How the hell do I do this?

[Devil Doc]

Is your pipe broken in, newb or are you trying to fight two battles at the same time? What kind of tobacco are you smoking? Some tobaccos are not newb friendly, Virginia flakes, for instance. Get yourself a Corn cob and a tobacco that's neophyte friendly, like Prince Albert. It won't impress your friends, but it will allow you to practice your technique, burns easy, won't bite and is wonderful for break-ins as it cakes really well. Oh, stay away from aromatics.

Doc.

[TravPSU]

I bought a briar pipe and the guy said it didn't need to be broken in. I don't know what tobacco I bought but I'm guessing its aromatic (they were labeled Vanilla, Champagne, Cappuccino and Nittany Nector).

[Maduro Man_WCP]

here is a trick i use and have taught it to friends with alot of succes...

befor you fill your pipe, draw on it to get an idea on how it draws empty. loose fill and lightly tamp untill the resistance is about what it feels like to drink water through a straw. repeat untill the bowl is almost to the top. do your char light, let it go out and relight. do NOT use a torch lighter, they are way to hot and you will damage your pipe. matches, zippos and bic lighters are the perfered means to light.

btw, i used to use my fingers to tamp but you'll get a more even pack if you use a pipe tool to do it. do not worry about relights, as you gain experiance you'll get the hang of things. hey, the 1st time you had sex you didn't have your partner screaming in joy did you? you have to work at it a little and soon, everything will fall in place.

[cigarsarge]

[QUOTEhey, the 1st time you had sex you didn't have your partner screaming in joy did you? [/QUOTE]


I did...

[Mangyrat]

[QUOTEhey, the 1st time you had sex you didn't have your partner screaming in joy did you?


I did...

Are you sure that was a scream ? It could it have been the air leaking out of your blow up doll

[mail man]

Are you sure that was a scream ? It could it have been the air leaking out of your blow up doll

Thanks Mangy...you can send the new keyboard to me at work...I just spit coffee on mine.

[badwhale]

On those videos, I watched from "how to pack you bowl" to "smoking tips"

Packing the bowl, was a good one for me. I sorta understood it, but not really. The video helped a lot there.

Lighting the pipe. I didn't know about the singeing thing, or charring the tobacco, kinda like a cigar (duh) There's another one that helped.

Tamping lightly while smoking, I was doing that, but I noticed him running a pipe cleaner down the tip during the smoke, which was enlightening. Slow puffing (compared to a cigar) is key for me to avoiding tongue bite. Took a little while to figure that one out.

Will