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Maybe an odd/silly question - bowl shapes and tobacco
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 403917" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Dire, your Q is neither odd nor silly. Remember Intro to Chemistry where you might have heard about the Combustion Triangle? To get fire you need: 1. Fuel, 2. Heat and 3. Air. Same trio is needed to keep a bowl of pipe tobacco smoldering. If you have a small bowl (say no bigger than the tip of your index finger), and if you try to cram it full of broad ribbon cut or coarse cut tobacco, you are likely going to have a problem with keeping the ember supplied with enourgh of 3. air. For that matter, you will have the same frustrations if you try to pack it too full of a thin ribbon. But the smaller bowl will always be picky about the cut of the tobacco and require a deft hand in packing. In a properly packed bowl of whatever size, the tobacco is loosest at the bottom, slightly springy up through the rest and a bit firm at the top. Also important is bowl shape, tapered or conical. There are various packing methods, each with its adherents, but the fire triangle is unarguable, or at least that's what it says here. Happy experimenting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 403917, member: 2318"] Dire, your Q is neither odd nor silly. Remember Intro to Chemistry where you might have heard about the Combustion Triangle? To get fire you need: 1. Fuel, 2. Heat and 3. Air. Same trio is needed to keep a bowl of pipe tobacco smoldering. If you have a small bowl (say no bigger than the tip of your index finger), and if you try to cram it full of broad ribbon cut or coarse cut tobacco, you are likely going to have a problem with keeping the ember supplied with enourgh of 3. air. For that matter, you will have the same frustrations if you try to pack it too full of a thin ribbon. But the smaller bowl will always be picky about the cut of the tobacco and require a deft hand in packing. In a properly packed bowl of whatever size, the tobacco is loosest at the bottom, slightly springy up through the rest and a bit firm at the top. Also important is bowl shape, tapered or conical. There are various packing methods, each with its adherents, but the fire triangle is unarguable, or at least that's what it says here. Happy experimenting. [/QUOTE]
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