In order to enjoy smoking, it is not enough to know how to properly fill the pipe with tobacco. After all, not only tobacco and the method of driving it turn smoking into a pleasant process. A pipe for smoking is not just a habit, it is a way of life or even a temperament. It does not suit everyone, not everyone understands its philosophy. To understand the topic, it can be compared to a tea ceremony. After all, there is a simple tea party, but there is a whole ceremony with its own rules, traditions, accessories. The same goes for smoking. It is worth mentioning that smoking is an activity that is likely to cause the smoker's early death, so it still makes sense to think carefully about your new hobby. And once the decision is made in favor of a short, but vibrant life, you need to know how to properly hammer a pipe into tobacco.
Components
With the simplicity of the device for smoking tobacco, the pipe has several components. Each of them has its own name, both for the outside and for the inside.
The outer, visible part consists of a bowl and a chubuk, which together make up a stammel. A mouthpiece is attached to the chubuk, and the junction is covered by a ring. The mouthpiece begins with a mouthpiece and ends with a trunnion inserted into the forelock.
When smoking, tobacco is placed in the tobacco chamber located in the bowl. And the smoke from the smoldering leaves passes along the bottom of the bowl, then through the smoke channel through the mortise into the mouthpiece.
That's the whole smoking pipe device. But the sizes, shapes, materials and colors of these components can be very different.
How to choose?
The shapes of the pipes on sale vary from classic, with a straight mouthpiece, to curved, long and even ritual. Chubuk tubes also come in various shapes and sizes. You can choose a form based only on your aesthetic feelings. But the material the tube is made of must be taken more seriously. When choosing a product, a person must decide whether he buys it for long-term use or as a souvenir. If the pipe will have to serve for many years, then it is best to choose from a briar. You can, of course, purchase tubes made of strong woods such as cherries or pears, but since they are not strong enough, they are not made by high-class craftsmen, but ordinary artisans, which, of course, affects the quality.
In a good, regular pipe, the smoke hole at the bottom of the bowl should be exactly in the middle. Otherwise, the tobacco will not burn out completely. The smoke channel itself should not exceed 4 mm in diameter, but should not be less than 2 mm. All joints between the mouthpiece and the chubuk must be airtight. This, by the way, is the main definition of quality - the product must not let air through in any of its parts.
Thus, the pleasure of smoking depends not only on how to properly plug the pipe with tobacco, but also on the quality of the product.
What should be the tube
It should not be ceramic, porcelain or iron - these are souvenir products that quickly heat up and, as a result, collapse. Even foam tubes, considered a quality standard, cannot be used several times in a row. After all, it is a material that has pores that become clogged during smoking with moisture. So she warms up, making the process uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
The choice of professional lovers is heather. It is very expensive, but the pipe should be like that, this is not for the poor.
With and without filter
There are two types of tubes - with and without filter. Everyone decides which one to choose for themselves, based on their feelings. The presence of a filter does not make smoke less harmful. The smoker receives a full set of poisons regardless of the availability of a filter. This device is designed to cool a stream of smoke to reduce the risk of a burn of the tongue. This is especially true for novice smokers who switched to a pipe with cigarettes. Smokers with experience are able to control the strength of the puff so as not to get a burn. This allows them to smoke without a filter.
Well, one should still mention that the filters are able to dull the taste of flavored tobacco varieties, and not the most expensive ones.
Accessories
Accessories for pipes are a separate issue for every lover. After all, an expensive handset, like an expensive car, requires quality care. Thus, acquiring such a product, you need to buy a minimum set of devices for cleaning it.
First of all, it's a ruff. And not one. Usually a set of soft and hard brushes is purchased right away.
Then you need a spoon, an awl and a tamper, trampling tobacco. All of these devices are usually a single set.
For a product with a filter, packaging with replacement filters is required.
The handset has soft rounded sides, so it easily rolls off the table and spoils from impact. That is why smokers purchase holders and carrying cases.
Any lighter is selected, the main thing is that it does not break from prolonged burning, and this is observed with cheap models. Naturally, lighter dischargers are not suitable for the pipe, the tobacco in them flames up only from open fire.
Tobacco selection
Which tobacco is better, everyone decides for himself - it is a matter of taste. Someone loves chocolate, and someone closer to vanilla, some like astringent tobacco smoke, without impurities. Any tobacco that is pleasing to the smoker is his own pipe tobacco. In the end, this is the charm of the tube, it can be filled with such a mixture that pleases a person. She gives freedom to realize herself in the composition of aromas, to become a creator.
And once again - any tobacco is unhealthy, you do not need to fool yourself by buying the βeasyβ option with a low nicotine content. This is not only self-deception, but also the fraud of marketers. You need to choose what is tasty and pleasant.
Driving
How to clog a pipe with tobacco? You need to perform a certain sequence of actions:
- The moisture content of tobacco is determined. After squeezing between the fingers, the pinch quickly takes its original shape - this is normal tobacco. If it crumbled into dust, then it is very dry, and if it remains compressed, it is too wet. Both that, and another is bad.
- Stuffed tobacco should be evenly ground to a state of homogeneous substance.
- He pours into the bowl in three approaches. After each time, you need to crush it so that in the end, at least 5 mm to the edge of the bowl from the surface of the tobacco. In the process of stuffing after tamping each portion, you need to draw air through the mouthpiece, thereby adjusting the traction. It should be no heavier than the one needed to empty a glass of drink through a tube.
All movements when stuffing with tobacco should be leisurely, the pipe does not endure fuss. Tobacco should lie in even layers, then it will burn evenly and will not burn through the walls.
It must be remembered that when ignited, tobacco increases in size and it seems that it is about to fall out of the cup. If this happens, you can carefully trample it with a tamper.
Now itβs clear how to properly hammer a pipe with tobacco, it remains to learn how to smoke it.
How to smoke?
In fact, pipe smoking is an attempt to prevent tobacco from extinguishing. Exactly such should be puffs - calm and rare. This is not a cigarette, it will not burn in five to seven minutes. Smoking can last for thirty to forty minutes. If at the same time the smoke has become too cold and it is understood that the pipe is now extinguished, you can trample the tobacco with a tamper and light it again.
Smoke should be such a temperature that it is not felt in the mouth. At elevated smoke temperature, the tongue will have a non-healing burn, and the walls will quickly burn out.
If a person is smoked or, for another reason, cannot finish smoking the pipe, you just need to let it cool. And when the time comes, there is again the opportunity to rekindle it and stop smoking a given portion of tobacco.
After the pipe has finished smoking, the ash can be shaken out of it by lightly tapping the bottom of the ashtray. The product is turned upside down. If any small coals remained, then there is nothing wrong with that.