How to fill a pipe - A quick guide for new pipe smokers - English

This is a guide explaining the basics about how you start as a pipe smoker. Follow the video to get the basic knowledge about how to fill a pipe with pipe tobacco. You can pause the video while you are filling you pipe step by step. This video is made for new pipe smokers or people with a wish to know more about how to fill and smoke a pipe. You will not become a master immediately and practice helps a lot on the way to become a pipe smoker.
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Happy smoke
Per

[@hidanahmed9532]

Nice and clear instructions, I am new to pipe smoking. This helped a lot.

[@solidgroundinspectionsinc.2251]

I have fond memories of my grandfather smoking his pipe and that sweet scent 🙂

[@wheretheeaglefly4451]

I am pipe smoker almost two years and i enjoy every pipe smoke moment,much more evertime!

[@PerGeorgJensen]

That is the positive effect of experience :)

[@smokebacca]

This is a good video. As an experienced pipe smoker, I find it good to revisit introduction videos because we develop bad habits when we forget key steps. I often notice new pipe smokers doing a better job because they are being careful to do everything correctly, whereas more experienced pipe smokers sometimes create problems for themselves and their pipes in their arrogance or haste.

[@PerGeorgJensen]

I am glad you like the video 😊

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Smoking tobacco is a "BAD habit"! From a smoker

[@panzfaust9812]

​@@derekpierkowski7641as opposed to what? Drinking? Gambling? Pick one's poison

[@derekpierkowski7641]

@@panzfaust9812 I am opposed to drinking while gambling and picking yer nose after snorting poison. 🤣👍

[@panzfaust9812]

@@derekpierkowski7641 touche mr. That nose bit made me chuckle

[@justinanderson2460]

Excellent video. So much to praise. No droning on about unnecessary information, it was straighy to the point, easy to understand and yet I still felt like I wansn't missing any glaring information. Getting the right air resistance prior to smoking was something I was never taught so seeing it explained here was fantastic. Thank you and well done. +1

[@smurfinelli3325]

Pipe smoking is fantastic! My favorite daily meditation tool!

[@alexandrkuznetsov8424]

Thank you. Just a brilliant step-by-step clear explanation I was looking for.

[@TRUMP20Z4]

Best and clearest guide on KZbin.

[@dalepiper6693]

Great advice and guidance for the new pipe smoker.

[@Sequriem]

I'll try it for the first time this coming weekend, thanks for the guide

[@Draklorm]

Mr Jensen, thank you for this video. It is great to see that someone with unquestionable expertise is bringing pipe smoking into the 21st century by making good quality and easy to understand videos. I am sure we will see many more videos from you, that will be educational for the more experienced pipe smokers as well. Cheers!

[@ahmadsadikaljanabi]

Mr. Per Jensen, thank you for your time and effort producing these videos, they are greatly appreciated. I owe my love to mac baren tobacco for you. It has been many years since we met at chicago pipe show but that simple chat gave me a lot of knowledge on how to appreciate tobacco. Kindest regards Al janabi

[@danicoversongs]

Perfect guide. Thanks much

[@jontest5718]

Brilliant instructional video. Thank you.

[@legoguy23451]

Hey Mr. Jensen, I think this content is superb, and am astonished at how little publicity it gets. Thank you for sharing this to the world. I am really excited to see what you come up with next in the fascinating world of tobacco

[@PerGeorgJensen]

Thank you and I am glad you like it. Concerning the publicity I do not make adverticing for the videos, I just let people find them but you share it if you like 😊

[@mattdunivan]

Great video. Short, correct and easy to comprehend English, and very informative without the awkward silences and ummm's by novice video makers in the same subject. Facts not opinions makes this video my favorite

[@vikingpiper6693]

Great video!

[@flyingscot982]

Thank you so much for this informative video. I honestly learned so much from this. Much appreciated! (from Scotland)

[@crazyivan779]

Simple direct efficient. Love it!

[@PerGeorgJensen]

You nailed it. It was meant as a very quick guide for new pipe smokers to learn the basics. Not a long video for the experienced pipe smoker :)

[@poutsa1974]

Excellent advice, I wish I saw this when I started pipe smoking! Would love to see what you have to say about preparing flake and loading it in a pipe. Thank you.

[@bobanddonnareynolds1226]

Great stuff.

[@mcshozi_9021]

Excellent guide

[@1cleandude]

Judging from Azra’s retrohale whilst performing the first light; she ain’t no beginner! However she does look a bit heavy handed on the tamp! Great wideo Pers danke!🙏🙏🙏

[@TheDeviusPiper]

Very desciptive video, I enjoyed it very much. I try different methods of packing my pipes depending on the pipe. Cant wait to crack open Paradoxical!

[@tedrosenthol1287]

Hey buddy good job on the video keep up the good work

[@redhunter1535]

Just started pipe smoking. Not a bad experience but I still like cigar more, but it's nice for a change sometimes.

[@tabacosbebidasecultura6050]

Thank you Mr Jensen, for sharing this video with us. Well... I smoke english blend too much. But sometimes aromatics and Mac Baren 7 Seas Regular is my choice. Best Regards. Cheers from Bahia Salvador Brazil South America. Happy new year 2020!

[@mn5499]

So cool

[@barrypage7296]

So good to see an easy, informative and pleasant explanation of what it is to smoke a pipe.

[@zainaman710]

i took up pipe smoking several years back. people call me old school but i enjoy smoking pipe more than anything else. either this or a good cuban cigar.

[@electricelf-music]

I'll try this when I get up later

[@wph81]

👍❤️

[@vikingpiper6693]

I think this must be one of the best videos on youtube on how to pack a pipe😊 What do you think of these 9mm filters Per? I am struggling with toungebite from smoking MB Mixture Scottish blend so I tried these german filters and they do help, but finds them to take the flavour away. Any tips? I do like the idea that these filters make the smoke somewhat "healthier", but is it worth it when they thin out the smoke and the taste?

[@PerGeorgJensen]

Thank you for liking my video. I tried to keep it simple and it seems it worked :) Concerning filters I personally think it is a matter of believe concerning health. In short, there is no such thing as healthy smoking. Smoke because you like it. It is true that the filters take away some of the flavours of the tobacco however a lot of pipe smokers use filters of one reason or another. Your problems with the Mixture biting you depends on a lot of things. Your personal body chemistry, your pace of which you are smoking etc. My suggestion would be that you try to slow down the pace as much as you can, because the higher temperature in the chamber the more acid the Virginia tobaccos will release. And it is the acid that bite your tongue. I hope you find your way of enjoying Mixture. And ... just for the record I smoke without filter. 😊

[@vikingpiper6693]

@@PerGeorgJensen Hello and thanks for replying 😁. I will slow as much as I can and hope that helps. Because Mixture Scottish blend is my absolute nr. 1! The flavour is fantastic. I have smoked many blends, but none of them taste as good. I have tried the filters for nearly 1 month now, but I suppose they are not for me. Maybe I should smoke less instead 🤣. May I ask how many bowls a day do you smoke?

[@PerGeorgJensen]

It depends on the program of the day, but in average 6 pipes a day.

[@Gauzy_]

So do you take it down then like a cigarette or for the flavor like a cigar?

[@mcisdjkserdinkizer8257]

Can you please make a quick video of you filling a pipe with macbaren scottish mixture please? This is a good video but not enough is explained.

[@laurenceroche2056]

Hon the English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 from an Irish man ☘️ very sound of me

[@justinprince971]

Very good video and I keep coming back for reference. I had two questions if you or anyone could answer. When tamping down gently, how much are you tamping down? Enough to just return the tobacco to its original level or keep pressing down more? I guess I’m wondering when should you stop tamping. Now forgive me with asking this question as it may sound very ignorant as I assume everyone knows this, but what is “puffing” and how do you do it properly? I only smoked cigarettes long time ago and know you don’t inhale the smoke, but what is the key, or art of “puffing”? Thank you

[@PerGeorgJensen]

Hi Justin. The questions you are asking are very good and at the same time a bit difficult to give you a clear answer. However, I will try to do my best to give you an answer even though both of your questions have to do with feelings. The first question was about tamping the tobacco down. The only way to smoke a pipe is when you have a little resistance in the air flow of the pipe. When you make the initial light the tobacco rises automatically and you lose the resistance. To get this back you use your tamper and the best you can do is to breathe through the pipe while you tamp the tobacco down. You should be looking for a change in air flow, and when you feel this, stop tamping anymore. Relight and enjoy the smoke. Every time you feel the disappearing resistance you should tamp once more. The first sigh is that the tobacco doesn’t stay lit and that you are having problems with keeping it lit. This is a sign to use the tamper and you should tamp down the tobacco until you feel its back. This means that you are pressing the tobacco a little under the level from before tamping. Stop tamping when you feel the resistance is back. Your second questions were about puffing and how to do that in a proper way. Well, I have to dig down in the feeling basket once more and try to explain what puffing is. It is simple to answer, because puffing is the basic of all pipe smoking. If you didn’t puff the pipe tobacco wouldn’t burn. It's like a wood stove where you need the oxygen to start the burn. In a pipe there is no air circulation except when you puff. So puffing is artificial respiration for the pipe tobacco, it keeps it burning. A puff you can compare to the feeling when you are drinking with a straw; a little vacuum in the mouth and you start bringing air to the tobacco and carry the smoke to your mouth. Small puffs are preferable as you don’t want the temperature to rise too much in the pipe bowl. If this happens the natural sugar in Virginia tobacco will turn from a sweet taste into acid which will give you a bite or irritation in your mouth. The lower the temperature you can smoke at, the milder the tobacco will be and you will also get more flavors than if you smoke at a high temperature. I hope this is to understand and I hope it will help you on your journey into pipe smoking country.

[@justinprince971]

Per Georg Jensen Wow! Thank you for your response and great answers and gives me a better understanding on what I am doing. One more quick question though. After my initial light and I let the pipe go out, when I breath through it still has the same resistance before I lit the pipe. Would I still need to tamp, or did I do something wrong or not enough of? I do the 10 puffs like you advised

[@PerGeorgJensen]

After doing the 10 puffs I would recommend you to tamp the tobacco down. The reason is also to crush the half burned tobacco, which will burn much easier because the smaller pieces of tobacco, so that your next re-light will be perfect. I learned this from my father many decades ago, and I must say that still today it is the easiest way for me to light a pipe. Happy smoke :)

[@justinprince971]

Hello again Jensen, I had another question if you didn’t mind? How does one properly fill and smoke flake tobaccos? I picked some up since we last talked and following online guides and videos I seem to be ending up with disappointment with them and burned my tongue real good. I’ve tried both rubbing out and followed your video but keep running into the tobacco isn’t lighting so well and have to keep lighting it and getting it really hot and encountering half way the tobacco gets super hard to tamp down and I just end up dumping it . With food and stuff same results but I’m not able to tamp it down hardly. Please bestow your wisdom upon us for flake tobacco the same way you did for this video and correcting my errors with your responses. Thank you

[@PerGeorgJensen]

@@justinprince971 I will come back to filling a pipe with flake tobacco in a later video. Also how to fill the pipe with roll cakes.

[@seastorm1979]

Am I the only one to roll a ball of tobacco and fill the bowl with the loose ball ? Good air flow and burns properly.

[@DoubleDeeYT]

This sounds insane enough to work.

[@ZsoltGulacsi]

Nice video, the girl is beautiful! And useful for beginner too, i mean. THX for the video :-)

[@PerGeorgJensen]

I am glad you like the video, and yes is was meant for new pipe smokers :)

[@itzv1ciou543]

What pipes were used for the video. ?

[@alphaworld7472]

Can we use cigarette tobacco

[@bernd_das_brot6911]

What pipes are used?

[@PerGeorgJensen]

At that time we had what we called a starter kit, which was sold at a lower price. I used these pipes also to show that the price of the pipe is not a guarantee of good smoking.

[@Tamaldo]

Can you smoke other things or are pipes just exclusively for tobacco?

[@PerGeorgJensen]

These kind of pipes are for smoking pipe tobacco. There are other kind of pipes for smoking other things :)

[@BigFishBigPipe]

😍😍😍🇬🇷🇩🇰👌

[@johnhopkins6731]

What would happen if you had no draw resistance after packing?

[@catholicchristdisciple]

You packet too tightly

[@roberttakatsu3926]

I don't know if you're the g.jenson who made My Canadian from the 80's. But if you are pipe is still going strong and I smoke once a week

[@PerGeorgJensen]

I am the one and same

[@germanicelt]

Might be a silly question but can you make tea out of pipe tobacco instead of smoking it?

[@robertlehnert4148]

More than 400 years old. American Indians chuckle. and say "Newbies"

[@charmingdxb121]

I do not get the resistance part… if someone can explain please

[@PerGeorgJensen]

The resistance in a pipe should be a little like when you drink from a straw. Try to breathe through your pipe without tobacco. Then fill the pipe, breathe through it, press/tamp the tobacco, and when you feel a little difference in the airflow, you can light it. If you fail, press/tamp a little more to get the tobacco compressed, and lite again. It might take a few times before you get the right resistance. Good luck :)

[@OliverCarriere]

Hay so i got a odd question but lets say your a beginner smoker right with a cob and you smoke cherry right would it be stuck in that flavor like i been reading on ghosting a pipe so you keep it for that tabbaco but what if i use the same pipe for vanilla

[@neilford1252]

Punctuation is your friend.

[@OliverCarriere]

@@neilford1252 I think I'm pretty clear on what I wrote

[@redgey5163]

I couldn't get it to light! I think.my flame wasn't big enough😢

[@gamerrodz]

Very distinguished!

[@necrophagus9]

I smoke cannabis and just got used to using my thumb as a tamper 😂 callouses build up and I wash my hands after.

[@machfiver753]

Today with the cost of tobacco taxes. In Canada it's $70 for a 50gr pouch. I found that if I fill my pipe to the top I end up stopping smoking before the pipe is done. I get about three smokes out of one bowl. But if I pack the bowl for one smoke I would go through 5 smokes compared to filling it fully. I only press lightly the ashes and pour them out before a relight. And I will light and puff two or three times initially then poke down the barely lit tobacco due to it fluffing up from the first light then I relight it and get it going properly. Also if you are using a butane lighter (never use a Zippo unless you like gasoline taste) and always light the pipe from the same side you will find that you start to burn your pipe into an oval opening. Wooden matches are better and don't do that because you hold the flame deeper than you can with a lighter which bends the flame into the top of the bowl. Also don't constantly clean your pipe you really only need to clean it if it gets too hard to draw on it. And as for cleaning the bowl out don't do that either you want to let a char build up on the inner bowl which will increase the life of your pipe considerably. Also trying to guage when you are over smoking your tobacco which is basically smoking the char buildup and burning through the wood of the pipe will get better. You will be able to guage when it's done from the subtle change in the smoke and increased drawing that happens. You don't want a lot of dottle (aka dried out crispy scorched unsmoked tobacco) left over. And if the pipe is getting too hot let it go out and relight it later. If you can't hold it for more than a couple seconds it's too hot. It will be hot though but you should be able to hold it for over 5 seconds without wincing in pain. And try not to bite onto the stem too hard. I do this and hear a crack now and then. It's easy to do. Also a bent pipe stem is easier to hold in your teeth than a straight one is. I like bent pipes for the ergonomics but there's something about a straight bulldog briar that I'm addicted to. I love bulldogs Help fund my next art project in ether 0xa0238DD631fD9F6F52284f8594508565941B8A01 Any donations of 1 Ether or more will result in getting a unique piece of collectable artwork in both an NFT for the metaverse and a real world one of a kind wristwatch with automatic swiss movement.

[@MathiasChris]

Tampers are for newbies, i use my fingers.

[@kengoldberg4592]

Those two young people weren't really newbie pipe smokers, were they? Were they actually non-smokers before this? They certainly looked comfortable puffing in the videos. Did they stick with it post-video? What's the young guy's name?

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

I tried pipe smoking until i figured out that it was a lot of bother, you couldn't really do anything else while smoking it, it needed constant fussing over and you had to take constant little puffs just to keep it going. Had to constantly relight and use up your lighters. It's Smoking for someone that doesn't like to smoke....

[@unfinishedfootsteps1404]

It’s smoking for people who LIKE to smoke. Who don’t mind the “bother” of it. For those who want to spend their precious time smoking their pipe and slowing life down, and not Doing Other Things that you wanted to do.

[@failtolawl]

Very nice instructions, now I have mouth cancer

[@nateamerica9273]

Tobacco has been enjoyed for hundreds if not thousands of years whether you decide to smoke a pipe or tobacco, or anything else is your prerogative

[@sh6843]

You shouldn’t have inhaled

[@nithiphatninonpromprom6554]

Lol

[@WilliamTFLindsell]

You came to a pipe video to be a troll. Knob.

[@Deadshotinuri]

Made me laugh thanks😂❤

[@derekpierkowski7641]

My guess is yer to young to smoke if ya can't fill a pipe.

[@odinsorci70]

Seeing a wo.en smoke a pipe is disturbing

[@micallef87]

Literally never seen a female smoke a pipe. How weird that it’s always been a male thing.

[@Theblackbird363]

I disrespect women for smoking pipe 😑😑😑 its a joke to see ! Yeah yeah say whatever you want but pipes were made for men and only men.

[@cosmicwayfarer]

Women should not smoke pipe.

[@catholicchristdisciple]

I agree it doesn't look right

[@charlesgoodspeed3474]

You lost me when you had a broad in your video

[@PerGeorgJensen]

The broad you refer to is my colleague Azra, and asking her to help was a mean to show that pipe smoking is for all, just a matter of going into it. 😊

[@chrisjhart]

Knobhead.

[@charlesgoodspeed3474]

@@chrisjhart You baNGING THAT BROAD?

[@chrisjhart]

@@charlesgoodspeed3474 No. Do you have a daughter?

[@mreunome]

me too...such a turn off, lol.

[@robertkennedy1666]

It came on here cuz I ran out of cigarettes but I got an old weed pipe and some buts