Tim in Ohio
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I have made a 'discovery' with at least one of my pipes in particular. Now, not being formally trained in the finer points of pipe smoking... I may very well be about to state something that is well known to every pipe smoker but me... the "discovery" equivalent of finding lint in one's bellybutton.
Anyhoo, this happened yesterday and then again today. I was smoking some Full Virginia Flakes in a medium sized billiard. I noticed this after the halfway point of the bowl although perhaps it would have happened sooner... here's the thing. I found that NO PUFFING WAS REQUIRED at all. By some strange force of physics, every time I simply and deliberately closed my lips I could feel a slight sort of 'pulling' pressure drawing smoke into my mouth. In the past when I 'sipped' I would just do a slight sucking as if drinking gently thru a straw. I'm talking ZERO sucking required. And in so doing, as my mouth filled up with smoke, it seemed more flavorful and less harsh. I am a business man and not a scientist but I'm thinking that the forces at work here have to do with the ambient pressure differences in the room versus in my mouth... beats me but it was sort of interesting. Anybody else stumbled across this phenom?
Try it! Report your results here. :cyclops:
Anyhoo, this happened yesterday and then again today. I was smoking some Full Virginia Flakes in a medium sized billiard. I noticed this after the halfway point of the bowl although perhaps it would have happened sooner... here's the thing. I found that NO PUFFING WAS REQUIRED at all. By some strange force of physics, every time I simply and deliberately closed my lips I could feel a slight sort of 'pulling' pressure drawing smoke into my mouth. In the past when I 'sipped' I would just do a slight sucking as if drinking gently thru a straw. I'm talking ZERO sucking required. And in so doing, as my mouth filled up with smoke, it seemed more flavorful and less harsh. I am a business man and not a scientist but I'm thinking that the forces at work here have to do with the ambient pressure differences in the room versus in my mouth... beats me but it was sort of interesting. Anybody else stumbled across this phenom?
Try it! Report your results here. :cyclops: