The trick to a pipe is in the packing, it needs to go in, in three lots.
Seat the 1st pipe full till it's down to half a bowl, fill back up and push down a little tighter, then over fill the bowl and seat to the top of the bowl.

I used to always smoke a pipe out field, never had anyone bumming a smoke from me when I had a pipe.
And you never had a quick one, you had to get a brew and sit down and kick your feet up with one.