Pipes

[Sir. Velmu]

Here's a hobby I've considered for a while. I've had this thing about pipes since I was... well it's been long enough for me to forget where it came from.
I wonder what people in here have hanging from their molars.
Any handy tips for possible beginner-to-be?

(No need to lecture about dangers of smoking. There's a thread of it's own for that.)

 

[Orion]

Pipes? Why, I was born with one of those! Though I'll never have one "hanging from my molars" as you seem to like.

 

[Cymro]

I love pipes. There's a good selection of them out in the shed: uPVC, Copper, Lead, you name it, I've probably got it. My particular favourite would have to be a lead 1.5 inch u-bend from the twenties, but others argue that you cannot beat the fine craftmanship on the 33mm copper pipes that the majority of the world uses nowadays. Nonense! They make the water tast-


[reads the thread]

I don't collect water pipes! Honest! You can't prove it! Well, except by looking in my shed but that's full of pip... I mean nothing! There's nothing in my shed

 

[Ronan]

I've always wondered why people use pipes when you could just smoke cigarettes.

 

[Worbah]

I've always wondered why people use pipes when you could just smoke cigarettes.

Because they're the dog's bollocks.

You don't need filters and papers and ****. Besides, it's an image thing. You can either pull it off (like Calandale) and have that whole Sex Captain vibe going. Or you look like a pillock with a pipe in his mouth. Same goes for cigars.

 

[Sir. Velmu]

I've always wondered why people use pipes when you could just smoke cigarettes.

They claim it tastes much better and while requiring some practice, the act itself can be fun fiddling.

Plus, people sometimes need to feel unique and speshul, like a flower. Smoking pipe is an easy way to achieve it, for some.

 

[ArabArcher35]

Cigarettes are also much more processed, and contain many more additives, than pipe tobacco.

 

[Dryvus]

Hurrah for pipes! I own a fine long-stemmed pipe. But I require some reamers to clean it, and haven't gotten around to it.

 

[Mage246]

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...

 

[hellbound]

Water pipes/shishas/hookahs whatever you wanna call it.. It's THE best!

 

[Dryvus]

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...

How do you know my name?

 

[matt b]

I've thought about picking that up as well, but picking up smoking tobacco doesn't exactly sound like the most intelligent thing in the world. Sitting down and smoking a pipe would be hella cool though. As it stands, the only pipe I have now is a glass one, and tobacco certainly doesn't go into it.

 

[Buxton]

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...

How do you know my name?

Lolwut. It's a song 

Though I will start calling you Danny.

 

[13 Spider Bloody Chain]

My older brother once considered smoking pipes, simply for the image. 

Apparently, he planned on only "puffing" on them; that is, inhaling just enough to get the smoke in his mouth, but not into his lungs.

 

[calandale]

I keep chewing through mine.

All I've got here are a bunch of briars.

Worse, I've been buying them NEW,
since I can't find used ones any longer.

STBM.


If you're really just starting,
go with a corn-cob. Low investment,
and it's a hell of a clean smoke, for the
first couple weeks.

I'd also suggest at least trying
black cavendish, along with anything
else which catches your fancy. Very mild,
with all sorts of subtle undertones.

Pretty much my mainstay - other tobaccos will
get me ill. Avoid expensive tobacco - it's like
cigars - too strong, and will make you kinda ill.

I'd suggest the generic brands - like smoker's pride.

 

[Sir Saladin]

Pipe smoke has a lot more tar then cigarette smoke but it doesn't have the concentrated nicotine kick. You can't just puff it, it is a highly addictive drug and you will be sucking it in. I like smoking but I'll probably be killed for it since being human is not allowed anymore. Obey the doctor/priests or suffer. "It is not good for you!" says the doctor/high priest. "So what?" says I. "Hang him!" says the angry mob of bicycle helmet and seat belt wearing gonna live forever believers.

 

[Shik]

Eh, I don't want to be inhaling your smoke - simply on the basis that it's awful tasting/smelling.

It's like people pissing/taking a crap in public, IMO.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Is there anything else that you can put into pipes that isn't tobacco or illegal drugs?

 

[Sir Saladin]

Well, the whole purpose of the pipe would be defeated then.

 

[Mage246]

Well you could put any flammable substance in a pipe, but yeah there wouldn't be much point to doing so.