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Post by puffy on Feb 8, 2019 10:55:39 GMT -5
I've never had a beard,but I appreciate how a well trimmed beard looks on other fells.I was recently sitting on a bench in a store waiting for my wife to do some shopping.A fella walked by and spoke to me.I complemented him on his beard..He Said.. Well it used to be longer until a few days ago I was burning some brush,and my friend yelled..Hey Jimmy your beard in smoking..That made me wonder how many pipe smokers have ever had smoking beards.
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Post by slowroll on Feb 8, 2019 11:03:23 GMT -5
Never. But mine is trimmed close.
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Post by Darin on Feb 8, 2019 11:07:07 GMT -5
I've smelled burning hair a few times but certainly no "brush fires"!  |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 8, 2019 11:13:12 GMT -5
I have signed my mustache a few times while lighting when I just filled my zippo. One time I hit a bump while driving and embers flew out of my pipe. A few minutes later I smelled burning hair. One was in my beard but there was no catastrophic damage.
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Post by Darin on Feb 8, 2019 11:50:02 GMT -5
I have signed my mustache a few times while lighting when I just filled my zippo. One time I hit a bump while driving and embers flew out of my pipe. A few minutes later I smelled burning hair. One was in my beard but there was no catastrophic damage. I've learned the hard way not to smoke a Cube Cut while driving!  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2019 12:09:33 GMT -5
So far, so good....never had to call the fire department for a burning beardđź‘Ť Now shirts and pants is another issue!!
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Post by roadsdiverged on Feb 8, 2019 12:32:18 GMT -5
Haha, yeh. I burned holes in 2 shirts that I got for Christmas the first time I wore them. Oops
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Post by AJ on Feb 8, 2019 12:39:29 GMT -5
I’ve had a beard, of various lengths, for over 45 years and as far as I can remember, I’ve never singed or set fire to my beard. Clothing and other items haven’t been as fortunate.  AJ |
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Post by dervis on Feb 8, 2019 12:40:16 GMT -5
Rain jacket and a few shirts have little burn marks. Have never caught my beard on fire with a pipe. I have caught it on fire before.
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Post by exbenedict on Feb 8, 2019 12:59:45 GMT -5
Never an issue with pipe smoking.....welding on the other hand....let's just say, the beard used to be longer.
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 8, 2019 13:01:44 GMT -5
No beard, no comment.
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Post by cgvt on Feb 8, 2019 13:14:21 GMT -5
Never caught my beard on fire, but...
When I was stationed in Cordova AK in the Coast Guard I had a mustache (beards weren't allowed) and I used to smoke cigars, especially when I was standing in a stream fishing for salmon to help keep the bugs away from my face. I used to by JR Cigar knock offs because I could afford them and they were actually pretty good, especially for a buck a stick. It seemed that overall they were good, but occasionally you would get one in a bundle that was just "off" maybe it didn't burn right or had a funky smell, or some other flaw. Being the cheap bastard that I am, to me, it was worth the gamble.
One day was fly fishing and smoking a cigar and had smoked it down until there wasn't much left. It went out, and I figured I could get one more light and a few puffs out of it. When I lit it, I smelled a horrible smell. I just shrugged it off as one of those flawed cigars...until I got home.
When I walk in the house my wife started laughing hysterically and said "What the hell happened to your mustache?"
I looked in the mirror and low and behold, about half of it was gone. That terrible smell was my mustache going up in smoke. I didn't even feel it.
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 8, 2019 13:52:11 GMT -5
Great story cgvt. So far I haven't had any beard ignition from a pipe. We have a thread going about beard oil... Beard oil and pipe might actually be a bad combination. |
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Post by kirk13 on Feb 8, 2019 16:42:09 GMT -5
A few years back I was giving a new member the guided tour of our gun club. We stopped off to spectate on the black powder range. One bearded chap was shooting what looked like a long barrelled Tranter type revolver with a skeleton stock. The third misfire saw the precussion cap fly off its nipple,still fizzling. It landed in his beard with incenery effect...
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Post by Low and Slow on Feb 8, 2019 17:00:47 GMT -5
No burning of the beard so far, but I am in the clothes burning club for sure.
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Post by Winton on Feb 10, 2019 9:25:19 GMT -5
My beard has been safe, during my pipesmoking years.
But, when I was a teen, I made a mistake during a candlelight service a church. I had to scratch my nose, after my candle was lit. I believe that I had to get a short haircut later that day.
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Post by Winton on Feb 10, 2019 9:31:29 GMT -5
My wife just reminded me that her brother accidentally set his alter boy outfit on fire. A man on the front row jumped out of his seat to start slapping out the flames. The whole church was confused by this performance.
I think the AC came on and the gust of air pushed the flame onto the outfit.
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Post by blackmouth210 on Feb 10, 2019 9:39:05 GMT -5
Hasn't happened yet.
Been smoking a pipe for 20 years. Cigars even longer than that.
My beard is always at least a few inches long. Usually longer.
Maybe I've just been lucky.
I'll keep my fingers crossed!
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Feb 12, 2019 7:39:54 GMT -5
I have been lucky thus far
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 9:44:40 GMT -5
My beard is now 9” past my chin. Just letting it grow until it hits the floor. Never had a long beard prior, now....what the heck👌👍👍
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Post by Matthew on Feb 13, 2019 11:04:15 GMT -5
A couple years back,my wife went on a cruise with her Mother and sisters.
On the boat there were these two gentlemen that were quite stylish and
just a bit effeminate.She had seen them around the boat several times,and
a few times in the cigar lounge.At one of the dinners she spotted them
in the company of,her words so forgive us dumb rednecks,a couple of
"Smoking Beards".
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