Using a pipe without a screen.

[JD1stTimer]

Does anyone who uses a pipe without a screen have tips to keep ashes/embers out of your mouth and throat? For some reason using a screen is annoying to me, and when friends would always use one for some reason I found it irritating to see them fiddle with it. Anyways, especially at the end when you would get the popper if it were a bong, I sometimes get chunks of ash or burning material in my mouth and it tastes disgusting as hell. Thanks for any info. :pipe::eek:

[killerweed420]

I use to not use a screen.I'd just pinch of a chunk of bud and light up. But know I grind my weed and so I have to use a screen.It burns alot better ground up.

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

dont pull as hard

[eazystar]

drop a pebble (one that wont fit through the bowl hole) in it.
or if you can find a glass screen for a pipe..

[delta_9_fools]

I personally always grind my weed and don't use a screen. Just smoke like a normal person, I just smoke it like a normal pipe as someone would do with tobacco. Or just get a better pipe with twists or sections that converge at points to reduce the chances of getting a pull through. Forgive me if this was poorly worded.:smokin:

[WeedyBoyWonder]

A small stone will do the trick.

[blazed_babe]

well when you get ashes and embers in your throat, it usually means that the bowl is pretty much kicked or about to be. soooo...best thing to do would be to smoke without a screen, and just learn to realize when the bowl is about to be kicked so you don't get any nasty embers or ashes in your throat....another thing that contributes to knowing when you're bowl is kicked is just to know your piece. the more you smoke out of your piece(s), the more you know them and can tell when they're about to be kicked. :)

hopefully that helps

happy toking!!!

[JD1stTimer]

Naw, Delta9, I understand you perfectly. So is that what those little tiny jacks and stuff at the headshop are all about? I guess a small rock would be about the same.

[The Dude Of Life]

You can either use a chunk of a nug, or a small piece of bud stem, just make the holes as small as possible.
A good natural screen is 2 small pieces of stem forming an X over the hole of the pipe.

[Smurph]

I normally just stick a stem in the hole. Try to find one that is thick enough. It'll let the air through, because it doesn't normally make a tight fit...

[peaceeasy]

when it comes to the point where the ash could be looming around I start pulling into my mouth like im sucking a straw. That way you can be more gradual and if it looks like its not gonna ash your throat you can kinda breathe in a little harder. I just prefer the screen sometimes when i want a little hit or two without having to pack a whole bowls worth.

[WaZ]

I didn't use a screen until I bought some glass jack screens, they're pretty good.

[melodious fellow]

i drop in a small glass bead

[expandingeye]

wow i cant believe so many of you use a pebble or stems even!
stems will light and then the great taste is tainted.

I Always just break a little pebble shaped nug to cover hole, then pack bowl.:thumbsup:

[The Dude Of Life]

wow i cant believe so many of you use a pebble or stems even!
stems will light and then the great taste is tainted.

I Always just break a little pebble shaped nug to cover hole, then pack bowl.:thumbsup:

if its a rather small piece of stem, like as thick as a guitar string, it shouldnt add any taste at all. on the contrary, if its from some dank nugs, the stems are covered in trichomes and will get you moked.

[420_24/7]

if u can pack really well you dont need to worry about ash coming through, i never get ash anymore, i can pack a bowl perfectly:thumbsup:

[jj72189]

i used to be able to pack exactly like that
over i worked at a beach club and we'd smoke bowls cuz it was easier to get away with and quicker and my friends would always make me pack cuz it never pulled through and they lasted so long. my regular school friends enjoy blunts much more so yesterday was the first time i used my piece in weeks and im afraid to say i lost the touch

[Phaze1]

my trick is put a small nug over the hole and grind up or tear up the rest, its works fairly well, but of course it will burn and ash later, but thats when u learn to repack another bow;:)

[ripher]

You can either use a chunk of
A good natural screen is 2 small pieces of stem forming an X over the hole of the pipe.

The best way IMO.. who wants to go looking for a pebble?

[purplekush989]

i never use a screen - just break off a slightly larger hunk of your weed to put where the whole is, then break it up finer on top. no need to be dealing with rocks and grinders...thats for pussies.