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					Originally Posted by  Mister Moo
					 
				 
				If your tabak is smoking a bit wet then that'll prevent it from burning to, or nearer, the bottom of the pipe (such as any cob will burn to the bottom - mostly the don't).  If your pipe ends up with soggy dottle near the bottom try a less moist tobacco or smoke some half bowls to move the process along.  Do you still taste burning pine near bowls end? 
Most cob shanks char in after 5-10 bowls.
 
My last two were stellar in less than 10 bowls.  Puff on.
   
			
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 Thanks.
Yes I still get the charred pine flavor.  Perhaps I need to limit to half bowls for a while.