@Kaiser_Wilhelm I have several of those as well. One I use all the time. 4 more stored for future use.
I prefer my Kaywoodie lighter. Think butane Beatie jet lighter. Oh, and I really want a Nimrod 
I’m sure this is a stupid question, so pardon my ignorance. I was wondering how one lights a pope with a zippo even with the insert, turn the pipe upside down over the flame? I saw someone said they turn their pipe 90 degrees, but that still seemed like it would char the pipe itself. Edit: Oh! No way! That’s bad ass! I just found a video answer to my question. It’s the simple things in life that keep me amused.
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Thanks for the advice gents, if I’m still into it in a few months I may treat myself. My pipe smoking goes in fits and starts - I will smoke for a few weeks and then leave it for a year is how it usually goes, but if I’m still enjoying it in a while I will probably invest in a Dunhill, plus a Missouri corn cob.
I have two old vintage pre-WW II Dunhills that I picked up in a bad state for $100, and then had professionally restored to near new condition for around another $100, including stem replacement. Excellent pipes. But everything I’ve heard about the new Dunhills makes me think that they are horribly overpriced and trading on their reputation. For the same price as a new one, consider a restored estate. Actually, the Dunhills are not my favourite pipes. I do think there’s a big difference between cheap basket pipes and nicer ones, a huge difference, but it’s not necessarily reflected in the price. My secret hot tip is to watch out on eBay for Malaga pipes, they were made by a highly respected sole venture-trader from his shop and sought after at a time when pipes were utensils, not works of art. People have forgotten the name now, and they often cost as little as $20. John Bessai was another American pipe maker from the sixties who made great pipes, but who isn’t so well known now. There are a lot of other estates like that out there, but those two were my specific collector’s focus.
I tried hemp wick but I think that is just for weed guys, I keep going back to disposable bic lighters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBgZy-jxY8E
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Zippo lighters, Bic’s, and stick matches.
I tried hemp wick but I think that is just for weed guys, I keep going back to disposable bic lighters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBgZy-jxY8E
I thought it was worth a try. Guess it IS just for the weed guys with properly dried and cured product that can be stirred around a little. Pipe Tobacco is too moist and needs to remain tamped. Thanks for the post.
My experience with Zippo’s is that they all work with petrol. Are there some gas Zippo’s too or are you all really using petrol lighters for your pipe? I would never do that again, the taste gets to the tobacco.
Imco lighter or Swan matches. Swan matches are really good but hard to find in Turkey.
Matches, always.
Zippo pipe lighter w/Bic in the pouch in case I forget to fill the Zippo. When I’m in the mood at home, sometimes use kitchen matches. The Zippo just works to well, though.
Matches here, almost always. I use a Bic though for an occasional relight. Often in the car I use a Bic to light a match. My wife thinks that’s hilarious. She always supports my eccentricities.
Djeep lighter. I smoke outside and sometimes it is just too windy for matches. Matches are preferred though, no doubt about it.
Matches, Zippo, or my favorite…Nimrod Sportsman.
Wooden matches, same for my cigars.
i have 2x permanent matches using spirit fuel with them, 2x double (soft and torch built in the same) hands free lighters, 1 imco 1936 lighter(replica but very good). I stopped using wooden matches for now because i waste too many to relight the pipe.
Kitchen matches.
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Hmmm… Matches all the way for pipe smoking. I have a couple of old style lever arm type gas lighters (as below) that I use sometimes with clay pipes (can’t char the rim of those can you? 
), if I foolishly run out of matches, and on the odd occasion that I smoke a cigar or cigarette. I wouldn’t dream of using a liquid fuel lighter these days; although I did favour them for ‘cool factor’ going back 20 years or more. To my mind everything you light with a liquid fuel lighter is tainted by the hydrocarbons.
@MisterPoul what do you think about spirit (alcohol)? Does it also have hydrocarbons etc?
@linguist - You know you might be on to something there! I’ve never tried that. I guess if you used very pure alcohol it would work well. Not industrial alcohol though; as ethanol and methanol both contain carcinogenic compounds in themselves to stop people drinking them, that would also be liberated in combustion (though I guess this is a mote point given the topic!). Polish spirit, or any other very high proof ‘clean’ alcohol would probably be good though - Useful thought; thanks for tuning me on to that