Some advice from Floppypipe to start smoking a pipe without problems and with satisfaction.
1. Dedicate half an hour of pleasure to yourself in an armchair, outdoors or wherever you want.
2. Try to inhale the pipe without tobacco, the feeling you get must be very similar once loaded.
3. Choose a tobacco you like and put it inside the pipe. The first time without pressing, the second accompanying the tobacco you put in earlier, the third with a greater pressure to bring the two pinches together (as I always say: the first touch is that of a child, the second, of a woman and the third , of a man).
4. When drawing from the mouthpiece, the air should flow freely. If not, empty and try again.
5. Light with a match (or with a lighter that is not a flamethrower), inhale lightly and compact delicately with the tamper to constantly bring the embers into contact with the underlying tobacco. Probably the first ignition will not be enough: calmly restart as many times as necessary.
6. Do not overheat the pipe because - contrary to what it may seem - it goes out more frequently and creates condensation. If necessary use a brush to dry it, but do not remove the mouthpiece while hot to avoid deforming the plug.
7. Pipe smoke is not inhaled into the lungs, but is savored between the palate and nostrils. This protects your health, along with the fact that you're not burning paper.
8. It is not mandatory to consume tobacco all the way to the bottom of the stove. In any case, empty the pipe at the end, clean it briefly with one or more pipe cleaners and let it rest (dry...) for at least a day.
9. The pipe cleaner generally contains a pusher for pressing; a thin ferrule to lift the tobacco and possibly to unclog the barrel; a scraper to clean the walls of the stove and sometimes a teaspoon to empty the stove at the end of the smoke.
10. With use, an incrustation will gradually form which gives the pipe a lived-in appearance and which is considered useful for its taste and functioning. It will be reduced with a special pipe scraper only when the diameter of the stove is too narrow.
11. As you will have understood, you need calm, delicacy and a little skill. On the other hand things that are too easy don't give any satisfaction!
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