I'm a new pipesman and I was wondering if you guys can provide some insight on the coolest smoking materials and shapes? If anyone has specific models that would be awesome too.
Whats the Coolest Smoking Pipe?
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Meerchaum. Plenty of shapes and smoke cool. Although cool smoking has to do with your cadence and tamping.
A thick wall bowl lovat to start then cut of tobac, proper loading, light tamping, pace of puff to name a few.
That one is all up to your technique. They'll all smoke hot until you get packing and smoking cadence down. A pipe will not correct lack of experience.
Anything that I smoke - it can't be reproduced.
Just be pleased to know that you have found it, that it exists, and that I'm taking good care of it.
Just be pleased to know that you have found it, that it exists, and that I'm taking good care of it.
Thick walls will give you some insulation against heat.
But if your packing and cadence is wrong, you will still get a hot smoke.
That said my gourd calabash always gives a cool smoke.
And it’s great with high nic blends
But if your packing and cadence is wrong, you will still get a hot smoke.
That said my gourd calabash always gives a cool smoke.
And it’s great with high nic blends
One with a removable meerschaum bowl. Highly recommended for ease of cleaning out the gourd chamber.
Only disadvantage is the small chamber size
These come up frequently on EBay
One with fixed chamber.
Looks great with the metal rim, but not at all practical
Yeah but the price they go for is out of my salary range. Couldn't justify the purchase unfortunately.
Both of those were bought in the late ‘70s-early ‘80s
Prices were a lot lower then
You can get good deals on EBay
Got a time machine?Both of those were bought in the late ‘70s-early ‘80s
Prices were a lot lower then
You can get good deals on EBay
As others have already said, it mostly comes down to experience.
However- I was consistently smoking hot when I started, so I got a meerschaum - I figured something that couldn't catch fire or get burnt through would be good training wheels.
However- I was consistently smoking hot when I started, so I got a meerschaum - I figured something that couldn't catch fire or get burnt through would be good training wheels.
I always say the pipe shifts the margins but technique means a lot more. Basically a few of my pipes are more forgiving then others. The only pipe that can correct overheating would be a water pipe.
I recommend a 9mm filter meerschaum pipe and 9mm activated charcoal filters. That will be about the coolest driest smoke you can get. If you do not want the filter later or just sometimes, then you can leave it out or get a 3mm non-filter adapter.
If you already have a non-filter pipe, try lighting your pipe with a hemp wick. I use that now and I swear it is a cooler smoke.
If you already have a non-filter pipe, try lighting your pipe with a hemp wick. I use that now and I swear it is a cooler smoke.
A calabash does smoke cool, but in my experience they tend to burn the tobacco rather fast.
My meers all smoke cool.
In briars I suggest a carved or blasted finish. The rough texture creates more surface area to cool the pipe and smoke, and it is cooler to hold.... plus they don't require polishing and cost less than smooths.
It is all a matter of technique in getting a cool smoke. It starts with a good tobacco, proper packing of tobacco and then smoking slowly. This isn't a drag race but rather a slow walk to the finish line.
This Brebbia cavalier. Having two filters might be cheating though.
