So it’s a little over a year and a half I’ve been smoking pipes off and on. I got off to quite a rocky start and am still learning. I started off smoking only outside, but where I live is right off of a bay and quite windy. I smoked too hot and probably way too fast (average bowl was lasting 20 minutes) and it would seem most of the time I would end up with a yucky burnt aftertaste after smoking and a sore tongue.
Even after my multitude of bad smokes I have stuck with it. Every now and then I would smoke a bowl and find bliss and I think that is what kept me coming back. Probably the memory of wen it was all just…right.
I watched some youtube videos and discovered this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1quo_NURk
I followed his directions last week (after a particularly bad weekend at work) with a Stanwell pipe and some Orlik Golden Slice. I smoked it inside my shed in the backyard so I didn’t have to fight the wind. Pure bliss!
I was left a little queasy from the nicotine, but everything just felt right, bowl lasted about 50 min and I didn’t have any aftertaste. I finally felt like I cracked the code.
I went out there today and tried again. I ended up going a bit too fast and took too deep of draws. Bowl lasted about 40 min this time, I’m still queasy and I’ve got a little aftertaste (and a slightly sore tongue). So I’ve taken two steps forward and one step back.
Until the next smoke!
Even after my multitude of bad smokes I have stuck with it. Every now and then I would smoke a bowl and find bliss and I think that is what kept me coming back. Probably the memory of wen it was all just…right.
I watched some youtube videos and discovered this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1quo_NURk
I followed his directions last week (after a particularly bad weekend at work) with a Stanwell pipe and some Orlik Golden Slice. I smoked it inside my shed in the backyard so I didn’t have to fight the wind. Pure bliss!
I was left a little queasy from the nicotine, but everything just felt right, bowl lasted about 50 min and I didn’t have any aftertaste. I finally felt like I cracked the code.
I went out there today and tried again. I ended up going a bit too fast and took too deep of draws. Bowl lasted about 40 min this time, I’m still queasy and I’ve got a little aftertaste (and a slightly sore tongue). So I’ve taken two steps forward and one step back.
Until the next smoke!