Announcement "The burning of tobacco is a sacred rite" -Woodland Indian rituals, deeply sacred.



With the pipe between your lips, light your match and apply it to the tobacco in a circular motion. You'll want to make very shallow puffs on the pipe. You'll probably see the tobacco swell up or unravel in the bowl. That is completely normal and the main purpose to the charring light.

Use your tamper to lightly compress the tobacco back to the top of the bowl. Be extra careful here, this is where many beginners make their biggest mistake. Relight the match and again apply it to the tobacco in a circular motion. Again a series of shallow puffs will be necessary to stoke the flame.

If the smoke entering your mouth is hot you're going to fast. Slow down and take long rhythmic puffs.

If your pipe goes out while between puffs don't worry. That's perfectly normal. Just relight. Many pipe smokers will relight at least once during a smoke.