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Post by jeffd on Oct 18, 2019 13:48:57 GMT -5
I am reading this great old book on pipes and pipe smoking. Written in 1958, it is a devotional and occasionally instructional joy to read.
I was suddenly struck by this paragraph:
"Now I'll teach you an interesting little trick that may be unknown even to accomplished smokers. Take a thin sheet of cigarette paper, twist in into a ball and deposit it at the bowl's bottom. By means of this filter, your tobacco will be consumed up to the last shred."
Have any of you heard of this. Does it work? Does it do anything beyond what one can do by puffing and tamping with care. Or is this just a codger trick from back in the day.
I may be able to find an old pack of rolling papers emblazoned with Che Guevara somewhere in my closet. I am gonna give this a try.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 18, 2019 13:52:26 GMT -5
Yeah, it works. I sometimes drop a single Dennicool crystal in the pipe with the same results. Anything that holds the tobacco up out of the soup in the bottom of the bowl will let you smoke it all. I have some pipes that are so dry smoking that they do it anyway most of the time. A Calabash or Falcon with the hole in the very bottom will usually do the same thing.
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Gravel would probably do the same thing. Toilet paper too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 13:52:33 GMT -5
You can do the same with a small square of paper towel.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 18, 2019 14:08:21 GMT -5
 Most of us have used a dime!
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Oct 18, 2019 14:29:27 GMT -5
Interesting...……..
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 18, 2019 14:53:35 GMT -5
I wonder does the protruding shank in cobs help to keep the tobacco out of the 'soup'? I've always been able to smoke cobs down to an ash. Maybe that helps.
I must try something similar with my briars.
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Post by jeffd on Oct 18, 2019 15:34:25 GMT -5
What is the mechanism by which a small ball of paper helps? Is it merely keeping the last of the tobacco out of the soup, or is it absorbing the soup, or is it catching fire towards the end to re-ignite the bottom stragglers of tobacco?
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Post by calabash on Oct 18, 2019 15:37:35 GMT -5
I wonder does the protruding shank in cobs help to keep the tobacco out of the 'soup'? I've always been able to smoke cobs down to an ash. Maybe that helps. I must try something similar with my briars. Was just thinking the same as I read this. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 15:45:42 GMT -5
When I've done it, the paper towel square gets toasty but doesn't burn. You do get a dry finish.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 18, 2019 16:32:43 GMT -5
What is the mechanism by which a small ball of paper helps? Is it merely keeping the last of the tobacco out of the soup, or is it absorbing the soup, or is it catching fire towards the end to re-ignite the bottom stragglers of tobacco? <------------confused. I would say possibly the first two. 🤷🏻♂️ |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Oct 18, 2019 18:38:33 GMT -5
Yeah, it works. I sometimes drop a single Dennicool crystal in the pipe with the same results. Anything that holds the tobacco up out of the soup in the bottom of the bowl will let you smoke it all. I have some pipes that are so dry smoking that they do it anyway most of the time. A Calabash or Falcon with the hole in the very bottom will usually do the same thing. Edit Gravel would probably do the same thing. Toilet paper too. |
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Oct 18, 2019 18:58:07 GMT -5
Think I'll give this a try...……..
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 18, 2019 19:29:16 GMT -5
Yeah, it works. I sometimes drop a single Dennicool crystal in the pipe with the same results. Anything that holds the tobacco up out of the soup in the bottom of the bowl will let you smoke it all. I have some pipes that are so dry smoking that they do it anyway most of the time. A Calabash or Falcon with the hole in the very bottom will usually do the same thing. Edit Gravel would probably do the same thing. Toilet paper too. |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Oct 18, 2019 19:48:44 GMT -5
GTFOH!!!! Really? Whoda Thunk It? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 18, 2019 20:07:41 GMT -5
GTFOH!!!! Really? Whoda Thunk It? They have been around for at least 10 years. |
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Post by monbla256 on Oct 18, 2019 20:41:24 GMT -5
Since I don't smoke any aros or blends with burley I never end up with any "goop" in the bottom of my pipes. I just smoke straight Vas and always have just a nice dry ash at the bottom. It also helps with the pipe and how you smoke it ! Most of my pipes are close to 50 yo and have been having straight Vas all these years. 
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 18, 2019 21:31:35 GMT -5
Since I don't smoke any aros or blends with burley I never end up with any "goop" in the bottom of my pipes. I just smoke straight Vas and always have just a nice dry ash at the bottom. It also helps with the pipe and how you smoke it ! Most of my pipes are close to 50 yo and have been having straight Vas all these years.
I would try this, but Iike at least a little flavor in my smokes, which Virginias seem to lack in spades. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 6:07:17 GMT -5
They have been around for at least 10 years. Well, you learn something every day. Gotta try them for grins. Added to my wish list. Thanks, Ron. 👍 |
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Post by sperrytops on Oct 19, 2019 12:48:57 GMT -5
What is the mechanism by which a small ball of paper helps? Is it merely keeping the last of the tobacco out of the soup, or is it absorbing the soup, or is it catching fire towards the end to re-ignite the bottom stragglers of tobacco? <------------confused. Interesting question. I think I'd rather avoid the possibility of paper flavored tobacco altogether. I simply pack light at start then more firmly towards the top. I think I get the same effect without paper flavoring my tobacco. It just occurred to me that I might be criticizing filter pipes. I own a couple. Oh dear.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 12:56:54 GMT -5
I don't know but 1958 does not seem that far back in time. For cobs that I rarely smoke I will drop a nickel down there to make them last longer. I have seen the Nording pipe stones but always figured it was a gimmick perhaps I have been wrong this whole time.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Oct 19, 2019 16:33:37 GMT -5
Hmmm. Time to go out to the driveway and find an appropriate stone...
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Oct 24, 2019 17:03:37 GMT -5
I tried the little square of paper in one of my soupier pipes......It Works !!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 13:49:11 GMT -5
They have been around for at least 10 years. Well, you learn something every day. Gotta try them for grins. Added to my wish list. Thanks, Ron. 👍 - denicotea.com |
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Post by jeffd on Oct 26, 2019 15:47:11 GMT -5
So I have done some extensive testing, using rolling papers I found in a corner of a box not opened in years.
A crumpled up paper pressed into a little ball, about the size of a pea.
Pipes that have gurgled seem to still gurgle and need a pipe cleaner. Still have to tamp regularly and relight as needed. Still have to pace yer puffs.
But the ending is where the difference seems to be. In stead of relighting over and over till the bottom of the pipe is too hot to touch, I experience a full on smoke right to the end. Pipe goes out, and cannot be relit, bottom of the pipe is warm, and its all ash inside.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 17:08:09 GMT -5
The paper towel squares (one and a half inches) are thicker and give a drier finish.
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Most of us have used a dime!
