>>2774508
Anyone have any good autumn blends? I'm making a list and I need some recommendations for seasonal tastes and nose warmers.

i got about another 2 weeks till i'll probably be able to smoke again (had mouth surgery), whats a good sweet aromatic to get in celebration?

>>2774566
About the closest thing to an aromatic I enjoy is Samuel Gawith's 1792 Flake.

Would a plastic sealable jar do much to my tobacco?
I just got started but I really might only smoke once every few months or even longer if I only smoke while /out/

I purchased my first estate pipe about a week ago, a meerschaum, and I've never had a meerschaum before. I think it hasn't been smoked very much because the stem looked like it had never been smoked until I smoked it and it's not very colored. I cleaned out the bowl, brushed it while soaking it and running it through with hot water and then I let it dry. Anyway, there's kind of a funky taste in it. I've smoked it a few times, and it's not the worst funk, but sometimes I get like old lady musk even though it was apparently owned by a man. That musky old lady perfume type smell. Sometimes, this funk will morph into a somewhat floral smell/taste that is honestly pretty pleasant, but it still shouldn't be there. The first time I smoked it, I had this musky taste in my mouth all day, so I read some things online and I've been using my wet, used coffee grounds to fill the bowl and let it sit. I've been doing this for about a week, and I tried smoking it again today, and the smell/taste is way toned down (no coffee flavor either), but it's still there. I'm not sure what the outside of the pipe should smell like, and usually it has a somewhat pleasant "creaminess" to it, but other times I get that same musk, and still other times I get a vaguely fishy or earthy/aquatic type smell, which I figure might be natural due to the material?

Is there anything else I can do? Should I just try to smoke the musk out and deal with it in the meantime? I read that I can apparently bake it in the oven and that should solve the problem, but I'd like to leave that as a last resort.

>>2774508
>New to tobacco pipes.
Gonna get a plain Jane clay pipe to try different tobaccos in and figure out my likes/dislikes.

I think I'll be best off with something that I can light, smoke for a bit, and relight. I also know I like "wetter" cigars, and sweet.

Recommend me some options.

>>2774746
>Gonna get a plain Jane clay pipe to try different tobaccos in and figure out my likes/dislikes.
Good choice as they don't really ghost. I've had good luck with both my Old Dominion Williamsburg clays.

>I also know I like "wetter" cigars, and sweet.
Virginias usually have some natural sweetness to them, and most blends (VaBur, VaPer, English, Balkan) are just different assortments of condiment tobaccos placed over Virginias. Buy some straight black Cavendish when you place your orders, if they're not sweet enough to your liking you can sprinkle some black cav into the bowl.

>>2774765
Just put in for a pouch of Captain Black Dark and a cheapo clay German. Will report back my experience in a few days or so. Any other tips or recommendations, don't be shy; I'd like to learn em if this doesn't pan out for me.

>>2774856
*even if

>>2774856
Didn't mean for you to pick up ONLY black cav. Straight aromatics aren't for everyone, so don't be too dismayed if it's like you're eating vanilla wafers without any dessert of volume to put them in.

>Any other tips or recommendations
Pack the bottom of the bowl loose and the top tight. Learn the breath technique if you have trouble keeping it lit. You're essentially circulating air in the pipe with soft exhales, it's how clenchers can keep a good handsfree light without inhaling smoke into their lungs. With that said don't start clenching a unglazed clay, you'll fuck your teeth.

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Got an estate, unsmoked BriarWorks pipe in a shape that is no longer being made (pic related). It smokes fantastic. This is the second BriarWorks pipe I’ve had that smokes everything to ash. I’d highly recommend them. They’re a bit pricier than Savinelli or Peterson, but they’re machine made and hand finished by three well known artisan pipe makers. I’m gonna have to buy some more from them. I’ve also become a fan of Danish style pipes. If anybody has some good recs for pipes with Danish styling that don’t cost an arm and a leg, I’d like to hear them.

>>2774513
Autumn Evening would be the obvious one. I personally like VA/Burs and straight burley in the fall. Virginia Gentleman is good, as is Briar Fox. Haunted Bookshop is appropriate in name and profile. If you can get some, Cobblestone Hiking and Solani Aged Burley Flake are both great.

>>2774933
Neat pipe anon. I've been meaning to go down to their shop/bar and pick something out for myself in person. They're only about 40 minutes from me.

>>2774935
Appreciated. 4/6 in the cart, I've been meaning to restock my autumn evening anyways.

>>2774856

Couldn't wait. Bought a cheapo cob and a pouch of the Captain Black Cherry (all at the wifes' idea, too). Man, THAT one wasn't for me. Just like a cherry lifesaver. On the plus side, she's picked it up quite happily and the house smelled awesome this morning, so win some, lose some.

Gonna head to the smoke shop later with the boys for after dinner smokes and have some cash to burn. Anything in particular to look for? It's mostly OTCs here, but ya never know with this place we're going.

>>2775261
If they have a selection of pipe tobacco Peterson 965 or Standard Mixture are good introductions to English blends imho. On the more realistic side i've seen some of Amphora's blends at some local OTCs and it's not half bad.

>>2775261
I'm not that guy. I'm new to the conventional pipe smoking myself. I've tried the Lane Limited analogues of the Captain Black pouches (apparently the same exact blends but without the preservatives) and my favorite is RLP-6, which is just Captain Black Original. I preferred it over 1Q, which is apparently the same as Captain Black Royal, though the 1Q is more highly regarded than RLP-6 (Captain Black Original [White pouch]). Not interested in the cherry flavor either. I'd recommend either Captain Black Original (my preferred) or Captain Black Royal (the seemingly more popular preferred).

I'm also very thoroughly enjoying Crooner, which is a deertongue blend. It's just some cube cut(?) burley with some deertongue. Apparently deertongue is pretty divisive, you either love it or you hate it, but I like that it's pretty much a no frills tobacco with some actual natural flavoring in the form of little bits of the deertongue plant. Some people interpret the deertongue as sort of a "vanilla" flavor, and I can see where they get that, but to me it's sort of a more floral "mintiness", just like some notes of some type of tea. It accounts for maybe only like 10% of the flavor, but I like that it's there and it doesn't taste like a typical aromatic. Might be worth checking out to see whether or not you like deertongue, but I doubt a head shop would have it.

>>2775261
Early morning pipe, Golden sliced, they're two of the most commonly sold and popularly consumed tins and semi fit the descriptor of cigars you had. If they only have pouches, captain black original is actually pretty good, unlike cherry, it tastes like a fudge brownie with heavy notes of vanilla. Treat it like a calibration, after you experience these three the board can start making actual recommendations for your personal taste.

>>2775261
I should also mention, tobaccos with heavy flavorings like captain black cherry can ghost a pipe, you might get some remnant flavoring if you smoke another tobacco out of it. If it were a briar, I'd tell you to clean it out with some of your favorite high proof alcohol soaked up on a pipe cleaner, but there's not much to do for a cob unless you're willing to smoke it out.

This Sutliff Sobranie match is kinda tasty, but i'm not sure it's such a good deal. Pretty sure half of the weight I paid for is just stems.

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Am I going to die if I smoke out of this pipe? I like the pouch and only own an ayy lmao. YT reviews are split where half the people won’t even smoke out of it

>>2775362
Might not kill you. But it's probably not going to be an enjoyable smoke. You can get the same pouch off ebay for $20. Search for "Waxed Canvas Tobacco Smoking Pipe Pouch with Leather Pipe Stand Travel Pipe Case"

>>2775362
My first pipe was a $30 Amazon pipe. At the time it wasn’t bad, but once I switched to briars and cob, I realized how much better they were.

>>2775361
That and the dryness are my biggest gripe with it. It really does have a great taste though. Whiteknight is the same blend, with less stems and more moisture.

>>2775397
Yeah mine was pretty crispy as well. I know Whiteknight is just a better quality version, but I was really hoping the bulk would require a bit less maintenance to be smokable so I could stockpile some. Might try the Arango balkan before I order more of this.

>>2774746
if you're american, try plum pudding. it's interesting and sweet

>>2775362
https://a.co/d/chwFuGN
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>>2775423
Nice links, I wound up waffling and and saving the bag in my cart. Live in the hood so I use lockers and they wouldn’t deliver that pipe so I went with a legend. I’ve got a 6 cigar portable humidor that’s been empty for years so I’m just gonna jam stuff in there and figure out if I enjoy piping before I buy the pouch.

Case was empty because I couldn’t really enjoy a full cigar and preferred the shitty ones like backwoods or black and mild, any recommendations or just buy what’s in the OP?

I love bringing my pipe on hikes. A nice bowl of a sativa dominant hybrid is perfect to keep me going. An energetic high with a slight mellow of indica.

>>2775534
>shitty ones like backwoods or black and mild
If you like OTC cigarillos you should try OTC pouches, like the Captain Black original the other posts suggested. I've only had the honey bourbon Backwoods and red virginia blends remind me of that same taste and sweetness.

>>2775422
I am. And you're not the first to suggest me that.

So far I've tried CB Cherry and Platinum. The only other tobacco I've found has been chew, cigars, and cigarettes. Looking like I'll be ordering everything unless I can find some Amish dude to do some trading with.

So far, it's been a neat, if limited, experience. Finding out arthritis and neuropathy make loading ribbon cut a real chore. Is there a type/cut that you kind of just tear into like 1/4" (~5mm) chunks to just drop and pack in the bowl?

Also, the CB Platinum is what I'd call "thin". Had a strong amount of nicotine, but a very light taste/"body". I've no experience, but it's almost like going from Full Flavor cigs to Lights, or even lighter than that, but quite strong. Might be good to add to something real flavorful, but weak in the nic department.

No tongue bite I've noticed on either of the CB blends.

>>2775296
There's another rec for Golden. I've read a lot about it. People seem to really like it.

Thanks everyone for your help and input.

>>2774508
Any Polish anons in this thread? I'm going to Krakow this week and was wondering about buying some pipe tobacco to bring homeaand would welcome a recommendation for a decent shop. It's £20 for 50g in the UK these days so I was hoping to save some money and maybe try something new

>>2775598
Look into cube cuts.

>>2775598
>Finding out arthritis and neuropathy make loading ribbon cut a real chore
Five Brothers might be a blend worth trying. It's a very fine shag cut which doesn't really require any technique, you just stuff some in there and go.

>>2774508
Anyone ever had Acid's Kuba Kuba cigars? Looking for a pipe tobacco clone. Thanks gents.

A little while back, I saw Pipes and Cigars was selling a full pound of "The Best of the Rest" for $16 (50% off), which is simply unbeatable for the price (1$ per oz), so I ordered a pound to try.

I imagine that this blend varies wildly from batch to batch, but I like the one I received so far. It smells like a mix of Lane 1Q and RLP-6, but with even more flavor. It has the same "raisin bran" or "granola" or like "grainy, bready molasses" but probably like 25% stronger, and there's barely any "liquor" flavor, or if there is it is overpowered by the molasses raisin bran. Maybe even a bit more "plum" than "raisin". No idea if it's going to change over time (I already mixed it up a bit), but a 1 pound potpourri of Captain Black flavors isn't a bad deal for just $16.

>>2774737
Did you already try your alcohol of choice

>>2776166
I'm a cigar smoker. I don't like drew estate. I certainly hate acid. That being said you have 2 main options for imo a quality smoke. The first is stillwell star from dunbarton. Stillwell star line has a few cigars, the navy and the bayou being my favorite, but the aromatic no. 1 is probably what you are looking for. These use pipe tobacco from C&D. The second is sadly from drew estate but it's more affordable than a stillwell and easily the more popular of the two; deadwood from drew estate. Try out the fat bottom betty to start with.

>>2776166
>>2776487
I guess I'll expand on why you might not me after acid. The deadwood cigars and the stillwell cigars actually use aromatic pipe tobacco. These are AROMATIC cigars with sweet tips(most of them)/sweet tobacco. Acid is INFUSED tobacco. This tobacco is in a room with a bunch of essential oils and has other means of adding flavors to the tobacco. Infused and aromatic are different. Acid is infused.

>>2776487
>>2776489
Neat. Yeah, most people DO hate acid in my experience, the whole line. I get where you're coming from.

I'll keep an eye out. Thanks.

So far, I've only had 3 of the Captain Black line (Dark, Cherry, and Platinum). Been smoking out of a German clay. I like the Dark the most. Found two actual tobacconists (not head shops), one about an hour north and another about 45 minutes south.

Probably looking at getting 6 or so more tins/pouches this weekend. Hoping to find some cool house blend, along with some more "staples".

Went window shopping for pipes. I like this little clay, being easy to clean with no ghosting has been nice. Haven't yet blistered myself, but it's coming; I can tell. What's a step up for a reusable tester that won't ghost? Something not so hot or fragile.

>>2776486
From the research I did on google/forums, a lot of it said you're not supposed to use alcohol for meerschaum. Posts said you can use alcohol for the stem, but not for the actual meerschaum. There are tidbits that say you can use alcohol in small quantities (like a damp cloth), but no, I haven't tried alcohol. I've still been loading the pipe with a bowl of my wet coffee grounds to try to absorb whatever it is, and I've also begun trying to smoke it out with the strongest tobacco I have. When I first got the thing, the taste/smell was so strong that I didn't even want to smoke it, but now it's smokable. I've had maybe a half a dozen bowls through it so far. I don't get any weird ghost for a good 80-90% of the bowl, with maybe some old lady perfume nearing the end. Still though, the outside of the pipe, like the material itself still has this sort of "baked clamshells" smell sometimes (I read that from someone else on a forum, and I think that accurately describes it), but only really on one side of the bowl, and the other side doesn't have much of a smell. I figure I'd give it a month and if it's still got any funk at that point I'll just give up and stick it in the oven or get a fresh meerschaum.

I ordered a couple of house blends from 4noggins and have been sampling them both over the last couple of days
First up was the one I really wanted to try, Beck's Ol' Limey Bastard. While it's touted as a match for the old Dunhill 965 blend I can't really comment on this since i've never had the original Dunhill blend. What I can say is that it's a delicious and nearly perfectly balanced medium/full English. It's certainly similar to the Peterson 965, but I would call it a brother or cousin rather than a direct clone. Beck's is a little richer/smoother, though it lacks that kind of spicy/tangy note I get from 965 that reminds me of the acidic taste of drinking a really strong cup of coffee. I can't say i've smoked my last tin of 965, but i'm ordering a shitload more Beck's.
The second was Harvest Moon, a burley based blend with some lat/virginias added. I ordered this one on a whim because it was cheap and looked kind of interesting, and frankly it's much better than I expected it to be. Smoking it really makes me think of a punched up OTC, you get that traditional nutty tobacco flavor from the burleys, with the latakia/virginias giving it some kick to keep it from getting boring. This does have some kind of mild topping which sometimes tastes like honey to me, and other times reminds me a lot of that vanilla flavor that you get from the tonquin bean topping in 1792 Flake. This is another one I expect i'll be ordering more of.

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had to go on a trip recently, one of the places i ended up, by chance, was the zippo museum, on account of the fact it was on the way; almost missed it entirely too, small place, barely any advertising
it was legitimately great, tons of info, history, examples, artifacts, et cetera, all while being a nice quiet place with very friendly staff
didn't even know zippo made bolo knives for the US expeditionary corps, but they did
they also make & fix all zippos there too, which is really cool, i came late in the day, so they weren't running though
while there, the lighter is one of the things i got, fares alright enough; i hoped to see a pocket knife with a pipe tool, but i guess i'm not in the right era, the lighter's pipe insert was all they had related
all in all, would recommend, it was leaps & bounds better than the corning glass museum (that place is total garbage now)

A single cigar of acceptable quality is £25 in the UK

Compared with a 50g tin of pipe tobacco which is £20.

no brainer really

>>2777189
If you have a cigar you really like you can shred it up and get 8 or so comparable smokes out of it in a pipe. I always shred any flawed cigars and mix them with a small amount of aros just to sample the possibilities.

>>2777189
Putting cost aside I really do prefer pipe tobacco to cigars. Even if I woke up filthy rich tomorrow and could afford all the sticks I could ever dream of, i'd still smoke my pipes far more often.

I'm becoming too concerned about the health effects to smoke a pipe. Studies such as this: https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/2/123 which show that there's little difference between cigarette smoking and pipe smoking freak me out a bit.

I don't mean to be a 'Debby Downer', but the risk of cancer from 2 beers/wines is so much lower, whilst producing more relaxation, and you don't have to worry about the smell or social stigma.

I think the only advantages pipe smoking has over alcohol is that 1. you won't get a DUI with a pipe and 2. it has fewer short term negative impact to your physique (e.g. a beer every other day will give you a guy whereas a pipe won't.

Not sure if I can be convinced to smoke a pipe more than around 1-2 times a month. Maybe I'm being over cautious.

>>2777491
>Study posted on a website called tobaccocontrol
>Surely this will be a completely unbiased look at the potential health risks of different types of tobacco use
The simple reality is that one of these days you're going to die of something, and it's probably going to suck no matter what it is.

These studies are also likely skewed by the fact that the majority of pipe smokers are men, notorious for dying at higher rates than women at any age. Especially the ages of 65-70 and beyond where a lot of these studies start showing a burgeoning gap between pipe smokers and non smokers. I'm sure you'd find similar rates in some of those studies if you compared male fatalities to all fatalities.

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>>2777491
>the risk of cancer from 2 beers/wines is so much lower, whilst producing more relaxation, and you don't have to worry about the smell or social stigma.
for many, alcohol doesn't mix with their system, so you could say all that its saying is "well at least i'm not smoking!!!"
plus, i don't smoke any bad smelling tobacco, so thats a you-issue, even my clothes smell great, like vanilla & chocolate, not some burnt trash like cigarettes will give off
just like the other anon said, the site you're using is biased too, are you gonna pull up a sugar ads, and say transfats are terrible & we should all eat mcdonalds?
the fact remains, there were old pipesmokers, and the only reason they've started to all die out, is that they died of old age, not in a hospital bed after choking on some cancer sticks

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>>2777491
I’ll say what I say whenever somebody brings up pipes and mortality on these threads: there’s a reason pipes are associated with OLD men.

does anyone else feel that falcons actually smoke much wetter than most other pipes, but of course, stay lit even so?
and has anyone had any success smoking without a moisture ring?

>>2777203
I tore up a Cuban, a Bolivar Petit Corona, because the draw was too tight to smoke. I packed my pipe with the leaf and enjoyed the hell out of it. It only used up like 1/5 of the cigar, but it lasted as long as that cigar would’ve.

>>2777625
No experience with them personally. Was looking at getting one myself. From what I've seen online, the ring is pretty much needed on most models. I'll probably never try one. I don't even like using filters. Just too much stuff to lose somewhere.

But man, some of them look so cool.

>>2776861
That's really cool; getting to see all that. I don't even use a zippo, but I bet that was a neat experience.

>>2777189
>>2777203
>>2777271
>>2777821
I know from experience cigarette tobacco from a pipe is not enjoyable. But now I'm thinking about the cigar thing. I'm going to try it. Hope you fellers ain't mustard gassing me.

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>>2777960
Do it.

>>2777960
I was referring to enjoying pipe tobacco in general, as opposed to chopped up cigars. I've never actually tried just stuffing a pipe full of cigar leaf. Though I do enjoy some blends that include cigar leaf like Billy Budd.

I'll be in Dublin next month and I'm planning on visiting the Peterson shop there. What would you recommend for a novice pipe smoker from their inventory?

>>2778630
If you can pick up one of the Christmas editions maybe. Some of them are super handsome. Never heard a complaint about the way the smoke, either. A bit pricey, for me at least, but I still think it'd be a nice piece, even to just hold on to.

>>2774737
An update on this: I believe I have finally smoked out whatever that old lady perfume flavor was, and the pipe is a phenomenal smoker. I picked it up because it was a cheap estate meerschaum and I haven't had a meerschaum so I wanted to see what the fuss was about without buying a full priced pipe. It cost me the same as a Missouri Meerschaum would have. Sometimes, I can't believe how much better of a pipe it is than a Missouri Meerschaum. The opening in the bowl is a bit larger that normal, and originally I thought it was a mistake (and it might be), like someone drilled a bit too eagerly, but the draw on it is incredible. If I wasn't so keen on seeing this one color, I would get another one, but this thing has grown on me even if I was having second thoughts about it while it still tasted weird. I've really come around on how I feel about it, and the house these people lived in was pretty neat and I have to say it's a bit nice to have a little more to this pipe than just "well, I saw it at a store or online and I liked it so I bought it"

>>2778697
Good work, lol. Got a pic? How's the weight? I've never even seen a real meerschaum IRL. Kinda jealous, lol.

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>>2778711
It's deceptively light. Feels like a toy or something. It can also get really hot fairly quickly but it also cools remarkably fast, like if it's too hot to hold I just stop puffing and in a minute it's back to being room temperature. And even when it's hot, the smoke stays cool. Nice little pipe. I'm lucky I was able to get it for so cheap.

>>2778748
Pretty pipe. Only gonna look nicer with more age/patina, too. Good score.

this thread

>Captain Black
>aromatic
>plastic sealable jar
>zippo

that's fucking sad yo
get yourself an actual blend instead of cased garbage
cased tobacco burns hotter and produces steam which ruins your palate

Red Virginian is usually cheap and a great base to add Perique and some Balkan Oriental

who else likes to layer their bowls with alternating layers of cube cut on top of ribbons
takes a little longer to pack, but smokes longer too

>>2778787
I usually just tell people to pick up a cob, some matches, and a couple of tins of tobacco. Usually a medium English like 965, and a Virginia like Old Gowrie. From there depending on what they did or didn't enjoy it's easy to make further suggestions.

>>2778787
stores rarely sell anything else these days

>>2778826
I am blessed that there are actual tobacconists living near me.
Not everyone knows this feel.

Never bought a tin in my life though I probably should since that's the only realistic way to access premium blends even if it's expensive, they have bulk of all those varieties I mentioned just stocked and I can just do it myself.

Seriously though if your local smoke shop only carries cased, you should find an online distributer that has an actual selection and order something excellent.

>>2778797
Cobs are great smokers, among my favorite.
They feature some of the deepest bowls I've ever seen.
Thing is, they smoke out pretty quick and you have to replace them.
They aren't going to last for a long time and build up layers, like a briar will.

One pipe I used to own was made of pear wood, Polish and it had an air cap on top like you see in eastern European pipes.
I'll never forget how good it tasted on the first light (which is unusual), the whole bowl smacked of pear.
The long stem made it very smooth too.

I've heard good things about certain stone pipe bowls, but I've never owned one.

for me, it's two blends called Pleasant Dreams and Lazy River in me pearwood Mister Brog

>>2778920
>They aren't going to last for a long time and build up layers, like a briar will.
Generally no, but they're good smokers and a good way for someone to get into pipe smoking and find out if they enjoy it on the cheap. I'm not normally going to suggest that someone go out and drop $70-100 on a Ropp/Peterson/Savinelli/Etc if they're not sure it's something they'll stick with. I'd rather they spent the money on good tobacco.

>>2779013
cob is the best way to learn

but once people know how to not break or otherwise ruin their piece trying to clean it or other dumb mistakes they should upgrade to a better pipe so they can begin seasoning the bowl cake

Just visited a historic tobacconist. Tiny little place been around 195 years, family owned and operated. Didn't seem the place to take pics, but the people were awesome. Lots of new, refurbished, and estate pipes. Finally saw my first meerschaum in the wild.

Cool place. They're the ones that supposedly introduced Prince Albert to the US. Didn't have much in the way of tins, but they did have about 8 'house' blends. Picked up 1oz of their most popular, and a blend that's per the owner, 35% Latakia. Don't yet know about it, maybe I didn't let it set long enough, but it got tarry about halfway in. Tasted great until then, smoked cool. Any idea were I biffed it?

>>2779607
Let it sit six to eight months. My first tobacconist visit went much the same way, spent $100 on various assorted coal and had to wait it out for the diamonds. The most vile of the stuff I had bought and considered tossing became a quick favorite.

>>2779607
Lucky. The closest tobacconist to me sells cigarettes, a decent cigar selection and tons of weed paraphernalia. With a tiny, pitiful rack of codger blend pouches. Most of the pipes are either cheap garbage or obvious marijuana pipes that sort of resemble traditional ones.

>>2779658
Yeah. I think I really did luck out. Was just under an hour's drive. For where I live, that's a definite win.

Ought to see if these Amish boys around here have a place they go; a certain family or whatever. Bet they do.

>>2779607
>35% Latakia

why do people do this
way too heavy
a little bit is great, but anything more than 20% is just completely overwhelming

>>2779667
It depends. I have a few blends that are 50% that are super well balanced tasting because of a high amount of oriental. I think if you add enough orientals, they counter the latakia. If you had just 50% latakia and 50% virginia, it would probably be too much. But if you have 50% latakia, 30% orientals, and 20% virginia, it turns out really balanced for some reason.

Speaking of latakia, anybody else concerned about recent events in the Middle East in regards to latakia production? Much latakia is made in Cyprus, though apparently a lot of it is now grown and cured in Lebanon due to quality issues with Cyprian latakia. I heard about this change in production about a year ago from somebody in the industry.

>>2779760
Orientals and Latakia were introduced to Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey from Iberia. I'd much rather it be profitable for them to start growing it again rather than my money going to any radical or theological state in the near east. If we've learned anything from Syria and Afghanistan, bans on import are more likely than farmers giving up cultivation of cash crops.

Any tips for smoking a briar? I have been using a cob for a couple of years now and have never had any problems keeping it lit, but my briar just seems to want to go out constantly.

>>2779937
It could be humidity.

>>2779937
I almost always have problems with new briars not wanting to stay lit. Best solution: Carter Hall. If you have some, smoke like 10-15 bowls of it before anything else to get it warmed up. It surprisingly leaves no ghost, but it does get a nice carbon cake started that you can then build upon with your favorite tobacco to finish the break in period (around 50 bowls). A bit more high maintenance than a cob, but worth it in the end.

Super pissed that Sutliff Maple Shadows II sold out in within 3 hours. It came out yesterday when I was at work, took my lunch break like 4 hours after it released and went to order some, and it was sold out on every site I checked. Smokingpipes even had a one unit maximum per customer and it still sold out. It sounds so good. It sounds like Autumn Evening but with Kentucky instead of red virginia cavendish.

>>2780097
This does nothing for you, and I do hope that you're able to get your hands on some if it restocks or perhaps locally, but for what it's worth I'm not the biggest fan. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I don't think I'd get it again.

I'm still new, slowly working my way through blends including aromatics, but I don't think it's for me. I haven't tried Autumn Evening yet, because for me it smells a bit too sweet. Delicious, but a bit sweeter than I'd like. The smell profile for Maple Shadows is in the same ballpark, but toned down enough that I tried it. At the start of a bowl, I think the dark fired Kentucky is used well, like a neighborhood fireplace burning somewhere in the distance while sitting outside eating waffles, and I don't find it to be overly aromatic to the point of exhaustion, so that's nice, but at the same time the maple/syrup flavoring eventually gives way to the Kentucky so that ~halfway through the bowl it's mostly just distant fireplace and, to me, a bit flat. I know this might sound hypocritical, but I think it would benefit from either a little bit more maple flavor, or a little bit less Kentucky due to how it performs after the first half of the bowl. It's definitely reminiscent of Fall due to the Kentucky, though I'm not really sure what the connection between "Autumn" and "Maple" is. I'll have to try Autumn Evening sometime after it gets a bit colder maybe. I think I'd probably still like Maple Shadows more than Autumn Evening just from the smell of the tobaccos and how Maple Shadows seems to be less aromatic, but it'd be nice to be able to compare the two. I might also need to try it in a cob for a bit more of the sweetness when it gets towards the end of the bowl.

>>2779937
from what i hear about briars, those who smoke them like to have their tobaccos dry as bone; and they also tend to smoke tobacco thats smokey & strong, which are generally dry & stay lit longer

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just got my new meerchaum, was pretty cheap
it's ghosting tastes like shit though

>>2780097
4noggins has it in stock.

>>2780097
>>2780230
Order a sample of Beck's Ol' Limey Bastard while you're at it.

Any recommendations for a oriental blend available in bulk as a sample?

I ordered some Haunted Bookshop a while back based on a recommendation last thread, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the spiciness of the Perique in that. I was also recommended Old Joe Krantz, which I haven't tried yet, but I'm going to order a sample of that as well with my next order. Was thinking of branching out to some orientals to see if I like the spice of that as well. Preferably without Latakia and only minimal dark fired Kentucky, if any.

Has anyone here done a deep dive on the data or studies on pipe smoking? If so, can they shed any light on how dangerous it is, how to mitigate risks and what's the most you'll be able to smoke without it being the thing that kills you?

>>2780640
>Has anyone here done a deep dive on the data or studies on pipe smoking?
Not a deep dive, because everything is lobbied and bought and paid for, but just an intuitive discernment. As someone else here has said before, there's a reason that pipe smoking specifically is associated with old men. You don't inhale the smoke, so I think the worst you're really going to get is mouth or maybe throat cancer or gum/teeth problems, but at a significantly lower risk rate than something like dipping. You're also not getting all the junk that they put in commercial cigarettes that make them smell like a death cloud that never dissipates. Even just smelling pipe tobacco smoke vs smelling cigarettes, you can smell that the pipe tobacco is not nearly as harmful, and it doesn't soak into everything the same way cigarette smoke does. Cigarettes don't even really taste like tobacco at all to me unless you're rolling your own.

If you want to mitigate risks as much as possible, just don't smoke anything, or perhaps use carbon or meerschaum filters.

>>2780615
John Patton's Oriental Dusk comes to mind, you can get it at 4noggins, LJ Peretti's Tashkent supposedly only contains orientals. Last one I can think of is C&D Oriental Silk.

I gave Maple Shadows a go in a corncob, and I have to say I like it a lot lot more in the cob.

>>2780811
I've got 2 meers and 2 briars, and the cobs I started with are still excellent smokers. Like you say, some blends are great in them specifically.

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>>2778920
I've got a Ropp Standard which is made of cherry wood. The taste of the wood in the background is pleasant so I get what you're saying. This one has a conical bowl though and can be close to empty before my brain catches up. Would recommend it though, this one was made before 1991 and before I got it was unsmoked. Broke her gently in with some unscented Virginia.

Some thing I've noticed over the past year since I started smoking is my teeth feel a bit out alignment. I don't really clench the pipe often I don't know how or why but pipe smoking is the culprit.

>>2780978
How do you know it's down to pipe smoking?

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>>2781000
I don't have any other habits and I'm not a mouth breather. Pic related, granted it's a clay pipe but having something in your mouth for prolonged period isn't good. I may have some underlying issues that need to be adressed but the pipe definitely showed me

>>2780978
>>2781207
anon, you have scurvy, go eat a lemon

>>2781207
Clay pipes are much worse. You can pickup otc retainers at most pharmacies, you just soak it in hot water and shape it to your teeth. Either sleep in them once or twice a week to prevent shifting, or use it to gauge how far your teeth are actually moving.

Popped a tin of C&D Mad Fiddler Flake for spooky season. Disclaimer: I'm coming off of a cold having not smoked for several days so take anything I say with a grain of salt.
Honestly if it wasn't marketed as Lovecraftian I would think this better suited for the holidays with an interesting spice note (cinnamon, clove?). The tin note is not unpleasant but it is weird to my nose, like some kind of aro gone a little bit sour, a little musty. Whatever casing there may be is not a flavor I'm familiar with. If I didn't enjoy it so much I would call it kind of a confused mixture. I've never had a blend with Kasturi, so maybe that's what is throwing me. It has something of the character of one of the G&H ropes without DFK--strong but not as rough around the edges. The Cavendish is almost a bit too much for my usual taste, but it works. I might have to smoke several more bowls this month before jarring to try and get a handle on it. My overall impression is "dark". Dark fruit, dark molasses, dark spice. A touch of pepper on the retrohale. The nic hit me at a high medium on an empty stomach. Smoked in my Peterson 305 silver spigot.
Probably not a very helpful review, sorry. Maybe it's being sick or maybe it's more complex than my burnt-out palate can tease out right now, or maybe it's a little green fresh out of the tin. Going to smoke this a lot this month to see how it develops.

>>2774508
Long time cigar smoker looking to get into pipes as well. Any recommendations for relatively easy-to-find blends? I like maduro cigars so looking for something with a kick

>>2781519
I've tried a limited selection of pipe tobacco (maybe about 10 different ones) but from what I've tried, I really liked Cornell & Diehl Dark Burley and their Cubed Burley.

I think the dark is a bit stronger. Unless you have a very high nicotine tolerance/dependency you should feel that one pretty well. It's personally my favorite I've tried. It's not an aromatic just straight tobacco so it's a fairly neutral flavor as pipe tobacco goes.

The cube cut stays lit a bit better I have found, but not by a significant amount, I think I still prefer the dark burley.

Also I think it's still C&D that make a chopped cigar leaf blend. It's like smoking a cigar out of a pipe. Kinda fun but I didn't find it gave me too much of a hit, if that's what you're after.

As far as more average strength pipe blends, Mac Baren Cherry Ambrosia was really good and smokes well once given just a bit of time to dry out a little. Like a day left to the open air seems to really improve how well it stays lit and makes an easier smoke in my experience. I think Cherry Ambrosia is so far my favorite aromatic mixture.

>>2781526
Thanks for the recs anon I'll look out for those

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Where could I possibly find a really cheap church warden?

>>2781519
Since you already have two Burley recommendations I'll suggest what I always do for new pipers, Orlik Golden Sliced, and Early Morning Pipe. The first is a VaPer with notes of dried fruit(figs and citrus), and a little bit of wheaty grassiness. The second is a English blend that's like a savory, sour, sweet and tangy strap of premium leather(more appealing than it sounds). They're some of the most popular and readily available tins. These aren't necessarily reminiscent of a Maduro, though if you wanted to try all that a pipe can offer they're a good basis to judge future purchases of other blends.

>>2781519
Gawith Hoggarth & Co Kendal Dark (One of my all-time favorites. Just a nice strong, tasty easy burning shag with a good nic hit)
Cornell & Diehl Billy Budd (Contains cigar leaf)
Cornell & Diehl Bayou Night
Cornell & Diehl Super Balkan
Drucquer & Sons - Levant Mixture
John Patton Dark Horse (Also contains Cigar leaf. Available in bulk from 4Noggins)
All of these are pretty full bodied smokes that I enjoy.

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>>2777491
>Eat too many eggs? High cholesterol
>Too much salt? Die of stroke
>Too much alcohol? Liver or kidney cancer
>Too much coffee and tea? Blood pressure and anxiety
>Too much smoking? Throat or lung cancer
Bruh, it's good to understand risks and not be retarded, but eventually you have to accept life is inherently a crapshoot even at the best of times and just learn to chill a little
I would say a pipe once a week is fine, but 1-2 a month would be almost inconsequential. But that said, it is your life and I'm just a random fag, so do whatever you feek most comfortable with.

>>2781821
actually, only the alcohol & smoking examples are legit
just goes to show that accepted sciences aren't always true &/or issues can be heavily overblown
"No Lab Coat Required" is a very good youtube channel which talks about that sort of stuff

>>2777491
Using one outside in fresh air will likely result in a lot less risk, but I don't know the parameters of their studies. Sitting in a room letting the smoke collect around you in a confined space may be one of the major contributing factors simply because it's a terrible idea (which i do all the time, and should stop).

I'm looking for a blend that's similar to my favourite blend, My Mixture 965, but slightly milder. I would appreciate recommendations.

Sounds nice

>>2782013
GL Pease Westminster
It's a tribute/clone of the old Dunhill London Mixture so it should be just what you're looking for.

>>2774513
Dark birds eye

>>2781553
MM cobbit range

>>2774645
Yes but mason jars are better, cheap, and reusable.

Any canadians have any luck with customs recently. My last few orders were hit but its been about 6 months since the last one. Last I heard the seller who was best at it was having packages outright seized for imaginative customs declarations.

>>2782324
This a very stout belnd. One I like even more is 5 Brothers which I wish I could get in bulk because it's probably more than half of what I smoke.

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>>2774508
I did the thing and bought the stuff, but not before I went into pajeeto’s shop of bongs and he sold me cigarette tobacco saying it was pipe tobacco and I didn’t really look at it because I figured the guy knew what he was talking about.

Can I put this in a pipe or should I just dump it?

>>2782523
Dump it. At least if you smoke it keep in mind you are far off from an actual pipe smoking experience. You can also go back and tell the cunt who sold it to you its not fucking pipe tobacco and that the internet exists, and to fuck himself and that he lost future business for a pouch of shitty cigarette tobacco.
Listen kid, very few "tobacconists" know more than you can read in an hour on the internet. This isn't the 1940s and Pranjeep doesn't have the IQ to think 5 minutes into the future. Educate yourself a bit before going into a shop.

>>2782523
Smoke it to give yourself a baseline of what cheap cigarette tobacco is like. It can be an all right smoke, although inoffensive and one-dimensional. I bet some would prefer it to that pouch of captain black.

>>2782580
Wait, is captain black bad? Did you homos lie to me?

>>2782586
Nah, Captain Black is alright. I like it more than some other "more reputable" aromatics that I've tried. For example, I just tried some Peter Stokkebye No. 24 Nougat, which is apparently what they smoked on the set of Lord of the Rings, and I think I prefer Captain Black over it. I think what that guy is saying was more along the lines of some people not liking aromatics at all, to the point they'd prefer shitty off brand cigarette tobacco.

>>2782578
Ah yes, I’ll go back to pajeet’s and kill him over $7. Calm down dude, this isn’t the battle of Thermopylae. I just wanted to know if cig tobacco would mess up a cob pipe since it seems porous

>>2782590
>I just wanted to know if cig tobacco would mess up a cob pipe since it seems porous
Almost definitely not, it's just probably pretty shity quality and it might burn too hot/too quickly. Give it a shot if you want, but maybe watch for the heat. I tried to look it up online but it doesn't even say if it's like Virginia or Burley or whatever, it just says "US tobacco" and "foreign tobacco"

>>2782586
Out of all the aros I've had it's probably my favorite even if it is a drug store blend, there's a reason it's been a best seller for so many decades. There are people that dislike eating pancakes and would rather the egg and bacon platter every single time, captain black fits into the former position in the pipe tobacco hierarchy.

>>2782590
Suit yourself pussy. His existence is your humiliation. As long as he lives you have no honor.

>>2782609
Captain black is tasty and bites less than many other aros. I would take it over pretty much all aros and drugstore blends except carter hall and the occasional lanes ready rubbed.

>>2780714
>Last one I can think of is C&D Oriental Silk.
Thanks for the recommend. Especially if you're the same guy who recommended me Haunted Bookshop and Old Joe Krantz last thread. I didn't get Oriental Dusk or Tashkent because those weren't available in bulk samples (didn't order from 4noggins), but I'm really enjoying Oriental Silk. It's got the little extra something that I think I wish Haunted Bookshop had, so maybe I'll try combining some Turkish with Haunted Bookshop to see how it is. Old Joe Krantz is good too, like a "Dark Roast" but I think I still prefer Haunted. And Three Friars is okay, but it's like a Decaf version. I'll have to order a tin of Riverboat Gambler soon to see if that nails whatever extra it is I'm looking for with Haunted Bookshop.

>>2782801
>Especially if you're the same guy who recommended me Haunted Bookshop and Old Joe Krantz
Wasn't me, but i'm glad you're enjoying Oriental Silk. Old Joe Krantz is on my list for my next order from SmokingPipes. I really would suggest trying Oriental Dusk sometime. Harvest Moon and Storm Front are a couple of other house blends from 4Noggins that I enjoy, plus there's no sales tax if you order from them which is nice for those larger purchases.

I know this is frequency illusion but I have clocked two pipe smokers in the last month in 'the wild' here in the UK, both men in their 60s.

Never seen a pipe smoker before in the UK in real life, at least consciously.

>>2782893
>Wasn't me
Ah, well shoutouts to whoever recommended Haunted Bookshop. Love it. Old Joe Krantz is similar, sort of a like a dark roast version I guess.

>I really would suggest trying Oriental Dusk sometime. Harvest Moon and Storm Front are a couple of other house blends from 4Noggins that I enjoy, plus there's no sales tax
That's cool. I'll keep that in mind. I'll probably do my next order from them.

>>2782783
I was tremendously disappointed by cap black. I got cherry and surely it tasted of cherry but had no other qualities to it, very mild it may as well have been paper. I'll probably go back to Virginia gold, I think I prefer the pretzely taste of non aromatics and with a bit more strength to it.
I have some burley too and will see how that fairs.

>>2783045
You may not like Captain Black Original either, but give that a shot before writing Captain Black off. Personally, I don't know how in the world anyone enjoys the cherry flavored aromatics.

>>2783045
The original is the only good one, the others taste of hot air like most aros.

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Ordered some tobacco more suited to the time of year, since I always seem to smoke Virginia in spring/summer. But now that the cold weather is here it seems like a good time to enjoy some Nightcap again.

I also ordered some Solani Festival, and some Erinmore Mixture. Does anyone have experience with the Solani blend? I was looking for something plummy and it came to memory based on what I'd been searching for.

>>2782523
It's just such shit when a guy running a smoke shop sends you off on a bad footing like that. He had one job, that he is supposed to specialise in. Anyway what matters is that you got the pipe, some baccy and the infamous Czech pipe tool, which will become like a sidekick.

Now you can have a good time learning to pack the bowl to suit your way of smoking, type of climate you live in, etc. and get a feel for keeping it lit. Learn to retrohale which is breathing it through your nose from out of your mouth and any aromatic blend will immediacy open up and start to show you what it's about. Aside from that, F the guy at the smoke shop and enjoy moving on to the various different types/blends of tobacco. Try the classics and find your genre.

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Enjoyed some C&D Autumn Evening at the job site today. It's the taste of fall and, with the cool breeze and warm sun, an absolute pleasure.

>>2783230
Can I come work for you? I have zero experience, but we could sit and smoke pipes together at the end of the day and laugh at all the stuff I screwed up.

I finally figured out smoke rings, boys. This is it, the pinnacle of my life. See you all downhill.

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Every Wes Anderson movie has a character that smokes a pipe. I haven't seen the Dog one or Asteroid City but all the others do.
And Moonrise Kingdom has a town named New Penzance.

>>2777491
Didn't read the study but it just doesn't make sense to me how pipe smoking could be just as dangerous as cigarettes. Contact with the smoke is the issue and cigarettes you're putting that stuff deep in your body while with a pipe you blow it out, preferably away from your face and in open air to avoid inhalation. I'm willing to bet it's not any more dangerous than an evening around a campfire or taking a hit off a bong.

>>2777491
Don't smoke a pipe then. But if smoking a few (I only smoke one but vape and zyn) pipes a day equals smoking a pack a day then the study is bullshit. Even if you were inhaling every puff (who does that?) the amount you smoke vs cigarettes is so much less.
Ask yourself why would there even be studies on pipe smoking at all, since almost no one smokes pipes since the 1980s.

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>smoking my pipe gives me headaches now

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Smoking some No. 22 right now. Cost me $35 for a 50g tin dated Feb. 2002. Absolutely sublime.

What do y'all do with the end of your cigars if you smoke one of those while on a hike/chilling out in the woods? For my pipe I usually just empty it into some dirt and kick it around to make sure the coal is out. Felt like I'd be an ass to just toss the cigar into the woods or something like that.

>>2784621
Rip it up and bury in wet dirt. It’s all leaf, so I figure it would fertilize the ground.

>>2777491
>At comparable tobacco consumption
Those are people who smoke a pipe all day everyday. Obviously the risk is going to be higher for those people. Most of us on here smoke 1-3 bowls a day, or even a week. Most pipe smokers in general smoke similarly. Smoking a pipe all day everyday is something that old timers did, not modern hobbyists. It’s like comparing an alcoholic to someone who likes whiskey tasting or wine tasting.

>>2784285
Vaxx status?

Think I’m gonna take a month off from pipe smoking. Everything is starting to taste bland to me. Taking a break usually does the trick. Anybody else ever get to the point where everything starts tasting boring?

>>2784732
And by everything I mean pipe tobacco, not food or drinks.

>>2784692
I smoke like once maybe twice a day when I am on vacation off work or it is a notable holiday.

Give it to me straight doc what's my risk look like.

>>2784770
Someday something is going to kill you, and whatever it is will probably suck. So smoke your pipes and don't worry about it.

I'm interested in obscure pipe tobacco blends.

For example, who the fuck is smoking 'Coniston Cut Plug A' regularly enough for the manufacturer to continue to make it?

What's the obscurest blend you know about?

>>2784784
Thanks doc.

>>2784789
Not super obscure since it’s popular among hipster pipe smokers, but Tabac Manil has some really good Semois tobacco. I honestly think it had a spike in popularity because Sam Hyde was shilling for it on his podcast. It smells and tastes like an old, musty church. I’m in California and we have missions from the 1700s. This tobacco tastes like those smell on the inside.

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today i picked up a meerschaum, an SMS, it was $199, i'm happy with it
was brand new, came with a case, has a great fit & draw, smokes great too
its my first meerschaum, but it might even become my favorite pipe, always loved how clays smoked
also grabbed 2 tins, a cringle flake & a macbaren vanilla cream, never had cringle flake before though
how long do you guys usually leave your tins out?
i've left them out for few days, but they still ended up too wet for my liking, and a week seemed to do it fine for what it was worth; although, most of the tobaccos i prefer tend to be "wet" even almost 2 weeks out

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Tonight we're burning some brush. Just Carter hall today for me as I need to keep the fire going and CBA to nurse a pipe as much. seems to stay lit real well

>>2785171
With MacBaren and Sutliff blends, it never seems to get dry. I usually do the “delayed gratification” technique with them to get them to burn well. Basically do a char light right before bed, and then let it sit overnight. Then it’ll be good to go in the morning. MacBaren and Sutliff blends tend to bite the hell out of me, so I had to experiment with them because I really do enjoy their flavors.

>>2785226
Nothing wrong with Carter Hall. My favorite of the codger blends.

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Never tried Escudo despite a lot of people saying it’s the best VAPer out there. It’s excellent. My heart will still always be with Elizabethan, but I could see this taking the #2 spot. Smoking it in my new Radice pipe (another thing I’ve always wanted).

>>2785467
i've done the delayed gratification method a couple times before
it did seem to kill off the bite pretty good & stay lit better, i think i should get more into it

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Got me wizard pipe for the "costume"
Now I just gotta get used to it

Reminder to deep clean your pipes if you haven't recently.

I cleaned mine with a bit of whiskey the other day and it completely changed how it tastes when smoking. It's lovely.

happy halloween, anons
i tried the delayed gratification method on my pipe today (lit it last night), and it turn out pretty well

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Eurofag here. I have two briar pipes already but on my most recent US trip I bought a Missouri meerschaum pipe (same as pic). I just got around to smoking it and I gotta say I'm impressed. Build quality definitely isn't perfect but it smokes really wel and is very comfortable. I actually enjoy the mouthpiece more than my other pipes (which have a wider mouthpiece). My cheapest pipe is now also my favorite lol. Excited to go /out/ again and get to use it more. On that note. Anyone has a brand of briar pipes that uses similar fine mouthpieces ? Most I see are thicker which I now know I dislike.

>>2785903
Also in Czech Republic recently and bought that Czech pipetool at the source

>>2775261
As an OTC I'm not seeing amphora full get a lot of love. I enjoy it

does tobacco go back if left to open air after a while?

First time I smoked it it was awesome, but second time i left it in a semi open bag for months and it was acrid and didn't give me a buzz at all

also how often do you change filters because literally the 2nd time I smoked it I was breathing in ash. wtf

>>2785924
it'll go stale, just keep it in a ziplock or whatever, mason jars are best for longterm, ziplocks are best for shortterm
i don't use filters myself, never saw the point, i want smoke - not air

>>2785903
You might be interested in either "saddle bit" or "tapered". You could just try googling it.

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>>2785940
I actually meant the width here. See image.

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>>2783863
haven't seen the dog one.

I'm don't really like Latakia, but I was looking for blends and came across Epiphany, which is apparently close to Revelation, which is what Einstein smoked. I figured if it's good enough for Einstein, it's good enough for me.

I'm still not sold on Latakia, but it's palatable. I find the flavor of Latakia to be overpowering, but there is a nice subtle fruitiness to it (apricots maybe?) and you can taste other tobacco in it. It's not the worst. I can even see myself buying it again in the future. Man though, I can't imagine a Latakia blend where the Latakia does not completely steal the show.

Looking for recommendations:
A nicotine/tobacco free pipe blend that burns well and doesn't have too much bite.

>>2786077
i used to smoke a lot of sage, same with mint
never really cared for tea though

>>2786077
Some tobacco blends have deertongue in it. You might be able to find deertongue in bulk and try smoking it. It has a pleasant, light vanilla/cinnamon flavor to it.

Is it possible to get acrylic replacement pipe stems for peterson pipes? I picked up a savinelli with an acrylic stem recently and really like it

>Arizona Arnold Palmer for VaPers
>Vernor's Ginger Ale for creamy blends
I need more recommendations for things that increase the piping experience 10 fold, doesn't necessarily have to be a drink.

>>2786670
dark chocolate pairs pretty well with a smoke

>>2774508
I wish there was a tradition of putting the production date on pipes. Just a little inscription somewhere, tiny numbers. It would make pipe collecting even better.

>>2786949
Reason is, I have a peterson system pipe that could have been made anywhere between the mid 1960s to present, according to the most in-depth websites.

Been really liking this Moontrance since I found it. Very much reminds me of cigars, but better. Good and smokey, nice for yardwork with the weather changing, and pairs well with orange juice I found out one morning. Just a neat blend. I think it's up there as one of my new favorites.

Got some Haunted BS Cake: just as good as everyone says. I now require an extra brick of it at all times in the rotation. Just a joy to prepare and smoke. Very smooth with a tiny bit of edge for character. Been my "I can't figure out what I want to smoke, so I'll smoke this" since I've found it.

Tried Nightcap. Might be too strong for me. Got the greenies like I did as a kid trying to chew Mammoth Cave plug. Liked the taste, but it's just too much for me, lol. Think I'd have to let it breathe overnight before smoking a whole bowl of the stuff.

Orlik GS is the last one I've recently tried. Very nice, can't wait to smoke it in the summer. Bright tasting, medium bodied. If sunshine was tobacco. I prefer fluffing as to folding this stuff for the better burn, but folded it does take on a slightly different character. So really, it's a two-for-one when you get this stuff.

Thanks to anons for their recommendations.

>>2786077
>>2786081
>>2786320
This here has me thinking: herb garden for your pipe smoking...

Deertongue, rabbit tobacco, mint, sage. I mean, I garden every year, have houseplants, why not? Guess I've got some studying to do. I hear anything interesting, I'll let you anons know.

>>2786670
Fishing, but I digress.

Burley after venison is one that makes you sleep like bear in winter. Makes the house smell nice, too.

I'm kinda dependent on the weather when I choose something for the day; maybe I'm weird.

>>2787063
Bearblend makes a bunch of herbal blends for smoking and what not. List of all the herbs they use bearblend.com/ingredients/ could be a starting point to select herbs growable in your region and get an idea of what they do smoked. Maybe erowid too?

I wouldn't just pack a pipe full of something without having an idea of dosage and effects. Can't remember which specifically, but I believe most of the ingredients are only small amounts for flavor/effect while there is one major herb primarily used as "filler" for the tobacco alternative smoke

>>2787070
That's a neat place. Thanks. Looks like I already grow a lot of what's on there. For tea, mainly.

As far as dosages go, yeah, you make a fine point. 30 years ago, if you'd have asked, I'd have said "If it burns, it smokes.". Not a smart idea. Need to see if anything can be drank, but not smoked and vice versa. Mugwort was one they carried, good for tea, but bad if you go too much or too often. I wonder how that translates into smoking.

Neat stuff to learn about. Thanks for the info!

>>2774566
Sutliffs 150 Mark Twain

>>2774566
Solani Festival - subtle plum taste, sweet but not artificial. I've tried a few blends from them and they are well balanced. Lots of cavendish in there but still has some stength.

Erinmore flake, and mixture - Light arro with notes of citrus fruit but without any lemon, mostly a virginia blend, very light colour looking like a pure virginia.

>>2774508
Currently on my last morning camping and enjoying a bowl of Fusiler's Ration in my Peterson 305 silver spigot with a strong cup of coffee. Extremely cozy rn. Just wish it didn't have to end.
God bless brothers

Took out the pipe I got a long time ago, haven't smoked a lot, at least nothing in the past 10 years but I was in the mood, old tin of tobacco smelled good but had some mold growing in it so I threw it out.
Then I discovered it's not longer permitted to buy tobacco online in my cuckhole country.

Fuck man, I don't even know any nearby tobacco stores for this stuff. I probably won't be smoking for another while.

>>2788196
You could always just buy a cigar and stick 1/5th or 1/4th or whatever in your pipe.

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>>2788224
>stick 1/5th or 1/4th or whatever in your pipe.
Or the whole thing.

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So I’m sure a lot of you know already, but if you don’t know, Scandinavian Tobacco Group purchased MacBaren and Sutliff about 5 months ago. There were rumors that blends would be changed or discontinued altogether. STG has recently confirmed that Sutliff and MacBaren will begin to slowly dissolve effective immediately with only a select number of blends from each being brought over to STG (probably will fall under the Stokkebye line). Now there’s a good chance that all of our favorites will be kept and hopefully use the same ingredients and that only the less popular MacBaren and Sutliff blends will be discontinued, but I know I’m definitely going to be buying 5 lbs of Sutliff Balkan Sobranie Match within the next month. Just a heads up if you want to stock up on your favorites before they possibly disappear. I simultaneously love a ton of STG blends, but I hate their shitty monopolistic practices. Smfh

>>2788389
Appreciate the information.

I suppose this is all part and parcel of an industry that's in decline.

>>2788389
Sad. On a related note, personally I'm always surprised the market (even worldwide) is big enough to support the hundreds/thousands of blends that are still being produced. Are there more pipe smokers out there than it seems, or do the hobbyists just horde vast quantities of the stuff they like in case of being discontinued?

>>2788567
>Are there more pipe smokers out there than it seems, or do the hobbyists just horde vast quantities of the stuff they like in case of being discontinued?
both
gen z is actually really into pipesmoking apparently
whenever i get to go to a good pipe place, i ask about the usual buyers, and they always say theres a lot of guys around their 20's (and i'm one of them too)
the hobbyist hoarding part is already evident in this thread, lol

I've been an on again off again cigarette smoker for around 15 years now. I'm currently off them. Will this make me want to start smoking cigs again? Or is it a completely different experience?

>>2788574
for some people, its the same as smoking, for others, its totally different; you'll only know until you try
if you are looking to actually quit smoking though, just use vapes, the ones with freebase e-liquid, not those shitty nic-salts you see from disposables

>>2788577
I think I'm mostly a social smoker after I quit drinking. Nowadays I smoke when I'm around others who do, but cigarettes are too expensive for me to want to do it frequently. I like the idea of smoking a pipe inside, next to my fireplace while reading a book this winter (something else I would never do with cigarettes). I Just wonder if the cravings would come back, or if it would be just as expensive. I think I will give it a try and see if it's for me.

>>2788224
Hey, if you're the same anon that recommended that to me way earlier, maybe last thread, thanks. Works real good in a clay. No mustard gas, either, lol. Used mainly filler with just a bit of the leaf wrapper tore up and mixed in. Was way better than I thought it sounded.

Give it a go if you've never tried it, >>2788196
Pretty pleasant experience.

>>2788574
It's different for everyone. I smoked a pack a day of Marlboro Reds for over 20 years. Now I smoke a pipe at most twice a day. Have been for awhile. It kinda put me off cigarettes. I might occasionally still have one, but I'm not happy about it. More of a stop-gap if I'm away for a few days.

If I had a nice pipe with a windcap, and a pouch to keep it from breaking, I'd just not smoke cigarettes. That's probably going to be my Christmas gift, as I've been told to hold off buying one myself.

>>2788574
It's a completely different experience, but I say that as someone who has only ever smoked the occasional cigarette at a party, drunk, in college. Cigarettes taste nasty and tobacco taste good, plus there's a lot more "ritual" and contemplation involved with pipe smoking. Cigarettes are like fast food, and pipes are like a nice sig down gourmet meal.

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>>2788674
Not him, It was I! Now try it with a intact cigar stove-piped on top of a third a bowl of an aromatic like Eileen's Dream or Moontrance. Please forgive the ashy pipe, I was deep in the booze that night.

So any major difference smoking a cigar vs a pipe besides a possible filter?

>>2788709
Hey hey, I even got some Moontrance. Guess I got some experimenting to do!

>>2788961
What do you mean?

pipes
>you have a pipe(s) and all that entails
>can control bowl size or smoke multiple bowls
>much wider variety of blends (and aromatics
>can be as short as 15 min (small bowl) or as long as 1 hour

cigar
>you're in for the whole cigar (cutting doesn't restore initial flavor)
>pretty much an hour minimum
>there are different cigars, but mostly they all taste samey
>no real upkeep, you just smoke the cigar and its done, don't need to clean anything
>if you desire a filter, you can get a meerschaum cigar holder that takes filters

>>2788994
Well I just saw the anons smoking cigars in pipes & just simply saw it as another way to smoke tobacco

>>2789006
Yes. Even a cigar out of a pipe while more similar to a normal cigar experience than a normal pipe experience, still offers some unique nuances. Mostly a cooler, smoother smoke since it's traveling much further, cigar to bowl to stem to mouth.

Pipe tobacco is generally wetter and comes in a larger variety of flavors, natural and artificial. Pipe tobacco is less troublesome while traveling as you don't have to worry about humidity or cracking the wrapper as much. You're pipe also become a comfort item if it's one of your favorites, whereas a cigar is gone, the pipe stays with you for many special moments.

Finally pulled the trigger and bought a cheap cob and a blend from a local shop. The tobacco smells incredible, but the taste while smoking was nearly identical to a cigar. That's not a bad thing, I just expected something very different, which may be a little silly in retrospect. I took the earlier advice of "fill bowl, pack to 1/2, fill bowl, pack to 1/3, fill bowl, gently pack." It lit nicely and went out so I relit and it lasted a little longer. I let it go for a little bit, re-lit and this time tamped a little after lighting. Immediately the smoke warmed and keeping it lit from there felt much more intuitive. I enjoyed it on the porch with a pot of tea. I think this will be an irregular indulgence, especially outside of winter, but I look forward to learning more and enjoying it while /out/.

>>2789067
First light or two is always a char light only. What blend did you pick up?

>>2789067
Try some autumn evening if you want an aromatic with a sweet taste that pairs with the smell

>>2774508
Enjoying a bowl of C&D Mad Fiddler Flake in my little lattice Meerschaum on the back deck after a long day on my feet for almost 10 hours straight. I popped this tin before Hallowe'en and am getting ready to jar it for next year. It's chilly and raining, but here under the eave, I'm dry and cozy.

On another note, I've been thinking about doing a casual kind of Advent calendar thing with a family member. 25 blends in 25 days. If not this year then next year for sure. I've wanted to get one of those cigar Advent calendars, but they're expensive and I'm only an occasional cigar-smoker.
Any suggestions for how to organize it? Maybe:
>week 1: Burleys and ODF blends
>week 2: VAs and VA/Pers
>week 3: English and Balkan
>week 4: Aromatics and seasonal theme blends

>>2789067
In regards to lighting and maintaining a light, I always tell new pipe smokers not to stress about it. I don't even pay attention anymore to how many relights I have to do with a blend unless it becomes a distraction. Same with packing, cadence, tamping, retrohale and lots of other aspects.
If you can name or describe the blend you have, maybe we can suggest something less cigar-like. There are literally hundreds of not thousands of blends that each have their own character, from VA/Pers to Balkans to Lakelands to Aromatics. I'm not a big cigar smoker, but I wouldn't compare any of these to a cigar in flavor, though there are some nice blends that incorporate cigar leaf as well.
Good luck friend, let us know if we can help in any way.

>>2789070
Naming it probably wouldn't be beneficial as I got it from a small local shop without a website. The shop had several in house blends, but it seemed to center more around cigars than pipe tobacco. It smells like it has several key notes but my untrained nose only picks up vanilla so far, and that didn't really come across in the flavor. I certainly don't dislike it.
>>2789085
I will write this down to try.
>>2789090
Thank you for the additional advice. I'm not stressing, because I know I'll get it figured out with experience. I used five matches over the life of the bowl, so I'll probably want to use a lighter in the future. I have the standard bics, and an IMCO 6700, but is there a specific fuel I should be using to not mar the flavor?

>>2789096
I use matches, bics, and a zippo. I only notice a flavor from the zippo out of those three if I've over filled it. 5 lights isn't bad for a bowl, it's usually a couple at the very start and a few at the very end once you're getting down to just ash.