Soft flame or torch?

[jrfoxx]

Good for you, that is the best approach. I will only use a torch with my pipe if I have nothing else. I turn the flame down as far as it will go though.
Sometimes on a windy day that may be the only thing to use.
I have a Xikar pipe lighter that does pretty well in moderate winds. Wooden matches remind me of the old guys I would see in the pubs
in England. Sitting at a table having a beer and smoking their pipes. Usually farmers with their dogs sitting under the table and their tractors
parked in the parking lot. Life did seem simpler back then.

Cigars it's strictly torch. But hell I have used burning sticks from the campfire as well. Fire is fire.

Yeah, really strong wind is pretty common everywhere in Wyoming fairly often, and will even blow out my triple torch trying to light a cigar ( which I agree, as do most, is the best way to light a cigar. F using fancy cedar matches like the old days). But for a cigar I can go into the sweltering shelter long enough to light a cigar, the go back out.

Not really feasible with a pipe unless you are a master class pipe smoker and can smoke a whole bowl with 1 light.

I use an off brand pipe lighter that works great up to a moderate breeze, and has a scraper, tamper and pick that fold out from the side which is handy.

Unfortunately yesterday the tiny welds broke and the tool part came out, but no biggie, now it's basically like the Czech tools most people use.

I friggin love tobacco!