| > | | | | certain that there's no resistance. Pack the bowl the |
| Many smokers prefer a liquid-fueled lighter. In addition | | | | rest of the way and tamp down the tobacco until it is |
| to providing reliability and a long-life, they also have a | | | | level with the top of the bowl. Before the final smoking |
| certain aesthetic beauty to them in their construction. | | | | light, the tobacco needs to be properly dried. |
| These oftentimes become heirloom items and they're | | | | Lighting the pipe is much different than is lighting a cigar |
| as much a part of the smoking experience as is the | | | | or a cigarette. First, one must eliminate any moisture |
| tobacco. A Zippo pipe lighter is one of the most | | | | from the tobacco. Hold the flame above the tobacco |
| popular brands. The design of these lighters makes | | | | and draw it down by puffing lightly. Get the tobacco |
| lighting a pipe easy. | | | | smoking but don't light it. The tobacco will puff up and |
| The pipe lighter will have a wide hole in the screen | | | | take on a shaggy appearance. Tamp it back into the |
| instead of the several small holes characteristic of | | | | bowl and level it out again. |
| cigarette lighters. This allows the flame to be drawn | | | | The first lighting is to eliminate any moisture. Don't set |
| into the pipe easily. Ideally, one shouldnt hold the pipe | | | | the tobacco burning, just puff a few times until the |
| lighter perpendicular to the tobacco but, rather, at a | | | | tobacco fluffs up. After the bowl is tamped down |
| slight angle. The flame can be easily drawn down into | | | | again and tested for an easy draw, hold the lighter |
| the bowl by lightly puffing until the tobacco reaches a | | | | above the tobacco and puff a few times until the |
| temperature sufficient to sustain combustion but which | | | | tobacco achieves a nice, cool burn. When the pipe is |
| is not so hot that it results in a harsh smoke. | | | | properly-lit, the tobacco can burn for a long time and |
| There will be two stages of packing the pipe. After the | | | | the smoke will be cool and mellow. Fluid-filled lighters |
| tobacco is cleaned, making certain there are no clumps | | | | can provide years of service and many of them come |
| or impurities in the tobacco, fill up the bowl halfway and | | | | with attachments specifically for tamping and cleaning |
| tamp it down. Draw through the unlit pipe to make | | | | the pipe. |