Not much of a dottle issue here. When I do it, inhaling through my nose, I create a vacuum in my mouth just strong enough to coax smoke out of the stem. On the exhale, I reverse the vacuum, and keep the smoke moving back a forth in the stem and shank. On the second or third exhale, I retrohale the smoke. I do this so gently, that my wife can only tell that I am smoking because she can smell it. I don't produce volumes of smoke, but barely perceivable wisps. I suppose if I really got the pipe burning with smoke rolling, moisture and dottle would be an issue, but thus far, it hasn't been.
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