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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mosin1932" data-source="post: 585166" data-attributes="member: 5339"><p>Concentrating on one tobacco is a good idea, I started with captain black white, like a lot of people. Because it was cheap and I didn't mind wasting some if I over packed the bowl, the nice thing is that it is naturally on the moist side so it's harder to smoke than a dry English, which I think helps get your technique down faster. Smoking cigars could also have given you some bad habits to bring over to pipes as far as puffing goes, so don't underestimate the time it takes to get the packing and tamping down! My only recommendation is to use a lot more heat and a lot more tamps than you think it should take and then work backwards, also try smoking in the dark so you can see the cherry developing and you can see what it needs, it should glow across the whole bowl just like a well lit cigar does. Everyone has their own unique method and pattern to smoking, I puff away and try to not let the pipe go out, 80% of my bowls smoke all the way down without a relight, some people relight 5 or 6 times. It's just about finding what you like most!</p></blockquote><p></p>