I would like to say thank you to all of the members on the brown leaf posting great advise regarding pipe tobacco smoking. I have been pipe smoking off and on for about fifteen years now. And in just a few weeks of reading on here, I have greatly improved on my smoking pleasures.
Until last week I would load the tobacco three times as taught from the tobocco store clerk many years ago by loading it three times. The problem is that I have always packed down to the point where the draw would be compared to sipping a thick milkshake. I could keep it lit sometimes and other not which leads to how I always would load the fresh tobacco directly from the package to the pipe without drying. So right away the tobacco would be too wet, but towards the end (could take a few weeks to a year to finish the pouch of tobacco) it would burn fine, but my jaw muscles would get sore from puffing the hard draw. I have had one pipe over 12 years and another over 8, both briers, but they have never been cleaned because I remember hearing someone at the tobacco shop saying you don't want to clean your pipes out too much if at all.
So now in the last week, I have just received more tobacco from cigars international. I pulled out what I needed and let it sit spread out for a half hour to an hour before loading. When loading, I have a smooth draw like from drinking soda pop from a straw and then have cleaned my pipes out for the first time in a decade!
Thank you all for the good information posted on here, it really made a great difference.
Until last week I would load the tobacco three times as taught from the tobocco store clerk many years ago by loading it three times. The problem is that I have always packed down to the point where the draw would be compared to sipping a thick milkshake. I could keep it lit sometimes and other not which leads to how I always would load the fresh tobacco directly from the package to the pipe without drying. So right away the tobacco would be too wet, but towards the end (could take a few weeks to a year to finish the pouch of tobacco) it would burn fine, but my jaw muscles would get sore from puffing the hard draw. I have had one pipe over 12 years and another over 8, both briers, but they have never been cleaned because I remember hearing someone at the tobacco shop saying you don't want to clean your pipes out too much if at all.
So now in the last week, I have just received more tobacco from cigars international. I pulled out what I needed and let it sit spread out for a half hour to an hour before loading. When loading, I have a smooth draw like from drinking soda pop from a straw and then have cleaned my pipes out for the first time in a decade!
Thank you all for the good information posted on here, it really made a great difference.
