Abstract: To facilitate soldering pipe or tubing couplings in close quarters, as where a pipe rises close to a building wall, a hook-like flame tip is utilized having multiple spaced radial flame apertures on the interior side of its arcuate body portion to direct flame jets onto the rear side of the pipe coupling around one-half of its circumference. The distal end of the tubular flame tip is capped and its opposite end is adapted for connection to the torch in a conventional manner.