Does Charring Light Come From Smoking Flakes?

Do you use a charring light?

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• charring light
• first light
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[NarroVerum3211]

I like some others do a 3 step light. It may take a bit longer but usually I have zero relights after I do this. If i don't do this I end up spending more time lighting my pipe then smoking. Hahah!

Flakes are harder to smoke for me. I really have to rub them out to get a good burn out of them.

Is that Neutral Milk Hotel playing?

[joffrethegiant]

Yeah. Someone has a site up with several live posts.

[ManiacalMikal]

initially I lit a pipe by the numbers: char light; tamp; main light - now, though, if the first flame gets the bowl going, there you have it - tamp as needed - the only flake I've tried to date was the 1792 - quite strong and fun to get lit - have some other flakes on the way and intend to experiment with 'loading' techniques (folding vs rubbing kind of thing) - are you enjoying the 1792? - stuff knocked me on my b'narse - had a nice flavour though - take care, J - MM

[joffrethegiant]

Let's just say that I made sure to eat before smoking it today.

[superpelic]

Charing light here as well..sometimes with flakes i have to ligt like 3 times..

But i noticed that after charring flake..the tobacco is much harder..do you notice that to ?

[joffrethegiant]

Yeah, have definitely noticed that...

[Teewinot2]

Unless the tobacco is crispy dry and takes a deep light as soon as the flame touches it, I always do a charring light. Flakes often require two or three charring lights to get them going for me.

[pitdog75]

I mostly smoke flakes, and use charring light all the time. I am a relatively new to pipe smoking so I find it difficult to smoke a pipe and actually do something, apart from a nice conversation or casual browsing of reddit of something. Strangely cannot smoke and work. Don't have the technique down I guess.

[Karok01]

I use charring lights, even on ribbon cuts. Kinda like a ritual for me.

[liturgicalpipe]

<----- charring light supporter here.

[highwayonestrat]

"my pipe is so big," i have to use the olympic torch for my false light! ahh wrong channel!

[flyingcobber]

Yeah I do a charring light though I did not know that is what it is called. I light then tamp then light again.

Maybe you can explain briefly what a charring light is for.

[smeden91]

I always do a first light then I tamp and then I do the main light. Sometimes it needs a relight sometimes i doesn't, tends to be the second tho wen it's loaded up with flake.

That's good looking book by the way!

Cheers

Simon

[rodneyok]

Personally, I always do the charring light. Perhaps it is just habit. I usually end up doing several "false lights" on flakes.

[PipeFriendCHS]

I like the boooks your wife made