How to choose a Tobacco Pipe?
To best understand the world of the tobacco pipe, start by asking yourself a simple but fundamental question:
“How can I tell if my purchase is really a good tobacco pipe?”
How to choose the right tobacco pipe?
Absolute certainty, unfortunately or fortunately, we can only have it at the moment of smoking.
Over time, the tobacco pipe will settle down, and only then will we know whether it has responded positively to our wants and needs.
However, there are some indicators that can help us at the time of choice, before purchase.
Important is the brand. The choice is based in knowing the history and production solidarity behind its models, but above all understanding whether the production is artisanal or industrial.
Dwelling on the artifact, we can check the centrality of the hole in the stove and, by disassembling the mouthpiece, check that the hole of the shank is centered.
Leaving aside for a moment the technical aspects that may affect the choice of the tobacco pipe, it is also important to assess the smoker's expectations.
The choice must necessarily also be related to his or her routine and the time he or she wishes to devote to smoking the tobacco pipe.
The choice of shape is crucial if you intend to smoke the tobacco pipe outside the living environment as well.
In this case, a tobacco pipe with a lever that is not too unbalanced on the stove is to be preferred, so that it can be rested and held in the mouth comfortably.
Different will be the choice of the tobacco pipe for smoking at home, to which more time can be devoted.
These are the considerations when buying a new tobacco pipe.
But as I often tell my customers, there are tobacco pipes that, once tried, manage to break down all the limitations we impose on ourselves.
This, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful aspects of this passion.
How to choose your first tobacco pipe?
The story changes in choosing the first tobacco pipe.
Important, but not fundamental for us, is the choice of the shape. We always recommend a straight tobacco pipe, but we always leave the freedom of choice to the customer.
What we are keen to understand, so as to offer the best advice possible, is the type of smoker in front of us.
If the smoker prefers a more intense draw, I would recommend a large, thicker-walled tobacco pipe. Alternatively, I would dwell on a medium-sized model, of Billiard or Apple shape, for example.
There are many of my customers and friends who have tried their first smoke in our store, accompanied by an excellent distillate. We exchanged impressions, gave advice and cleared doubts where needed.
These were moments of pure joy, demonstrating the ease with which the tobacco pipe creates new friendships.
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