Mouth & tongue feel scorched?

[TripleF]

After smoking a bowl my mouth feels scorched, especially the next day.
I smoke from corn cob pipes.

What can I do to remove this feeling?


Thanks!

Could be several reasons. You are smoking to fast; you have the bowl packed to tight causing a hard draw and in turn your puffin quicker to keep it lit. Could be the quality of the pipe, corn cobs will do this until broken in and a crust built up for insulation. Could be the quality of tobac. Less expesive blends use a lot of non tobac filler. Try a good briar and a non flavored tobac if your new to pipes. Some flavored stuff will burn hot.

[BigFrank]

As said above, slow down a little. I experienced this often when I first started smoking. At first I was afraid to let the pipe go out, so I smoked fast and hard. And it left my mouth and tongue jacked up. Smoke slow. If it goes out just relight. I found the slower the better at first, plus with different blends you will have to adjust your smoking speed. It's easier to speed up than slow down.
Also I find that tobacco that is overdried tends to smoke hot and bite some.

[Curly Cut]

if you're new to pipes, you may just have to get use to them, they are a lot different in feel (and flavors) than cigars.

[DrDubzz]

remember my old adage

sippy sippy, no sucky sucky

[BigFrank]

Originally Posted by RX2010

remember my old adage

sippy sippy, no sucky sucky

unless your paying!!!

[Curly Cut]

i puff pretty hard and rarely get tongue bit or any severe irritation anymore.
when i was getting back to smoking the pipe more than cigars, my tongue took a while to get use to the difference in the way the tobacco affected it.
it's one of the things i tell new pipe smokers ,that their tongue will feel pretty "tingly" after smoking, especially with VA blends.

[Da Klugs]

As an infrequent pipe smoker, this was one of the things that kept happening to me and causing me to shy away from pipes.

Solved the problem for the most part for me by varying the angle of the pipe in my mouth during the smoke and trying not to overheat it by drawing to hard or frequently.

My thought was the small orifice of the stem was concentrating the smoke on a small area of my tongue on the draw vs the larger diameter that the head of a cigar produces and the overheat my technique was producing compounded the effect.

Dunno if it was the slowing down or the movement, but it seems to help me.

[RGD.]

Originally Posted by TripleF

After smoking a bowl my mouth feels scorched . . .

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

As an infrequent pipe smoker, this was one of the things that kept happening to me and causing me to shy away from pipes.

Solved the problem for the most part for me by varying the angle of the pipe in my mouth during the smoke and trying not to overheat it by drawing to hard or frequently. . . .

Try a Peterson "P-Lip" and see if that helps. The tip angles the draw smoke up and away from the tongue and helps reduce that bite/scorched feeling.


Ron

[Root]

Originally Posted by TripleF

What can I do to remove this feeling?

Time, give your tongue a rest and you may want to try biotene.

Originally Posted by TripleF

After smoking a bowl my mouth feels scorched, especially the next day.
I smoke from corn cob pipes.

What can I do to remove this feeling?


Thanks!

If your smoking a cob, pick up a pouch of Prince Albert, this is an over the counter blend you can pick up at most drug stores, its great blend in a cob (really)....It almost impoosible to get tounge bite smoking smoking this stuff.

[RevSmoke]

Packing the pipe correctly and puffing slowly I like to do what I call the sip method - light sipping every 45 seconds or so. The best way to learn how to pack a pipe is to find a local pipe smoker to teach you. This will eliminate most tongue bite.

[TripleF]

I loaded a bowl yesterday and it took me an hour to smoke it. I lit and re-lit about 7 times. I let the bowl go out in between each light. Didn't do much for me. I'm pretty skittish about trying a pipe right now........just doesn't seem to like me.

The pipe is not something that a person picks up and gets the hang of immediately. It takes time and patience.

Think of this, though. Look at this room. All of these people went through the same thing. None of us would be here if the end result was not worth the investment. It's a learning process.

It took me about a good month of having a pipe each day before one day I said "This is what pipe smoking is supposed to be!" Until then, I wondered why anyone would do it. It tasted like ash, hurt my tongue, frustrated me.

You'll get the hang of it, and from then on it's pure bliss, and a very fulfilling hobby.

Take the time to learn to fill a pipe correctly. A little on the loose side until you get it. It's easier to tamp down a loose bown than it is to loosen one that's too tight.

Sip slowly. Don't get hung up on the fact that you can't keep it lit. It's no big deal if you have to relight. It takes nothing away from the enjoyment for me if this happens.

Enjoy the time it takes. It's supposed to slow you down, take a break from the fast pace of life. Take a book with you, listen to a favorite CD.

You'll learn. It's worth the time. And if it gets to be nothing but frustration, put it down for a week or so, until you WANT to have a pipe. There should be no pressure here. This is about enjoyment.


WWhermit

[TripleF]

Originally Posted by WWhermit

The pipe is not something that a person picks up and gets the hang of immediately. It takes time and patience.

Think of this, though. Look at this room. All of these people went through the same thing. None of us would be here if the end result was not worth the investment. It's a learning process.

It took me about a good month of having a pipe each day before one day I said "This is what pipe smoking is supposed to be!" Until then, I wondered why anyone would do it. It tasted like ash, hurt my tongue, frustrated me.

You'll get the hang of it, and from then on it's pure bliss, and a very fulfilling hobby.

Take the time to learn to fill a pipe correctly. A little on the loose side until you get it. It's easier to tamp down a loose bown than it is to loosen one that's too tight.

Sip slowly. Don't get hung up on the fact that you can't keep it lit. It's no big deal if you have to relight. It takes nothing away from the enjoyment for me if this happens.

Enjoy the time it takes. It's supposed to slow you down, take a break from the fast pace of life. Take a book with you, listen to a favorite CD.

You'll learn. It's worth the time. And if it gets to be nothing but frustration, put it down for a week or so, until you WANT to have a pipe. There should be no pressure here. This is about enjoyment.


WWhermit

Moments away from donating my pipes and baccy to others, I read this.
Thanks bro. Really, thanks very much. I will take your advise very carefully.

And those comments and help is exactly what makes this place, THEE PLACE!!!!

The Hermit gives excellent advice. All I can add is moral support. I went a few years starting and giving up pipe smoking because I wasn't patient and had noone to get advice from. Keep at it... just slower and possible less frequently for a while.