light bulb moment.
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:50 am
I had a revelation this week.
Out of all my pipes I have a stanwell that I like a lot. I can taste the tobacco with this one and I do a better job keeping this one lit. The shape of this tobacco chamber is obviously different than most of my pipes.
I took an old Alpha pipe that I have and this morning I reshaped the tobacco chamber in it and bored out the stem a bit larger and dang if it doesn't smoke a lot like my Stanwell now.
So it is obvious to me that chamber shape has a lot to do with my success smoking. Click the light bulb came on.
When I do get around to making my own from sctratch I know what bowl shape my first pipe will have.
I have a few good pipes Jobeys, Ben Wades, and other Danish pipes that I can't keep lit to save my life. They all have fairly narrow, deep chambers with little if any taper.
Now that begs this question. If chamber shape has such an effect, why are there so many various chamber shapes out there?
Out of all my pipes I have a stanwell that I like a lot. I can taste the tobacco with this one and I do a better job keeping this one lit. The shape of this tobacco chamber is obviously different than most of my pipes.
I took an old Alpha pipe that I have and this morning I reshaped the tobacco chamber in it and bored out the stem a bit larger and dang if it doesn't smoke a lot like my Stanwell now.
So it is obvious to me that chamber shape has a lot to do with my success smoking. Click the light bulb came on.
When I do get around to making my own from sctratch I know what bowl shape my first pipe will have.
I have a few good pipes Jobeys, Ben Wades, and other Danish pipes that I can't keep lit to save my life. They all have fairly narrow, deep chambers with little if any taper.
Now that begs this question. If chamber shape has such an effect, why are there so many various chamber shapes out there?