worksnorth
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That's IT!! I'm getting a pipe!
So I bought a pipe on Friday and a pouch of tobacco. They wouldn't let me buy anything flavoured, and instead said I shoudl start out with a "mellow blend". Well this mellow blend just tastes like cigarette tobacco (gross) and does not smell nice like the pipes I've smelled old men smoking before.
Should I just buy a different tobacco, like backwoods or something? I need a better "starters" blend I guess - so what's something you'd recommend to a child looking to smoke their first pipe? That'd probably be what I'm looking for...
Cool thanks. It was just a cheap pipe ($35) to start with. Maybe that's why they insisted I get the regular tobacco - to season it with. Makes sense now.
Wife isn't keen on the whole "taking up smoking" thing so smelling like cigarettes isn't the best idea. Figured I could get it to pass by having a nice aroma instead. Weird cause she doesn't care about cigars, but who ever thought women made sense anyway? Also I know not to inhale! Man I'd probably pass out if I did that.
I'll give it another go this week and see how it all works out before trying an aroma tobacco. Eventually I'd like to obtain a church warden so I can pull it out on the sailboat one evening and impress all the old men with my mad gandalf-like skillz.
here is my savinelli.
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I light the pipe til its burning I then light it again around the edge, sucking in a good draw.
That pipe is one of two Savinelli 320 shapes I own. It's a sharp looking pipe.
How long does it usually take to smoke a bowl? Also I cannot grow a beard or moustache - am I still allowed to partake in the fine art of piping?
How long does it usually take to smoke a bowl? Also I cannot grow a beard or moustache - am I still allowed to partake in the fine art of piping?
Takes me about an hour. Unless I am doing something, like yard work. Then it seems the bowl is gone in 20 minutes. When I am just sitting and smoking, I'll often (gasp) let the pipe rest for an hour or two, or the rest of the day, and finish it off the next day.
I've found letting the pipe set in the bowl for a day or two sometimes helps the tobacco burn better. I suppose in that case the tobacco was to moist to begin with.
Sounds similar to how some cigars actually get better (IMHO) when you leave them out for a day.
Resting the pipe with the tobacco in does concentrate the flavors deeper in the bowl. I am just not familar with how EAC the pipe smokers are in here with regard to keeping tobacco in pipe after it has been smoked on.
Shooter, I'm in awe of your collection of pipes and tobacco!!
rifraf said:Welp, the Frank method is a smashing success. Sitting on my patio puffing away as I type. Nothing fancy, just some Walgreens Vanilla Tobacco. I need to get myself some good stuff and see what I'm missing. In general, what are people's opinions on the loose jars of tobacco seen in cigar/pipe shops?
In general, what are people's opinions on the loose jars of tobacco seen in cigar/pipe shops?
Frank method?
I'm a cigar man myself these days (quit cigarettes a quite a few years ago) but my dad always smoked a partially metal pipe that looked a bit like this:
http://www.smokingmetal.co.uk/pipe.php?page=205
I haven't seen anybody comment on this stye of pipe in this thread. Is there anything good/bad about this kind of pipe?
I'm a cigar man myself these days (quit cigarettes a quite a few years ago) but my dad always smoked a partially metal pipe that looked a bit like this:
http://www.smokingmetal.co.uk/pipe.php?page=205
I haven't seen anybody comment on this stye of pipe in this thread. Is there anything good/bad about this kind of pipe?
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