shake the ash. I will tell you my method and that is not to say it is the best method, only that it works for me. 1. After finishing the pipe, I use the pick tool of a tamper to loosen the ash, turning it over as I do so. 2. I place a lens tissue, piece of paper towel or thumb also works, over top of bowl and shake it up a few times. 3. I empty the ash with the idea of coating the inner walls evenly. I look for any clumps sticking to the walls. I want a smooth layer of ash coating the inner walls without any significant clumps. 4. I blow through the stem. Yes, some ash will likely fly up into the air and land on your nice carpet, but that is why I have both a vacuum and wife. :-) 5. I run a pipe cleaner through the stem and remove. 6. The next time I smoke the pipe, I repeat the process until a thin layer of cake has formed. Other variations include leaving the ash in the pipe, as opposed to emptying the ash as I do. |