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Post by mcganksta on Aug 28, 2020 19:51:06 GMT -5
I think the title sums it up.
Throw out your ideas, and even pics or links to examples.
Tells us what you think a flake pipe needs or needs to avoid.
McG
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Post by Darin on Aug 28, 2020 19:53:14 GMT -5
I've got one pipe, in particular, that always says it wants to go smoke on the patio. Then, when the time comes, it never shows up. What a flake pipe!  Seriously though, there are no rules and it really depends more on the blend than the cut for me. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Aug 28, 2020 20:08:23 GMT -5
I smoke flakes in anything and everything. What makes a good flake pipe? One that's engineered correctly.
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Post by ironclad on Aug 28, 2020 20:12:27 GMT -5
Is it a pipe? If yes, then there you go; its a good flake pipe. If its not a pipe, yer doing it wrong.
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Post by lestrout on Aug 28, 2020 21:20:27 GMT -5
Some of my club members think a flake pipe needs to have a relatively small diameter. It may have to do with helping maintain a slow burn.
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 28, 2020 21:35:14 GMT -5
I agree with Les. This double stack Dublin by Dan Chlebov is a flake dream.  |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Aug 28, 2020 22:00:30 GMT -5
Virginia flake, yes, you might get a better smoke out of a smaller diameter, deeper chamber. But, I notice hardly a difference with mixed flakes, or, say, Wessex Burley Slices. Newminster Superior Round Slices sing in my Brebbia pot.
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Post by flyinmanatee on Aug 28, 2020 22:16:22 GMT -5
In my case a taller/smaller diameter bowl and a taller yet not so small diameter flake at the other end.
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Post by briarpipenyc on Aug 29, 2020 7:04:53 GMT -5
Hysterical, truly, hysterical.
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 29, 2020 8:15:45 GMT -5
It's about the flake and how you pack it, not about which pipe you use.
Even though I started pipe smoking in 1972, I didn't start exploring all the different types of tobacco until about 10 years ago. Before that I smoked OTCs, codger blends and some bulk aromatics.
When I started exploring tinned tobaccos, the only ones I had trouble with were flakes. I had to learn how to let the damn flakes dry out first and then have to learn how to actually fold and stuff the flakes into a bowl. While doing that my experience with flakes was often flakes aren't worth the effort. Then I tried a flake in a clay tavern pipes. My epiphany there was, "flakes are great in a tall, narrow bowl."
Since then I have learned that it's not about the pipe but about how you load the flake into the pipe. The technique I use for a clay or a narrow bowl briar doesn't give the same results as in a Dublin or a billiard.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 29, 2020 11:29:10 GMT -5
I think it is the preparation that makes the difference...as is stated above.
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 29, 2020 12:10:46 GMT -5
For flakes I like to use a pipe that has one open end to put the tobacco in and another to draw the smoke out.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 29, 2020 12:32:18 GMT -5
The Flake smoking it. There's a guy in Arizona who, if he had a pipe collection, they would all be Flake pipes. 😁🤠
I find that flakes smoke well in all kinds of pipes, but the preparation needs to fit the pipe.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 29, 2020 15:22:28 GMT -5
The Flake smoking it. There's a guy in Arizona who, if he had a pipe collection, they would all be Flake pipes. 😁🤠 I find that flakes smoke well in all kinds of pipes, but the preparation needs to fit the pipe. That is funny Ron! As for me, I take the Lestrout/ Papipeguy opinion, smaller chamber and tall stack works for me. It may have to do with the flake preparation when I choose that combo. Wide large bowls for the English blends. |
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Post by mcganksta on Aug 29, 2020 17:12:20 GMT -5
I asked the question because i was not sure if short and fat or tall and thin made a big impact.
I have been wondering if the Nording compass might be a decent flake pipe, or maybe I am looking for a reason to buy a compass.....
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 29, 2020 18:21:17 GMT -5
I asked the question because i was not sure if short and fat or tall and thin made a big impact. I have been wondering if the Nording compass might be a decent flake pipe, or maybe I am looking for a reason to buy a compass..... Buy it because you want it, or not. As you wish. Don't need no stinking excuses. 😜🤠 |
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Post by ironclad on Aug 30, 2020 21:42:09 GMT -5
I smoke almost exclusively flakes in all kinds of pipes. I don't dry it out, either, because that stunts the flavor. But to each his own. My point is that any pipe is a good flake pipe if you like the pipe, like the tobacco, and pack it in such a way that does not clog the pipe (ie too hard). I get a chuckle at all the "rules" I read out there. Maybe this will help:
Robert A. Heinlein
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Post by peteguy on Aug 31, 2020 17:10:26 GMT -5
Depends on how you prep it. I food process mine so any pipe works just grand.
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