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What's the best way to pack and puff a shallow pot
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<blockquote data-quote="Fr_Tom" data-source="post: 455997" data-attributes="member: 3139"><p>I scoop and shake the pipe for it to settle. Then I scoop again and leave it a little rounded on top. That gets poked in with the thumb. My thumb might be experienced at doing this, since this is pretty much the way I have loaded a pipe since 1977. This was what my father did and I had seen it in action enough times. It works best with fairly dry things that are not a long ribbon. With a long cut ribbon, the scoop and shake does not work well, and I usually stick the pipe in the tobacco and cram in two wads with my finger. You get a feel for it.</p><p></p><p>This can be done pretty easily with one hand while drinking coffee or driving. Back before the internet and the Frank method, you just watched what the old guys did who had been smoking a while. The codgers in my life all loaded pipes more or less this way.</p><p></p><p>Flakes are another issue, but if you rub them out, they turn into long ribbon and I cram the wads in from my palm instead of from the pouch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fr_Tom, post: 455997, member: 3139"] I scoop and shake the pipe for it to settle. Then I scoop again and leave it a little rounded on top. That gets poked in with the thumb. My thumb might be experienced at doing this, since this is pretty much the way I have loaded a pipe since 1977. This was what my father did and I had seen it in action enough times. It works best with fairly dry things that are not a long ribbon. With a long cut ribbon, the scoop and shake does not work well, and I usually stick the pipe in the tobacco and cram in two wads with my finger. You get a feel for it. This can be done pretty easily with one hand while drinking coffee or driving. Back before the internet and the Frank method, you just watched what the old guys did who had been smoking a while. The codgers in my life all loaded pipes more or less this way. Flakes are another issue, but if you rub them out, they turn into long ribbon and I cram the wads in from my palm instead of from the pouch. [/QUOTE]
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