| Smoking a pipe requires more apparatus
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| | moved in circles above the tobacco while
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| and techinique than cigarette or even
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| | the smoker puffs on the pipe to draw the
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| cigar smoking. In addition to the pipe
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| | flame into the tobacco. Most smokers will
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| itself and matches or a lighter, smokers
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| | tamp out this initial lighting after a
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| usually require a pipe tool for packing,
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| | few seconds, pack the surface down more
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| adjusting, and emptying the tobacco in
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| | tightly, and relight. If the tobacco
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| the bowl, and a regular supply of pipe
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| | catches fire during either light, it can
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| cleaners.
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| | be put out; the goal is to have the
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| Packing
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| | surface smoldering in a uniform way.
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| Pipe tobacco can be purchased in several
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| | Prevent Burning
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| forms, which vary both in flavour
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| | To prevent your wood pipe from burning
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| (leading to many blends, or the
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| | make a 50/50 mix of honey and water and
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| opportunity for the smoker to blend their
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| | use your finger to spread it around the
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| own tobaccos) and in the physical shape
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| | inside of the bowl. Let this mixture dry.
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| and size to which the tobacco has been
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| | After a few bowls, the mix will create a
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| reduced. Most tobaccos resemble
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| | barrier that will be burn resistant.
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| cigarrette tobacco, but substantially
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| | This method is not considered extremely
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| more moist (so they must be kept in
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| | effective, and can also add a flavor
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| airtight packaging), and cut much more
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| | which may be undesirable to smokers. Most
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| coarsely. This makes it rather difficult
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| | Briar pipes are already pre-treated to
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| to roll pipe tobacco into cigarette
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| | resist burn, and if smoked correctly, the
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| papers; but finely cut tobacco does not
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| | cake will build up properly on its own.
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| allow enough air to flow through the
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| | Smoking
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| pipe, and overly dry tobacco burns too
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| | Pipe smoke, like cigar smoke, is usually
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| quickly with little flavour. Some kinds
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| | not inhaled. It is merely brought into
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| are cut into long narrow ribbons. Some
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| | the mouth and then released. It is normal
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| are pressed into flat cakes which are cut
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| | to have to relight a pipe periodically.
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| up. Others are tightly wound into long
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| | If it is smoked too slowly, this will
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| ropes, then sliced into discs. Flake
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| | happen more often. If it is smoked too
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| tobacco (sliced cakes or ropes) may be
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| | quickly, it can produce excess moisture,
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| prepared in several ways. Generally it is
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| | producing a gurgling sound in the pipe. A
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| rubbed out with the fingers and palms
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| | pipe cleaner can be used to dry it out.
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| until it is loose enough to pack. It can
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| | The bowl of the pipe can also become
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| also be crumbled or simply folded and
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| | uncomfortably hot, depending on the
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| stuffed into a pipe. Some people also
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| | material and the rate of smoking. For
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| prefer to dice very coarse tobaccos up
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| | this reason clay pipes in particular are
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| before using them, making them easier to
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| | often held by the stem. Meershaum pipes
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| pack.
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| | are held in a square of chamois leather,
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| In the most common method of packing,
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| | with gloves, or else by the stem in order
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| tobacco is added to the bowl of the pipe
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| | to prevent uneven coloring of the
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| in several batches, each one pressed down
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| | material.
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| until the mixture has a uniform density
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| | Cleaning
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| that optimizes airflow (something that it
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| | The ash and the last bits of unburned
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| is difficult to gauge without practice).
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| | tobacco (the dottle) need to be emptied
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| This can be done with a finger or thumb,
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| | after smoking, and the pipe should be
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| but if the tobacco needs to be repacked
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| | cleaned with some regularity. A cake of
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| later, while it is burning, the tamper on
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| | ash eventually develops inside the bowl.
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| a pipe tool is sometimes used. If it
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| | This is good for controlling overall
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| needs to be loosened, the reamer, or any
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| | heat, but if it becomes too thick it
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| similar long pin can be used.
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| | needs to be scraped down.
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| Lighting
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| | Sweetening
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| Matches, or even separately lit slivers
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| | When tobacco is burned, oils are
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| of wood, are usually considered
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| | vaporized and condense on the walls of
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| preferable to lighters. Some people
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| | the bowl, in the existing cake, and in
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| complain that lighters impart an
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| | the shank. Over time, these oils can
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| inappropriate taste to the tobacco.
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| | oxidize and turn rancid, causing the pipe
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| Because a lighter must be held sideways,
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| | to give a sour or bitter smoke. An
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| putting the fingers much closer to the
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| | effective measure called the Professor's
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| flame, they can be harder to use with
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| | Pipe-Sweetening Treatment involves
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| pipes than matches are. However, lighters
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| | filling the bowl with salt and carefully
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| especially made for pipes exist that
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| | wetting it with strong spirits. Some
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| minimize or eliminate these issues. When
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| | people find that regularly wiping out the
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| matches are used, they are normally
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| | bowl with spirits is helpful in
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| allowed to burn for a couple of seconds
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| | preventing souring. Commercial
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| to remove the sulfur from the tip, and to
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| | pipe-sweetening products are also
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| produce a fuller flame. The flame is then
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| | available.
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