Stacked Billiards?

the macdonald · Subject: Stacked Billiards? Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:08 pm

I have had my eye on a few, a Don Carlos in particular, and was wondering f anyone had an opinion of the shape. I was wondering if they generally smoked good or bad.

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Puff Daddy · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:29 am

I found that I never smoked em to the bottom. Anything deeper than about 1 3/4" seems to deep for practicality.

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jhuggett · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:33 am

Did your wife buy that when you told her? Laughing

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Puff Daddy · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:19 am

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Joseph76 · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:24 am

Puff Daddy wrote:

I found that I never smoked em to the bottom. Anything deeper than about 1 3/4" seems to deep for practicality.

Same with me... now I look for pipes with a Chamber depth of 1.5" or less.

Mister Moo · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:11 pm

I have two stacks and like them for flakes, well dried and screwed in. Smoke slow and figure most tampers won't fit. You might need a long nail with a small head to suit the pipe. Yes - they are hard to smoke to the bottom with anything even a bit too moist.

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Winslow · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:01 am

I guess those stacks are designed to let you stay in the "Zone" longer.I don't
own one but I have some pipes over 2" in depth of chamber and they allow
you to linger in the "Zone" for a longer time.
The "Zone" to me is about 1/3 to 1/2 way into the smoke when the taste reaches
a crescendo and stays there until you get to the last 1/4 of the bowl. Very Happy

Winslow

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alfredo_buscatti · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:10 am

I have an Ashton stack that I like to smoke, but given the 2 1/4" chamber, at times find it hard to get the flame from matches, which are all I use, to ignite the tobacco at the bottom of the bowl. I am successful but wouldn't want to have to contend with a deeper chamber.

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pipemaker · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:53 pm

I like stacked bowls both for flake tobacco and like Winslow, complex blends that reach their full potential during the second half of the bowl.

They don't seem to do as well with cube or coarse cut tobacco's

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Natch · Subject: Re: Stacked Billiards? Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:36 pm

I've got a few chimneys, oddly enough all made by Mike (see above) and all are beautifully made. But as I smoke them more, I'm finding that I don't smoke them to the bottom, and generally I don't enjoy the bottom smoke of the taller bowls, regardless of the tobacco. I ordered them that way, so I guess after almost 40 years of puffing I'm still learning what I like? My preference seems to be towards shorter, wider bowls these days. If Mike ever catches up with his back orders, I may send back the last two he made and have him take them down a notch.

The major exception is a really tall chimney he made for my packing Kirsten that fills my hand top to bottom, and I enjoy it when winter packing, as it's a great, hour and a half hand warmer.

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