I typically use what's basically the Frank method, unless I'm going to be smoking a smaller bowl. I typically only use my Zippo pipe lighter or matches when wind permits. I try not to use a torch on my pipes, but my one friends uses one of my pipes and uses a torch on it after many suggestions...
I'm new here, but have been smoking pipes for a year, now. I'm 19 and a good amount of my money goes to pipes. I have ten pipes all together, but play favorites with four or five of them. I hail from Buffalo, NY.