Tips to Help You Light Your Pipe Successfully

Before you can enjoy smoking that pipe, you’ll need to learn how to light it properly. Of course, one of the most enjoyable aspects of pipe smoking is the type of tobacco that you choose, but quite a few people actually find the entire process relaxing and enjoyable. That said, you will need to take several steps prior to lighting up that pipe. What are they?

You will first need to start with the right tools on your side. Quality cigar cutter lighters can be used to light your pipe, but you will also need good tobacco, a quality pipe, and a three-piece tool set that includes a tamper, a cleaner and an aerator. Start by ensuring that the tobacco you’re using doesn’t have any tough clumps in it. You should spread your tobacco over a flat, clean surface to do this.

Next, you will need to pack the bowl. Do this with small pinches of loose tobacco. Fill the bowl until the tobacco is just above the rim of the bowl. You’ll need to tamp the tobacco now. However, don’t pack it too tightly, as this will reduce your enjoyment and make smoking your pipe difficult. Take a test draw on the pipe stem and determine if air moves easily through the bowl. If it does not, you’ll need to start over again.

Once you have successfully packed your bowl, it’s time to move on to the lighting process. This is different from lighting other tobacco products. You will actually need to light your pipe twice. The first, or false, lighting is accomplished by holding the flame of your lighter over the bowl and gently inhaling. The flame will bend to touch the tobacco, but do not let it ignite. You just want it to smoke a bit. Now, take your tamper and tamp around the rim of the bowl once more, until the tobacco is at its original height once more.

Now you can move on to the real lighting. Hold the lighter above the tobacco once more and twist the lighter so that the flame contacts all the tobacco in the top layer. Draw gently on the pipe and make sure that the tobacco glows gently. It’s important that you do not overheat the tobacco at this point, as this can make your pipe taste foul.

Dave Sabot is the owner of specialty lighters store. With expert knowledge of cigar accessories, including Cigar Cutter Lighters, Dave also authors a highly rated blog featuring information on how to repair a lighter.