whats your favorite method of packing a pipe??
I have used the Swirl method the last 4 bowls and its been working well for me.
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whats your favorite method of packing a pipe??
I have used the Swirl method the last 4 bowls and its been working well for me.
You forgot "just put some tobacco in there, tamp it down and light it." When I started piping I did the three step method and worried about such, but now that I know my pipes and the blends that I use, I usually just toss it in and light it up.
Something about the swirl method doesn't work for me. It makes sense, and the physics/engineering are all there, and the dude from James Fox certainly is fetching in the video, but I just end up making a big mess, getting a fraction of a bowl poorly packed, and totally making an ass of myself.
I pretty much do my own quick Deutsch-method. I've got it to where I can pack a smaller bowl using Frank's guidance or a hefty bowl. Works for me!
My method is closer to the three step but really just a codger stuff, Having picked up what kind of draw to feel for has helped me improve
my enjoyment and learning what the tamper was for.
I bounce back and forth between the swirl and the 3 step method. I find some tobacco's work better for me with one way while other's need the other
I'm with those that go with more of a codger stuff approach. It does not fail me and I consistently enjoy my smokes.
Although I wonder if the codger stuff is a manifestation of what they call "unconscious aptitude" where there's all kinds of subtle stuff that goes on which defy anything like a method that can be modeled and taught to newbies. I think the 3-step is the closest to codger stuffing, and probably evolves into it as one gets more adept.
In Zen and the Art of Archery there's some description about learning precise methods and techniques, and only after that, letting them all go to attain mastery. In this analogy, you are one with the pipe, the tobacco and the flame, and it's all done without calculation or worry. It simply happens. You are the bow, the arrow and the target, and when you let go of "self" -- bullseye!
Can't believe Fudge wasn't an option on this poll!
The Frank method helped me out the most starting out. Now I can just stuff some baccy in the pipe and smoke away.
My method probably most resembles the 3 step. In reality I just pinch some baccy up and stuff it in the bowl.
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