Pipe Smokers...?

phobicsquirrel
phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
I was wondering what you use to light your pipe? My buddy uses his bic, I've seen people use matches a lot, then I have the butane however the flame always hits the pipe. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

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  • stephen_hannibal
    stephen_hannibal Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭
    My GF got me a Vector pipe lighter... it uses butane but it's angled into the bowl.

  • Hayblet
    Hayblet Posts: 2,429 ✭✭✭
    I acquired a Xikar X2? I think, it's an angled soft flame and also uses butane, just doesn't seem to last as long as my torch... not that I use my torch for pipe smoking Stick out tongue [:P]
  • j0z3r
    j0z3r Posts: 9,397 ✭✭✭
    Matches. I have a pipe lighter, but it doesn't work so well these days.
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    sounds good. thanks peeps.
  • PuroFreak
    PuroFreak Posts: 4,124 ✭✭
    I always use a torch. It's the only thing that gets the crack hot enough to produce any smoke and.... uhhh... that's not what we are talking about is it? *turns and walks away quickly*
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    PuroFreak:
    I always use a torch. It's the only thing that gets the crack hot enough to produce any smoke and.... uhhh... that's not what we are talking about is it? *turns and walks away quickly*
    lol
  • Hays
    Hays Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭
    Personally, I definitely prefer matches. If I'm in a particularly hurried mood, or it's too windy, I'll use a soft-flame lighter like a Bic. Using a torch is definitely *not* recommended, as it's very easy to burn the wood of your pipe.
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  • docbp87
    docbp87 Posts: 3,521
    Yep. I prefer matches. Always keep a few packs of the wooden matches you get from CCom, or for instance that all my local shops give you every time you buy something, around for this purpose.
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    thanks.
  • Andrew_Dzikoski
    Andrew_Dzikoski Posts: 381 ✭✭✭
    I just use a Bic with mine.
  • Hays
    Hays Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭
    OMG Pheebs... your new sig is frakkin hilarious
    ¨The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea¨ - Isak Dinesen

    ¨Only two people walk around in this world beardless - boys and women - and I am neither one.¨
  • j0z3r
    j0z3r Posts: 9,397 ✭✭✭
    Hays:
    OMG Pheebs... your new sig is frakkin hilarious
    I LOL'd