Re: [Pipe smokers] Re:More cake on top half of the bowl

I smoke Virginias 99.9% of the time and Rattrays 98% of that time. I can see a clear line around the bowl where the difference in the cake thickness stars somewhere around the middle of the bowl. I do take great care to smoke all the way down, esp when breaking in the pipe. I know this because i dump my ash in the kitchen sink and have always inspected it and looked for unburned tobacco. I do not smoke my pipes for more than 4 smokes at a time and give them a good cleaning and at least 3 week rest.
 
I am really scratching my head on this one. I have just wiped the inside of the bowl and checked very carefully this time with a white light. I can see the cake toward the bottom in very clean and even, the cake on the top half is very uneven and has little rings every few mms

--- On Sun, 8/3/08, Michael Stanley <stanleyspd@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Michael Stanley <stanleyspd@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Pipe smokers] Re:More cake on top half of the bowl
To: pipesmokers2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 6:06 PM

The problem of more cake on the top is a simple one. If you don't burn the tobacco to the bottom of the bowl, cake can't form there. You can either take care to smoke your tobacco to the bottom of the bowl or ream the top portion more often.

Since you are most likely not smoking to the bottom of the bowl, I'm going to assume you primarily smoke aromatic tobaccos. If thats the case then that is the problem with the "weak" cake. The more additives in a tobacco, the more likely one is to have a soft, easily fractured cake. Again, try reaming more and/or switch to a purer tobacco such as a Virginia VaPer or English.

I hope this helps and regardless, enjoy whatever you smoke and imho, don't be too concerned about the cake!
Mike Stanley

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