I thought I would have an hour and a half before the rain started again, so tried to get in a bowl but the rain started after a half hour and I had to cut it short.
Late night pipe, AJ's VaPer in the Michal Novak Rare Wood pipe. I'm going to be smoking mostly AJ's for a couple of weeks, varying packing in different pipes, and paying attention to how I smoke it. The Novak is mostly hand held, and definitely sipped, and in this pipe AJ's shines. Going to see if I can replicate that in other pipes by paying more attention to the little things.
Looks like a break in the weather trying to figure out if I should smoke a cigar or a pipe this evening... Tough choices Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Figured I would try something I have not seen before... I hear people talk about smoking too hot but I never really hear people say what to hot actually is. So I took out the Temp gun and tested my briar. So the question is, is this to hot? Is there a temp I should be trying to stay under? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Interesting question, I've always just heard the pipe is too hot if it's uncomfortable to hold. I've never heard of a specific surface temperature.
The old guideline I've heard... If you can't comfortably hold the bowl against your cheek, the bowl is too hot.
I guess I was wondering if there is a number at which briar will start to burn. But I am sure there are a lot of factors that go into that briar thickness / cake thickness or carbon thickness can and will all play a part and like most things about pipe smoking there is no one definitive answer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Specifically, I bet it burns (ignites) at 500F or so, like most wood. A burning ember is about 800F or more. Carbon makes it all work out.
We had a break in the rain, so I pulled out a cob and Smoker's Pride Mellow. Cobs just seem appropriate for rainy days.
