1. Gather your pipe and tools. I like having at hand a tamper, scraper/reamer, a couple of pipcleaners, a toothpick and a small throw-away lid.
2. Mash some cigar ash to dust.
3. Add a crazy-small amount of liquid. I usually use water or spit; this time I tried iced tea - not but a few drops per 1/2 a spent churchill.
4. Mix it up good. Not mud, really, but quite dry - just moist enough that you can squeeze it between your fingers and it hold together. Below, a little pancake of the stuff holds up its' end of a toothpick.
5. Scour out the inside of the pipe, protect the airway from plugging with a pipecleaner and mash the stuff into flaws, cracks or near-burnouts. Let sit 24-hours. Smoke. Scrape gently the first round or two.
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