All is well here in pipe land. There hasn’t been much to post since things haven’t really changed all that much.
A Stanwell pipe filled with Orlik Golden Sliced is the way to go, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Sure, I’m still trying out other blends and come across something interesting from time to time, but I keep going back to OGS.
my-pipes.net is the community site that I have run for a few years now. It’s still going strong, and the daily active user base is growing. It’s not going a mile a minute, but that would be a little too much at once anyway.
Some things to consider: Buy more tobacco and support the farmers. Write your congressman or whatever it’s called where you are. Make sure they can’t ignore you. If you don’t want tobacco taxes, you need to make yourself heard. Share. When you smoke a pipe, let the rest of the world know. That will get more people interested in the pipe which in turn will support the farmers as well.
I’m working on some new articles, but they’re still somewhere out in the far distant future it would seem.
The title is misleading as there really is no trick to smoking flakes at all. As long as you are able to keep the damn leaf lit, you’re golden. However … Over the years, people have come up with all kinds of ways to approach the magnificent flake and how to make it burn. I’ll touch base on a few of these ways and hopefully give you an idea about how to tame this beast (seriously, it’s easy – I’m just messin’ with ya’). If you care to read on, I’m sure some things will become more clear. If you can make your flakes burn just fine, then just read for the entertainment value, however insignificant.