I do basically the same thing. First I lightly scrape the walls with a pipe tool, then I swab the bowl out with a pipe cleaner just folded in half rather than looped.
There is just so much sensationalism surrounding the weather these days. "Gee, we might have our car snowed in for a day, let's clean out the supermarket, spend all night watching weather reports, and then telecommute for a day."
Well, there is always the Peterson system, which is such a device as you are describing. It does exactly what they say it will do. But there's no reason why you should NEED the system if you develop your smoking technique.
I would say that "tongue bite" is a term that means different things...
One of my favorites is Cumberland, which is a VA/Kentucky blend with perique. Kentucky is similar to burley, if not a particular strain or off-shoot of burley (can't remember).
Fillmore is a great VA/Per, which actually has a almost undetectable level of latakia in it. Don't let that scare...
Stumbled on this yesterday, a street man playing Ripple. IMO he plays the hell out of it, he has a great voice.
For those at work, the cameraman makes a somewhat loud reference to marijuana at the very beginning of the video before the guy starts playing.
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I smoke while I read almost always. Pipe tool on the right arm of the chair, matches on the left. You have to lean over the book and use your forearm to keep it open and continue reading while you jimmy the pipe tool or relight. Straight pipes keep the smoke out of your eyes more, but full...
I would say Lakeland stuff. SG, GH flakes and ready rubs. I can't see hobbits smoking american burley. And certainly not anything with more than a pinch of latakia. They enjoy life too much for that. :P
Over the last month I picked up these:
Kinsale XL26, Christmas present from my girlfriend. Great pipe! Pictures don't really capture the subtleties of this shape.
Donegal 150, traded a buddy 7 cigars for this guy, he couldn't get into pipe smoking. Burning some Coniston Cut Plug in it...