Re: WIND PROBLEMS
- From: ori.rave@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
On Oct 12, 10:25 am, NICHE541 <oikos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
some twenty years ago I ruined a Peterson pipe by smoking it in the
Oklahoma wind. The wind here is quite brisk and frequent. I was
looking through the statistics on wind average velocity and frequency
in cities across America and was supprised to see that Oklahoma City
has more wind than Chicago. TBoone Pickens is taking advantage of this
fact by building windmills that generate electricity. So instead of
not smoking in the wind I decided to look for pipes that can be smoked
without getting too hot. The corn cob is safe because if it did get
too hot and broke you would not have lost very much. Today I tried
another Peterson and sure enough it began getting hot so I put it out.
Any one else have any ideas on types of briar or brands of pipes that
would not break?
John in the Indian Nations
I had the same problem while in the army. my unit did a lot of
scouting (what you call recon, i believe) work in the mountains in the
north. it never gets really cold but the winds would be anywhere
between 30 and 80 km/hour and on regular basis. also that is one
lonely work for days on end so the pipe became my best friend. this is
where your story somewhat surprises me. maybe your specific pipe is
delicate, or maybe mine is very tough, but my peterson, a small bent
bulldog with rustic finish and 9 mm filter (used balsa system
exclusively) did get warm but never burned, and it would last for 3
hours on a single fill while walking briskly in uneven terrain. or
maybe it was the tobacco, i did smoke exclusively rich flavored and
slow/cool burning flakes and twists, my favorites were butera
kingfisher, macbaren scotish mixture (aged at least 5 years and you
cant get it any more, they changed the recipie about ten years ago and
the new formula tastes like shit and burnes my tongue), samuel gawith
no. 4 brown twist (this is reallly strong so be carefull) and peterson
university flake, in decending order of preference, and all I would
smoke as is, meaning no rubing out. the twist especialy would be a
very cool smoke, just used a cigar cutter to cut of about an inch, put
it in the pipe as is and light. but again, dont smoke that on an empty
stomack or youll be sick in a hurry - this is one strong tobbacco,
although the best tasting of the bunch, at least for me. I was also
told that escudo navy in the coin form is great for such oaacssions,
but never got to try it and dont know if they still make that in
coins.
good luck and happy smoking wherever you are, and may you alwys fire
your tobbacco, not your rifle.
Ori.
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