@GWD Hello mate!
Heres my two cents. I have found that you normally DON'T have to break the pipe in. You can pack it normally and just smoke slowly, let it go out from time to time. A friend of mine is a pipe maker (sells his pipes through Pipemakers.org forum) so he knows a thing or two , says the same thing.
Also, I think you haven't really chosen a good tobacco. Vanilla and Cherry stuff is to be avoided. It's most likely cheap, perfumed stuff that will just make you sick. You might go with an easier Latakia blend like Frog Morton or maybe a Virginia like Squadron Leader.
As far as the nicotine kick that you haven't felt, you also need to change tobaccos. Try Dunhill Nightcap, My Mixture 965 or especially Mississipi mud. That one will knock you out of your shoes .
Do you inhale through the nose when you exhale from your mouth?
Heres my two cents. I have found that you normally DON'T have to break the pipe in. You can pack it normally and just smoke slowly, let it go out from time to time. A friend of mine is a pipe maker (sells his pipes through Pipemakers.org forum) so he knows a thing or two , says the same thing.
Also, I think you haven't really chosen a good tobacco. Vanilla and Cherry stuff is to be avoided. It's most likely cheap, perfumed stuff that will just make you sick. You might go with an easier Latakia blend like Frog Morton or maybe a Virginia like Squadron Leader.
As far as the nicotine kick that you haven't felt, you also need to change tobaccos. Try Dunhill Nightcap, My Mixture 965 or especially Mississipi mud. That one will knock you out of your shoes .
Do you inhale through the nose when you exhale from your mouth?