What's /out/ smoking now that spring is finally here?

>>2868476
since the body is able to smell & taste more at higher humidity, i go for more nuanced/special blends that i collected during winter

is there a tobacco you guys would recommend to someone that tend to smoke too fast?

>>2868481
i'd recommend finding a way to constrain the draw, like using a filter, an insert, or a stinger/condenser

>>2868481
Maybe an aromatic. I don't like aromatics that much, but if you smoke aromatics too fast they taste even more like hot air than usual and they can give tongue bite. Maybe also learn the "breath method" and just do solely that for a while.

Breath method is basically you just stick the pipe in your mouth and breath normally. Your tongue sort of acts as a diaphragm and draws the pipe for you anyway.

>>2868481
Flake of any sort will slow you down. Five Brothers doesn't mind being smoked fast and hot.

>>2868476
Englishes are almost complete out for me now! I don’t like em’ with warm weather.
I tend to reach more towards brighter virginias in Spring and Summer—namely chasing that hayey, bready, and/or citrusy profile. Virginias and VaPers. Think Orlik, HH Virginia, Luxury Bullseye, Bayou Morning Flake. Yummy stuff (though today I think I fancy some tart Kentucky so it will probably be jackknife plug getting stuffed into a cob when I get home)

>>2868476
It's almost time to stop smoking anything with a medium or large nic hit.

I’ve noticed that I tend to avoid my plug cut tobaccos, just because the preparation always seems too inconvenient in my head. But every time I actually smoke them it really isn’t too difficult to prepare and smoke and I’m always left wondering why I avoid them.
I need to get over this silly little mental barrier

G.L. Pease blends really are impressively good, and represent some of the best quality leaf that comes out of the cornell & diehl factory. I think GLP even beats out the new Per G. Jensen line through c&d

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>>2868595
I'm slowly learning some of the stuff that was common knowledge 150 years ago.

>>2868476
White Elephant Sahara. It's fine, but nothing beats Rattrey's Union Jack IMO.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but aromatics are so gay and gross. Are you going to paint your nails after you smoke your goopy cherry vanilla maple hazelnut chocolate 0% nicotine blend? Put another ladder on the back of your jeep with ducks across the dash board?

>>2868677
have you only had cherry / chocolate / cheapo aromatics?

>>2868677
Once in a while it's a nice change of pace. They aren't all goop.

Does anyone have any recommendations for some OTC codger blends?
I have half & half, which I quite enjoy every now and then. Trying to decide between getting a tub of Carter Hall or Prince Albert.

>>2868715
carter hall is heavy on burley, and while prince albert is also seen as a burley, it has black cavendish in it, so it really depends on what you're into

>>2868715
I could smoke Carter Hall all day.

Started putting ground up poppy seeds in with along with my bac. Hooooooly shiiiiiiiit bros.

>>2868747
Is it just a nutty flavor or is there actually any meaningful amount of alkaloids leftover to feel something?
Any claims of euphoria from this is probably just explained as a placebo. Still though, I love poppy seed

>>2868677
I don't like aromatics just because I don't like them that much. Carter Hall type aromatics is the most I can really tolerate as being smokeable. Even something like C&D's Bijou is just too much aromatic for me even though I really wanted to like it. You need to smoke them way too slowly to get them to taste like anything other than just hot air.

Though I will say, a cigar shop I went to while sort of out of town (hours away) had this house blend that was kind of like a kitchen sink blend. Perique, Latakia, Burley, I'm sure Virginia, Black Cavendish, etc. Just kinda everything, and it was topped with some light chocolate flavor. That was an aromatic that I could easily see myself smoking, but it's just too far away to go get and I haven't found that blend online anywhere. It was like 90% cigar and vapes so I have a hard time believing it was genuinely a house blend, but it might have been.

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>>2868747
don't do it again or you'll become addicted to polish pastries
>>2868761
you can get high off it, so long as its the correct poppy variety
in fact, even half of a dried poppy pod has killed a guy after they made a tea out of it

>>2868795
This is making my mouth water. I love poppy seeds UGH. In addition to tasting great in pastries and muffins and overnight oats - I went through a phase where I considered making unwashed poppy tea. I never considered grinding & smoking them, though. Would you be able to do it with regular ol’ poppy seeds obtained from a grocery store spice aisle? Or do you need more virginal unwashed home-grown ones. In minecraft; this is all about the hypothetical efficacy

>>2868797
if its "breadseed poppy" (papaver somniferum), yeah, you can do it
some people will buy a shaker of seeds & make a tea out of it for pain, but the pod itself is where you can really get the power out of

the biggest issue is that you don't know how much it actually has though, so you can pretty easily kill yourself if you're abusing it (well, that and the fact its extremely addictive, since its literally just opium)
smoking it would definitely be the most dangerous way, since you'd have basically no time to tell if you're starting to overdose, along with the specific method being more addictive too

have someone here tried to replace these rubber clenchers by some rope or a nylon line?
i want to be hand free but i don't want to chew too much on the stem itself, and do so without buying something on the web since i'm away, hence repurposing some line or similar

>>2869095
Silicone straws work.

I love coin cuts so much it’s unreal. Very whimsical, fun to stuff or rub out. Beautiful presentation.
Very euphoric when you get a new shipment of de luxe navy rolls or LBF and see all those stacked coins

I’m on the hunt for the new “definitive” pure virginia. It’s such a shame I can’t just go out and get HH Pure VA.
C&D’s opening night is close but still not a good match

>>2869751
Have you tried Yorktown?

>>2869773
Nope. I think my next purchase will be Union Square. Though I also have a cellared tin of peterson royal yacht with like 5 years of age on it that I need to pop open first

>>2869751
I would pay $50 USD for a tin of Ilsteds Own Golden Flake.
As far as I’m aware it’s only available on the European market. But it’s supposed to be close to HH Va

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just spotted a baby snapping turtle in my yard (pipe for scale)
i'm surprised i saw it, its so small, but pretty quick for what its worth

>>2870057
>but pretty quick for what its worth
my grandparents had an hermann tortoise as a pet, little bastard ran surprisingly fast
also nice pipe, arn't these chunky pipes unpractical?

>>2870058
its a great sitter, i like the thick walls, and it fits well enough in the hand too; so i can't complain

It was asked in the last thread but I already forgor the answers: charcoal, meerscham, or balsa filters? I have a bunch of 9mm pipes but never use filters. Recently saw a discussion of a guy claiming his vaun dr perl filters give him better Virginia smoking sessions by killing the tongue bite. I’m interested in snagging some

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What's the consensus on brair vs pear wood? I've enjoyed cigars for a while and want to dabble into pipes. Looking at the No. 25 Kaiser from Mr. Brog and a Retro Brair Smooth Apple. I've heard that pear heats too quickly/adds a fruity taste.

>>2870093
get charcoal, they're cheap & work just fine
if you're not used to filters, they'd suit you best anyway, as something like meer & balsa will have a learning curve / expectations they can't fill
>>2870139
theres plenty of people who like pear wood pipes even after having briar, so i don't see why you shouldn't at least try it

>>2870142
I can find briars everywhere, is there any other suppliers or reputable brands for pear wood other than Brog? Also is there any other woods I should keep my eye out for?

>>2870144
theres cherry, olive, and bog oak, but they all burn easily compared to briar
again, no reason not to get them, just can't smoke them too hard or anything like that

>>2870144
You could always give a corncob a go if you're new and looking for something cheap and easily sourceable, a lot of people swear by them, they'll also impart a kettle corn flavor to most tobaccos which is often nice. If you're a cigar enjoyer, stay away from aromatics until you know them by reputation.

>>2870150
Apologies, I read can as can't. I thought you were in some shithole.

>>2870150
>they'll also impart a kettle corn flavor to most tobaccos
i have never experienced this before
all my cobs have basically no taste at all, besides when the wood stem insert gets charred, which simply tastes of wood

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i am exited to announced that i just spotted another turtle

>>2870173
what place got that many wild turtles around?

>>2870178
tennessee
nice an humid here, i love it

>>2870173
A most welcome development

>>2870181
i'm kinda jealous, here most of our turtles have disappeared

has anyone else noticed their clay pipes gain an extremely pleasant, sweet & nutty taste with continued usage?

Sometimes you just have a bad smoke.
Beautiful day, wind didn’t look too crazy on the weather app, busted out my tin of salty dogs that I save for special occasions. Supposed to be a delectable evening on paper…
Ended up with a breeze JUST consistent enough to blow over the pipe and scatter the baccy on my charring light. Then it just billowed my pipe too much and the whole smoke was too hot and my tongue got burned and I couldn’t taste a thing. Wind cap didn’t help, just caused my pipe to keep going out. Can’t win em all.

>>2870337
to win against wind, you need to tamp accordingly, which i do by tamping harder than i normally would
plus, wind can be useful as it keeps air flowing to cool the pipe's walls, while also allowing fewer relights

i am frequently on drives with the window all the way down, and have actually gotten 2 hours out of a smoke on one of them

>>2870341
Yeah I find I can have successful blustery smokes with tall/skinny chambers. Corncobs, especially.
Unfortunately I packed today’s blend in a squat and short briar–one of my smaller pipes–to try and use as little salty dogs as possible considering the hefty price. Nature said “not so fast, have some wind!”

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>>2868475
Fuco me, I did it AGAIN
I still might try to fix it with ceramic glue again since it held up pretty well before when I'm not being retarded and careless

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>>2868476
Enjoying a bowl of Crooner in my little (non-broken) clay

>>2868715
I'm a Prince Albert guy if I'm going OTC blends. But that's probably because it's what my grandfather smoked

This isn't healthy, you know. Stop committing slow suicide.

>>2870484
how about you go outside and try convincing people that in person?
it would be much more convincing for them to see somebody who is actually there & cares about them, than a random comment on a mongolian basket weaving forum

>>2870484
Pipe tobacco is mostly harmless.

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This stuff is tits can anybody recommend something similar or perhaps somewhere to branch out towards? Still pretty new to all of this.

>>2870492
Try Balkan Sasieni.

>>2870494
Please don't, I ended up mixing the only tin of that I've ever bought with ryo tobacco and smoking it in cigarettes it was that bad.
Ashtons artisans blend is much nicer for a similar price.

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>>2870484
Don't drink alcohol. Don't eat processed meat. Don't eat refined sugar. Don't live near a factory, highway, farm, or golf course. Don't get too much sun exposure. Don't stare at screens for too long. Don't consume anything packaged in plastic. Don't eat anything that isn't organic, free-range, non-GMO, and hormone-free. Don't spend too much time in basements or stone buildings. Don't fly in airplanes. Don't live at high altitudes. Don't drive on the highway. Don't have sex.
Don't you want to live forever?

>>2870492
GLPease Gaslight

Been sitting on a tin of C&D Red Carpet for so long. Was hoping it would blow my socks off and be some sort of cheaper Escudo.
It was so mid and meh. Nothing special.

I'd like to try smoking a pipe and wondering what tobacco would be right if I'm the kind of person that loves a nice strong yet smooth cup of french press french roast coffee or 90% dark chocolate with a heavy cabernet. I don't know if there's some similarity between food and smoke strengths and I just don't want a bad first experience

>>2870671
I always smoke Pegasus when I want a chocolate experience, granted it doesn't exactly taste like burnt beans, you could probably add something like perique if you'd like to darken the taste and increase your nicotine hit. I think I may actually try this now.

>>2870671
Peterson Nightcap sounds up your alley

I added two pinches of perique, just enough to add two flat layers, it could probably only do with one. It has the taste of a very rich dark coffee, a creamier haunted bookshop.

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absolutely loving this rossi canadian, being able to effortlessly take off the stem is great
super cool smoking too, especially with a breeze passing by

>>2870671
Orlik Golden Sliced and Peterson Nightcap are enough to expose you to classic, beginner-friendly, (and downright some of the best) pipe tobacco out there.

>>2870671
Boswell Northwoods is a hidden gem of English blends: https://boswellpipes.com/product/boswell-northwoods/

Smoking a pipe sounds fun but I don't want to become addicted

>>2870824
Pipe smoking is less addicting than coffee, honestly

VaPers are so good it’s unreal

>>2870824
nicotine addiction isn't really an issue, but buying more pipes? now that is an addiction you can't break

>>2870875
Trvke

Pipe cleaners. Usually I get whatever a local shop is selling. When restocking online, should I go for the branded peterson (or) white elephant ones? Bristles? No bristles? Extra absorbent. Tapered/conical… too many choices

>>2870884
i get Lova soft bristles off amazon for cheap, they're just standard cotton ones
i also get the extra long JB Long brand for my churchwarden pipes, since they're thinner & of course longer

i try to avoid the cheapo-crafts ones because i don't need to be smoking plastic filaments, but some pipes are so thinly drilled that they're needed (along with them being good for extremely dirty estate pipes)

the main thing is getting what fits though, as i've gotten some premium ones that were way too thick to use on my older pipes

>>2870884
the cheap option, i got some with bristles but i'm not sure it's actually usefull
conical always, i use the thin end in the stem, the thick end in the other part, snip away the dirty part with a wire cutter and reuse it once or twice
of course don't take the craft ones, take actual pipe stuff

how necessary are filters? how harsh is the smoke without one, especially for a beginner? does it change the flavor at all?

>>2870974
There’s some nuance at play.
Necessary? No.
Does it alter the flavor? Mehhhh. All a meerschaum or balsa wood filter is looking to do is just soak up the steam and heated moisture to deliver a dryer, mediated smoke that won’t bite your tongue with a hot steam burn. A charcoal filter will do a little more to actually absorb some volatile organic compounds and also presumably shift the pH a little bit. So there is some flavor alteration happening here on paper. But that being said, I’ve seen people claim that even a charcoal filter is still a minimal change to the overall nuances of flavor. And if anything might help you enjoy flavors by umpiring an otherwise bitey blend to not be so harsh.

For beginners it’s probably a little better because you’re likely going to have a tendency to puff all of your smokes like a freight train and risk tongue bite over and over again as you learn to pace yourself and your pipeweed.

But personally? I strictly smoke without them. I have a number of 9mm pipes but I just pack and smoke em’ without a filter. That being said: I have been on a straight virginia tear recently—which unfortunately has raped the side of my tongue a few times, even with a slow and paced smoke. I have meerschaum & charcoal filters in my online cart right now so hopefully I can share some future experiences soon. And i’ve had a few smokes with the Savinelli balsa filters and have noticed it at least keeps a blend certainly more dry (but nonetheless I still got gurgling and needed to shove a pipe cleaner down the stem anyways so I stopped bothering with the balsas)
But hopefully what I have to share so far is a little helpful.

>>2870974
totally unnecessary, but some blends are just nice to have one with
their biggest use is moisture control

Kajun Kake smells weird, like it has some sort of cheap vanilla or perhaps deertongue addition. Yet I have never seen this discussed anywhere online.

alright, everyone had been awesome answering my questions and you've all been a good help so far, I just have one more. has anyone tried whitluck's pipe on amazon? I've looked into it and there was a reddit post discussing it over a video of a good review by muttonchop piper but it feels ambivalent. is it safe at least? like, has anyone tried it and tasted any weird flavors from factory chemicals, that sort of thing

>>2871063
Im sure it’s fine but what about the brand attracts you, specifically? There are other budget brands out there with good options

>>2871087
it's just cheap, and apparently smokes well while not getting hot in the hand according to the video

>>2871063
>>2871092
if you're looking for cheap, get an actual on-brand pipe, like grabow, old german clay, molina, brulor, brigham, et cetera
the whitluck is just a garbage weed pipe, its got screens

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I am trying to find someone selling vintage blends luke frog morton, Mcclellands or Sutliff but it seems the buy sell and trade on this stuff is incredibly secret. Does anyone have a place they go online for buy sell and trade for pipes and old cellared blends???

>>2871140
tinbids
Be warned: it can get fierce and dirty. It’s not uncommon for blends to quickly shoot up to the $200-300 price range by a bunch of jackass sellers and plutocrat users with auto-bidding. Like literally the second you place a bid on something you want, someone will automatically outbid you and you’ll never win.
Better to sort by “auctions ending soon” or “buy it now” so you actually have a chance at blends that have gone a little overlooked and are quietly waiting to get snatched up.
Oh also the website has a gay ass options for sellers to automatically void any action if it never goes above a certain price. E.g. one time I sat around for like 20 days praying and hoping I held this cheap $20 bid on a tin of c&d small batch carolina red flake. The auction ended with me as the winner, but I got an email saying yeah the seller wanted a minimum of $50 and was hoping he got more bids, therefore the entire auction is terminated and I can go fuck myself.
But yes there you go—welcome to the world of tinbids. Your only other choice, really, is to visit local brick-and-mortar stores in person if you’re ever visiting other towns and hoping the have some cool stuff stashed up in a display cabinet.

>>2871142
Sounds alot like Gun Broker, im used to this

>smoking a pipe will give you cancer
>"No that's just government bullshit"
Are you retarded?
If you enjoy smoking go ahead and do it, but don't pretend it is good in any way.

>>2871253
I smoke with good intentions and a pure heart, so it is indeed harmless.
Yeah I mean if you’re puffing away like crazy and constantly burn your mouth, pair with a highly distilled spirit that strips your mouth mucus, inhale the smoke into your lungs carelessly, neglect your toothbrush, etc., it’s going to be bad. But if you smoke responsibly with high quality leaf? It’s nowhere near as bad as modern cigarettes and falls closer to the [almost] harmless side of the gradient. Too much red meat is bad, too much alcohol is bad. This is a world of carnal pleasures and temptations and, ultimately, death. Have some fun every now and then, God gave us some gifts to enjoy in moderation.

Thoughts on pre-cutting a plug into slices/flakes? Obviously if I’m long-term cellaring a blend for like 2, 3… 5+ years I would just keep it in plug form in the original unopened tin.
But once a tin has been cracked and I have a glass mason jar to transfer the tobacco into, do you think it’s fine to take my plug and just slice it up for the sake of convenience?

>>2871289
if you do, go the cube-cut route
any thinner or thicker and it'll smoke like shit

>>2871009
That's weird, I don't get any sort of topping smell or flavoring, just a vaper smell and sweetened Cavendish flavor. I went to smell my jar of KK then realized that I'd doused it with rum so cannot confirm.

I forgot to post this a few weeks ago, but if one of you were the fat fuck smoking a pipe at Tahquamenon Falls on Memorial Day please lose some weight and have some respect

>>2871441
Lol but also who cares

>>2871441
Kill yourself.

>>2871497
lol was it you?

>>2871524
No, I just think you're a fag and probably a zoomer for caring so deeply about another man's appearance.

I used to be OBSESSED with VaPerOs. It’s all I smoked. I had a love life with orientals and thought it represented the pinnacle of blending.
Now? I think they’re so boring and gimmicky. Mostly just hot air. Get those orientals OUT

>>2871641
What do you smoke now?

>>2871683
Virginias and vapers almost exclusively. Half my cellar is made up of english blends but I don’t really touch latakia unless it’s cold outside (I live on the gulf coast so that’s almost never)
I don’t like burley or aromatic blends, especially the cheap c&d ones.
And I love a good dark fired kentucky blend, but it’s more gimmicky than anything else so that’s usually only thrown in my rotation once in a while

>>2870824
>>2870846
This is also what I say. A daily coffee is much more addictive than 1 or 2 bowls of pipe tobacco per day. Personally, I don't even really feel "addicted" at all when I'm smoking 1 bowl per day, but if I've been smoking 2 bowls per day for a while, I do get some cravings if I then decide to just go a day without smoking. But once you're over the hurdle of the cravings, it goes away. And I kinda think the cravings can feel kinda good sometimes.

So yeah, I really think coffee is more addictive than 1-2 pipes per day.
And compared to tobacco snuff, pipe tobacco is nothing. I think snuff is extremely easy to get addicted to and hard to quit.

>>2871694
What does "gimmicky" mean in this context?

>>2871716
perhaps I overused the phrase. With VaperOs: by gimmicky I meant it’s kinda just a lazy way to be like
>ooooh look we have a vaper but now it’s a little spiiiicy!
With kentucky blends: by gimmicky I meant kentucky isn’t really a daily driver, its more of a delicious condiment that can be enjoyed from time to time

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some anons asked in previous threads about 9mm filters, and i said i was gonna do some tests, so heres the results of which
hopefully it may be useful to you all

>>2871816
Very nice, thanks

>>2871816
that's very nice
i wouldn't know because i only use condensers, but can you dry and reuse the balsa?

>>2871851
trying to wash it would just make it start to mold with time, and that'd be pretty bad to try smoking mold / leaving it in your pipe

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>>2871140

Received a nice little blessing today in the form of a few ounces of a 10+ year old batch of McClelland's. No idea which blend this is, but it's definitely some kind of red Virginia. Tried it for the first time on a beautiful stroll along the creek. The rumors are true, this stuff is pretty damn good. A little bit sweet and a little bit smokey, and it definitely has that legendary ketchup/vinegar thing going on, which somehow works. Just a little bit of tang. This stuff is strong too!

That said, I'm primarily a virgina smoker, and there's plenty of great Virginias out there. It's too bad they laid up their hat (those frog Morton tins are adorable just for the art), but don't think you're missing out if you've never had it.

Christened a cheap little Italian poker with it, and it's a great little smoker. Bonus chick tract, all about the fall from eden and the temptation of sin.

>>2871960
>and it definitely has that legendary ketchup/vinegar thing going on
Wait, is that an actual real thing?

I bought some "Jackpot" from smokingpipes the last time I ordered because it was like $1/oz and I thought it was so weird because it smelled like ketchup, and it even kinda smokes like a ketchup. It's not ketchup all the way through, like sometimes the ketchup fades out and it's not so bad, but I can't help but feel like I'm smoking some fastfood which is so weird and is why I've only smoked like 3 bowls of it since I got it last year.

I didn't know it was trying to emulate a flavor (or maybe it actually has that flavor in there), but to me that's a really weird flavor for tobacco.

>>2871969
Some blenders add a little vinegar in their casing mixture, combined with the sugars from tobacco leaf this is essentially a ketchup-like concoction in and of itself. I’ve also heard through the grapevine that McClelland did some special canning process involving leaving extra oxygen in the tin for an extended fermentation process (or perhaps it was the opposite? Canning in lower oxygen to speed up anaerobic fermentation?) the result of which was more of that ketchupy smell

To the anon in the last thread that said to just trust the process when trying fold-and-stuff…
You’re right. I’ve been putting this off for years. Finally yesterday I tried it with a coin cut. Today with a flake. Wow. It’s easy to pack, it expands and steadily burns slow and cool. And it’s so flavorful.

Just tried Seattle Pipe Club's Plum Pudding. I've had the tin for 4 years. I had forgotten I opened it 2 years ago and it had dried out completely. I rehydrated it a couple months ago but only tried it for the first time today. It was fantastic. The flavor was mild, a little peppery with occasional hints of cinnamon. It stayed lit the whole time and burned well. No tongue bite. It's the first time in years I've had a blend like this, I've mostly been smoking some bulk aromatics I need to go through. I forgot how good pipe tobacco can be. The aromatics I've been smoking are garbage compared to this.

>>2872021
last time i had that, i absolutely hated it, tasted like i was smoking tyre
i wonder if i should take it out it's mason jar and try it again, now that i've started coming around to english blends
or maybe even take a chunk out & leave it to age in the open

>>2872137
NTA but yes, do it. I rarely smoke latakia (and I especially stray far from ever buying or smoking “kitchen sink blends” with a million different components) but Plum Pudding is one that is just so special and worth it.

>summer
>pipe at ambient temp isn't cooled enough to pull out the stem for cleaning

>>2872537
you sure it not the humidity?
just give the tenon a little beeswax & it shouldn't get stuck

>>2872700
yeah, it's just an old pipe with a tight fit and it's hot as balls

Mr. Eric Stokkebye must be stuffing crack in his pipe the way he’s pricing this new Black Dot bulk blend at $17

>>2872855
Tobacco never gets cheaper. Costs are up at every step of the supply chain.
Stock up early.

>>2872865
This. I'm not sure if pipe tobacco is worth growing yourself but you should definitely grow cigar leaves, those are expensive.

>>2872855
at least you're not in one of these countries that overtax it

>>2872865
>>2872878
From a purchasing power standpoint, does it make the most sense to just stock up now on blends? Especially already-expensive offerings like Capstan, De Luxe Navy Rolls, etc.? I can only imagine if I wait to do it these tins might start approaching $30, $35+ just for two measly ounces.
I guess it’s better to just bite the bullet up front and buy everything as early as possible (plus age will only make them better)

>>2872879
If you have the cellar space and can afford it, why not?

>>2872879
>From a purchasing power standpoint
I watched a YouTube review of some tobacco I was potentially interested in, and it was only from like 2018 or something, basically immediately before covid but not really that long ago in the grand scheme aside from that, and he was talking about tins being $7, which is an insane concept for me to even think about given that I only started smoking post-covid.

As another anon (and everyone) has said, tobacco never gets cheaper. Really, nothing ever gets cheaper, number only go up, but with tobacco you can at least store the number and as long as you do a good job at that, your experience of the tobacco might even improve by having done that. Then there's the fact that blends and companies disappear all the time nowadays. Even since I have been smoking, I order tobacco maybe about twice per year, and every time I do so, the favorites that I reorder are always more expensive than they were on my previous order. Seems like every time there is a sale nowadays, the "sale" is just what the price was the last time I ordered, and the number just keeps going up.

>>2868715
New pipesmin here. I went in blind and got Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey. I can puff it but its meh. Picked up some Sir Walter Raleigh today and like it much more. Puffing it out of a merschaum legend. Like i said im like a week in

>>2873027
SWR and a corncob is a good way to start, it's a classic for a reason and codger blends are a solid baseline. It will only get better from there.

>>2873027
Meerschaum are great but a little pricy, interesting choice for a first pipe. If you take care of it it will last you the rest of your life and wont ghost flavors. I'd recommend trying A VaPer or an English blend next. Maybe something like Elizabethan Mixture or My Mixture 965.

>>2873074
NTA but I think he meant *missouri* meerschaum legend, i.e. a cob

>>2873074
>>2873083
MM is still an interesting choice, shows you did a bit of homework instead of grabbing a gas station special or burning a hole through grandpa's briar.

>>2873074
Will take you up on the recommendations. I am trying to avoid my natural inclination to go full tilt into a new interest and take my time with this. Kind "earn" my modest upgrades.

>>2873087
Yes it is a MM. I honestly went in to a little local tobacco store (rural Appalachian foothills) and just held/looked at what they had. I also picked up a MM country gentleman because I read that rotation is good. These felt/look good, had different bowl types and stem types, figured that was good for slow gradual learning. I went with SWR because I read William Faulkner smoked it and I like Faulkner, but also Faulkner was good friends with the esteemed, late Shelby Foote. Im trying my level best to have this journey unfold like an old story. Not to worry so much about pedigree (it does matter tho) and to focus on what the experience and stories are. What a great thread. Thank you.

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since we talked about lighters last thread i went through another bic and got tired of having plastic junk, and since i'm cheap i didn't want to shell money at a zippo, so i fund for cheap old fuel lighters, an actual ww1 era lighter and a small promotional lighter from the 60s that fit my travel kit

It’s been windy as fuck the last week and a half and I can’t get a call smoke in without burning my pipe red hot. Oh and the wasps flying around me and the max humidity and the 100° weather…. It’s pissing me off. I wish I had a sun room for smoking and a new job and a new life.

>>2873225
grab a cob with a tall chamber

It feels much less comfy to smoke in public now than it did even 10 years ago.

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Curious to see if anyone else has done the funny noodle press plugs before? First time trying it. this is just 2oz of haunted bookshop per plug, pressed for 5 days, they're visually pleasing and smell faintly of cherry chocoalte and plum. Excited to try.

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cheers to this foresta's first smoke, with some nightcap to start

>>2873208
nice, i've been getting more into zippo's / liquid fuel lighters myself now
while i love my hemp wick, i've started to come to think that a little more heat is needed on some blends, its very pick & choose
i'd use matches more if not for the fact they're so low quality now, every damn one snaps in half when trying to light, and every igniter strip goes to shit after a bit
>>2873488
i guess its regional, as i've had people come up and say they haven't seen anyone smoke a pipe in years, and that its nice to see it again
>>2873496
seems interesting, i imagine it'd store in a jar better than the rectangles

>>2873760
>i'd use matches more if not for the fact they're so low quality now, every damn one snaps in half when trying to light, and every igniter strip goes to shit after a bit
yeah what the fuck is up with that, matches weren’t like that when i was younger

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Have you ever tried a kiseru pipe? I always thought that there's no way they were created for tobacco, they look like something you'd smoke opium out of.

>>2873809
well it got a very simple construction so i guess it work for both, i'm no opium expert but is suppose it work in a clay pipe as well
the chinese made water pipes that looked like teapots and smoked both tobacco and opium in it, these are interesting as well

>>2873790
i grew up in the 2000's, and even then the matches were better than now
i recently dealt with some 70+ year old matches too, and the wood was still good quality (they're obviously nonfunctional though)

Always after smoking I dump the ash, run a pipe cleaner down from the stem and up into the bottom of the bowl. I’ll then fold that pipe cleaner in half and do a little ream around the inside of the bowl.
I don’t really like taking the stem apart, even an hour or two after smoking I usually just let the pipe chill.
I TRY to then take the stem apart and do another “deeper clean” with another clean pipe cleaner—especially important for a system pipe where gunk has gotten up into the moisture catch basin and bc my pipe cleaner can’t make it to the bowl in a system pipe. But sometimes I neglect this second “deep clean” and let the pipe sit a couple of days before finally cleaning it and putting it back on my stand.
I hope I’m not damaging my pipes by neglecting to fully clean them. Also; I’ve never used a pipe sweetener or other product to do a clean. How does that work? I’d like to get a bottle of Everclear and use that; but how much do I use? Do I soak a pipe cleaner in the ethanol, or just use a sparing amount? Does everclear completely destroy a built-up cake layer, or is it really more for just getting the topmost sour layer out?
Let me know any tips on cleaning you’ve found useful over the years

>>2873969
you really should clean the stem & shank if you can (at least every couple smokes, but its best every time)
theres gonna be build up if you don't, and eventually lock that stem in place & form a blockage, and start smelling funky along with smoking like garbage
at worst, it can crack the pipe itself when expanding with the heat & moisture

pipe sweetener is just alcohol with something added to it most of the time, not needed
to use everclear / alcohol, you just dip the tip of a pipe cleaner in it; its not really required though, and i only use it every now & then
it doesn't destroy the layer either, its comparable to water, but just dries way faster

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>>2873809
>Have you ever tried a kiseru pipe?
I bought one at the Tobacco & Salt Museum in Tokyo. Would recommend.

>>2873974
Awesome, thank you

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Grow tobacco

>>2873984
What determines when you know it’s time to harvest? And what do you do with the leaves after harvesting?
It’s looking good

>>2873984
Do you have some tool for the shredding part? I know at least you can cure burley by just letting it hang in a barn and no tool involved

>>2873984
What species of tobacco?

>>2874036
The oldest kind

>>2874037
looks only a month or two old to me

A guy I met used to take his pipe and baccy when scuba diving and had a favourite underwater coastal cave with an air pocket he'd pop up in and have a smoke in.

>>2873809
the tobacco is impossible to get outside of glorious nippon, illegal to ship internationally so need to either know a local or visit yourself

so i'm might be in amsterdam soonish, is there any address or special tobacco i should know about i can get there?

>>2873809
I've owned a kiseru since 2018. I should smoke it more often. I stocked up on kizami tobacco years ago and still have plenty in my stash

>>2873809
>I always thought that there's no way they were created for tobacco
they're traditionally small on account of the cost of tobacco at the time (along with actually evolving from incense burners)
to make their money's worth they'd slice the tobacco equivalent to hair, then pack it dense into the bowl, which allowed it to last longer
over time, the bowls got larger as tobacco became more common, and eventually they became relics of the pass only old people & aficionados would use (as they stopped being true kiserus, only in name (since kiseru literally means tobacco pipe))

i'm gonna be visiting the new york buffalo area very soon, any of you know a good pipe store / pipe-friendly cigar shop there?

>>2874537
The best (and cheapest) tobacco in NY comes from the reservations, take a trip down to visit the Seneca

>>2874844
NTA but on that note has anyone ever gone down to St. James parish in Louisiana? Are there ways to pop in and visit any of the perique farms? I’d love to go down and see some louisiana tobacco growing and barrel fermenting

>>2873976
>Tobacco & Salt Museum in Tokyo
On the face of it, it doesn't sound too interesting.

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This my first time growing tobacco.
That's 10 days between pics, they're really taking off now

>>2873994
When the leaf is starting to turn yellow appearantly

>>2873995
I have no tools as of yet. You can cure pretty much anything in a barn if you harvest at the right time. Virginia just takes an extra fermenting step, or alternatively cure it for over a year. You can quite easily make a press and turn the tobacco into flake.

>>2874036
That particular patch is a type of havana cigar leaf. I also have a virginia and burley patch.

>>2874880
Beautiful. I’ve heard it said that growing your own delivers the best taste.

>>2874880
>Virginia just takes an extra fermenting step, or alternatively cure it for over a year
elaborate one that please

apparently the dunhill blends that got bought by peterson are no longer available in france, all i could find was a tin of my mixture at 40 fucking euros, so about $45
so i'm not sure if it's my stupid ass country, peterson, or the factories being closed in danemark that's fucking me over
i quite liked early morning pipe with my coffee

>>2875135
I think the prices of pipe tobacco are going up all over the EU, in my country it doubled since 2022.

>>2875156
tho on top of the price hike we don't get as much choices
this suck twice
i'll need one of these scheme where people buy shit in spain where it's cheaper

>>2875159
We're reaching the end of eras. Lots of major reforms will happen by 2030 here in the EU like no new diesel cars for example, so it wouldn't surprise me if tobacco was banned all throughout the EU.

>>2875063
Mind that this my first tobacco crop and anything i say comes from what i read online. There's a harshness to Virginia, which is why it requires more ageing to mellow out. Fermenting speeds up the proces.

>>2875244
Buy seeds while you still can

>>2875260
seeds have a shelf life too, so you need to produce them as well

>>2875297
>seeds have a shelf life too
Not if you freeze them! I know from my stoner friends that one of them used frozen cannabis seeds from 2012 and most of them grew.

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>>2874537 cont'd
went to buffalo, ended up seeing a nice place between an Italian restaurant & indian restaurant (i didn't eat though)
they had a pretty alright selection of pipes & pipe tobacco for a cigar-primary store
they also had a type of balsa filter i've never seen, along with a falcon coolway & la rocca pipes

What do yall nwords think about sunbear or toscano puccini? Are they good enough that I should pick them up?

I hate this dumb ass streetwear-style drop nonsense, but I am convinced that 8state burley and carolina red flake are really good, so maybe they are reserving some special tobacco for the small batch drops.

I know this sounds rather autistic but I really am tired of getting tongue burn
Would the lowest intermission between full puffs be five seconds?
Usually I play while smoking so it is a little difficult to have the introspective pipe hold and tasting so it ends up being a lot of sips consecutively

>>2876018
are you sure its burn or is it bite?

if you're actually burning your tongue, you need to set the pipe down immediately

if its bite, thats both the tobacco (the tobacco is an acrid blend, deceptive or no) &/or the temp (you're overheating the tobacco itself, not the pipe per se)
to fix bite, either smoke a filtered pipe with said tobacco, or just get used to it

>>2876018
Trying changing your cadence lower than 1 puff every 5 sec. It's not gonna go out, you might still be hitting it too hard. If you are playing vidya while smoking, it's probably hard to go lower cuz you are fully occupied with both hands and your face with playing, and then trying to smoke on top of that.

The stuff that clicked for me was what literally everyone says, try sipping it slowly. Also, using breath method.

These days, for me, I'm always reading while smoking, so it's like <puff> read a paragraph or two <puff> keep reading and set the pipe down, pick it up <puff>. I'll usually go for like 60-90 min and not finish a bowl. I'm not trying to get a nic fix, I'm just chilling.

>>2876018
i'll add to what other said that having a drink on the side also help, plain water always work, fancier stuff will depend on what you smoke

>>2876019
Sorry, yes you are right, it is tongue bite
The main problem is that I am in a sunken cost situation as all the pipes with the exception of the ayyyyyyy lmao pipe (Vauen UFO that I got for the bit but only provides a cigarette lenght smoke) and the dry system one, it's all filterless pipes
I am adapting somewhat with the use of the biotene mouthwash but as always, probably not healthy to constantly feel pain
I do, however, believe it is the temperature as it's usually worse when I use the clay pipe

>>2876022
Cheers, I will try the slower sip, and create the equivalent of paragraphs or rhythms, it's not like I am playing anything intensive anyway
I am not really afraid of making it shorter as my smokes usually last by how tight I pack the pipe, and even with the current rate, they last 60~90 minutes

>>2876024
Usually have a chilled soda on the side

>>2876018
I second the breath method. And a cold drink on the side.

Most of my breathing during a pipe smoke is with my nose, as my pipe is sealed tightly between my lips. The act of calmly breathing in and out with your nose creates a minute pressure difference in the mouth that calmly bellows your ember back and forth. You should see smoke softly rise out of the pipe as you “push” on the ember with a nose exhale, and then calmly draw juuuuust a little smoke up through your pipe and into your mouth with a nose inhale.

Then after a while of this I’ll commit and do two or three real puffs on the pipe, then go back to nose breathing and those soft incidental puffs.

Practice this and see if it helps. Also make sure to focus on your packing, and drying your tobacco if it’s too goopy or moist from the tin. But these are really secondary—breathing control is 90% of the issue for me when I kept burning my tongue as I was learning and chugging my pipe too hot and too fast

>>2876018
>>2876029
Are you smoking a goopy aromatic or something with a lot of cavendish?

>>2876029
$7 cob takes grabow filters, so if you can't front $7 + another $5 (for 30 filters), then pipe smoking isn't your hobby
also try tamping your pipe harder, it'll keep the temp down a bit

>>2876032
Cheers, will try

>>2876033
I'm on a latakia bend at the moment and usually have the tobacco dry for about 15 minutes

>>2876112
I already have a cob but it's gathering dust, they don't do grabow around these parts but apparently medici are pretty much the same and i can find them

>>2876127
>medico
they're paper, sure, but they are just a tube. grabow filters have a shredded infill
you can just buy the grabow ones online. i wouldn't bother with the medico ones, as they're a waste of money

>>2876029
>even with the current rate, they last 60~90 minutes
I honestly don't know how you're getting tongue bite this badly out of a 60-90 minute bowl unless it's the tobacco (or something with your personal mouth).

That's my 2 cents. 60-90 minutes is plenty slow enough cadence to not be experiencing severe tongue bite, unless you're doing something weird like puffing like a freight train for a bit, setting the pipe down for 10 minutes, and then lighting it back up and puffing at it like a freight train again.

>>2876022
>>2876032
Yeah, these method are much better, there have not been had any issues, not even with the clay

>>2876226
I pack them like diamonds and breathe in like a sprinter [spoiler]I occasionally also add some more after it dies or use the smaller meerschaum after finishing the first[/spoiler]

>>2876231
>I occasionally also add some more after it dies
don't do that

>>2876231
>pack them like diamonds and breathe in like a sprinter
don't do that either

I ordered a sample of Ennerdale probably around 2 years ago now. I believe it was October/November, around the time it starts getting colder. I gave it one test bowl, I think I got a headache from it, and I wrote it off so hard that I didn't even bother to jar it and I just let it dry out in its little plastic baggie for weeks before eventually moving it to a jar.

I don't know what came over me, but I decided to try that sample of Ennerdale out again. For reference, it's 100F outside. And for whatever reason this blend, which I wrote off so hard that it's now dried out and leathery, hit the perfect spot on a 100F day. I might need to give Lakeland blends a revisit during sweltering summer days.

>>2876262
it’s always worth re-visiting blends you’re questionable over. First time I tried Luxury Bullseye Flake I thought it was just flavorless hot air. And I saw nothing special in my little tin of HH Pure Virginia. Sure enough, I came back to em a year later after they just gathered dust and suddenly I was addicted to them.
I think blends just need a right place, right time. Even blends I know I like, such as orlik or elizabethan mixture, don’t hit the same if I’m not in the mood for them.
If you don’t like something, jar it up and give it another go later

i'm pretty new i usually smoke rollies
got a cheap cob and a cheap hardwood pipe from the same brand
tried a random mixed shag and some peterson royal yacht, early morning, nightcap and deluxe navy
i'm in the uk idk how that varies availability but i'd like a rec for an aromatic to try

idk why i expected anyone to answer my questions but here's my personal blog since then
red cavendish is awful i can see why people said aromatics are a waste of time. its not very nice to smoke like a regular tobacco, much too damp.
really enjoying plug tobacco, got some st james plug, seems to have a subtle sweetness and reminds me of the navy rolls a little. plus i enjoy the preparation, i've been slicing curls off with a knife and am considering trying to use a knife style paper guillotine i have to slice if i buy more than 15g next time, may post results
got a budget cashew pipe with a nice wide flat straight stem, straight stems are my type i think
i smoked it at sunrise on the banks of an estuary after hammock camping nearby on tuesday, made for a nice start to the day went with some more st james and the french ration meal, kebab meatballs
i'd like to find a plug thats cigarette mild so i can slice it into rolling tobacco as a tax loophole to smoke,asking for recs

>>2876799
>>2877560
i'm huge into aro's, but people are very critical of them, and its rightfully so; theres a lot of shitty ones, very cheaply flavored or full of bite
blood red moon, lane Q-1, captain black dark, mac baren vanilla cream, and C&D apricots & cream are some ones i like myself

the biggest problem i see with people, is that they don't know how to smoke them, leading to them hating them
aro's are best with a cool flame, so you gotta be gentle as you light it, else you'll be over-heating the tobacco
they also benefit from cobs &/or filtered pipes too, since cobs & filters absorb a lot of the moisture, reducing bite

I will be heading to Japan next week and I was wondering if anyone has any specific Japanese made pipe recommendations or tobacco that is popular over there that I should try?

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>>2877595
>>2873809
>>2874117
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpnmzGlyEv4

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Hey all! Haven’t posted in probably almost a year. Entered the dating game again so my time/money has been focused on that bs kek. Anyway, I got so new furniture for my room and had to take all my baccy out… I didn’t realize I had so much shit. There’s blends that don’t even exist anymore. It’s been probably 10 months since I last bought a tin too.

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>>2877703
Nice stash! Thankfully most stuff only gets better with age.

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>>2877706
Finally organized!

>>2868476
wormwood's fresh in my area, and catnip's always available once spring's in gear.

>>2877773
Impressive

>>2877601
That wasn't really up for debate, I was going to get one of those.
I meant mostly their western type of pipes.

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>>2877826
Tsuge?

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>>2877826
>>2878001
Yeah, I have a Tsuge. This one in pic related. It’s super comfortable to clench. Super thick walled, but just a normal size chamber, so the pipe stays quite cool.

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Has anyone tried ordering a $2 pipe off of AliBaba? Are they just gonna be plywood slop or decent enough at least for a disposable smoke for a trip etc.

>>2878023
you're gonna get treated wood filled with arsenic and copper
that shits for stoners who don't care what they suck on

>>2878023
A friend ordered a beautiful made in China pipe that instantly split into two pieces when he tried smoking, also they have corncob pipes that are not actually made from corncob and if you put the text through google translate it says that they're theater props.

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>>2878037
Payback's a bitch.

>>2878087
Payback for what

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>>2878089
the other white man's burden

>>2878087
lol But we're eastern european not white. That term doesn't exist here, if you asked a blonde/blue-eyed Slav boomer if he's "white" he'd look at you like you're retarded. Identifying by colour is an american thing.

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>>2878099
helping chinamen get hooked on the poppy is what gave the slavs vladivostok.

I chipped my altinay meerschaum pipe around where the stem screws in. I can still smoke out of and as far as I can tell no air is coming in or out. But is there a way to fix a chip on meerschaum?

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>>2878455
Pic related
When I cover the bowl and inhale/exhale I cant notice any air leaks, but I would still rather fix it now before it gets worse.

>>2878465
If you still have the part that chipped off, you can glue it back on with a paste of chalk + egg whites. I broke a meer and glued the piece back on with that and it's much sturdier than I thought.

If you don't still have the part that chipped off, then I have no idea. You maybe could even take that same paste and apply it liberally to sort of shape it into the part that is missing since it doesn't look like too large a chip, but I have no experience with that so I can't say for sure.

>>2878465
what >>2878477 said, glue the piece on with eggwhites and chalk / pure talc
let it dry for a month, then reseal the cracks with a little beeswax if you want

>>2878477
>>2878502
The part ended up flaking away, but I will try just applying this mixture in enough layers to fill the gap

Actually just saw some plaster chunks from a diorama I am working on, and maybe I will try lightly sanding the plaster to a close enough shape and use this chalk and egg white glue to attach that.
Thank you both, will try it out later this week

Huge samuel gawith drop on smokingpipes right now, good luck getting in the queue

>>2868475
Currently enjoying a bowl of Virginia Slices (RIP) in my Savinelli 601 "Long John" demi-churchwarden after a hard but successful week. Life is good
>>2878697
I so wanted to jump on it but I have way too much in my cellar, at least a decade's worth. Actually a little embarrassed by how much I've spent on this hobby considering I only get to smoke 2-4 times a week

>>2873969
I'm pretty much the opposite. I'm very lax about cleaning unless it's an aro or something that ghosts badly. A quick light scrape with my pipe tool and maybe run a cleaner down the stem, but that's about it. I've never had any issues doing it this way but I understand why others don't

>>2868475
Can someone recommend me a solid bent Rhodesian with a medium-small bowl, preferably under $100? My favorite cheap estate pipe broke at the stem and I'm wanting another

>>2873969
>I hope I’m not damaging my pipes by neglecting to fully clean them
Probably not. I echo this anon's sentiment: >>2878918

I would recommend to others to at least run a pipe cleaner through the stem and into the bowl after every smoke, but the reality is that I do not do that myself. I mostly just go by feel or taste. It's kinda hard to say while rotating pipes, but I'd say I only clean my pipes once every 3 or 4 smokes. Sometimes that's just sticking a pipe cleaner down the stem, sometimes that's taking the stem out to really make sure I'm getting the gunk better. Very seldomly, if I feel the pipe "needs" it, I'll dip a pipe cleaner in alcohol before running it through. Though if I'm smoking a meer, something that I do always do after every smoke is take a folded paper towel around my finger and "ream" the bowl with it.

As a personal anecdote on how you're probably not damaging your pipes by not cleaning them - I smoked only 2 jungle pipes for the first 2 years that I smoked, and I never cleaned them. It was disgusting, and sucking tar loogies out of the stem became an all too common occurrence. The only thing I "cleaned" the pipes with was a metal wire, bent straight, to try to scrape out the gunk. Eventually, after 2 years, the pipes just became too clogged to even use anymore, and the wire no longer did anything, and that's when I decided to stop smoking. When I later picked pipes back up, I started smoking "real" pipes and having pipe cleaners and stuff like that. Then I found out about dipping a pipe cleaner into alcohol, and that simple trick cleaned my jungle pipes right out, and their stems are just pieces of wood not fancy acrylic, and they were so clogged that you literally could not smoke out of them. So I think modern pipes can take lots of neglect. As long as you're not torching the wood with a jet lighter or something, anything you do is probably fine, and if it's not it's probably fixable.

>>2878929
Another anon here. So, I haven’t been smoking my pipes as much this year as I have in previous years. I’m a bit afraid that by not using them, they are getting stale, if that makes sense. How can I kinda reset them after not using them? Just a whiskey wash? I don’t want them tasting like dust and whatever smells I use in my room (fragrances, air fresheners, etc.).

>>2878977
>How can I kinda reset them after not using them?
If you want to "deep" reset them, you can let the stem soak in oxyclean for a few hours and do the salt+alcohol soak for the bowl that people do for well-smoked estate pipes. Honestly though, since it's your own pipe already, you can probably just run a pipe cleaner dipped in alcohol through it, maybe do the same thing with alcohol dabbed on a paper towel for the bowl, and then just smoke it a few times to get rid of any "staleness"

Will moldy tobacco kill me? I ain’t eating it. I’m combusting it. Yeah it’s probably not a good idea if, for example, you have entire flakes or ribbons absolutely covered in it.
But today I popped a very old tin of cabbies mixture and 2 of the little tiny coins had just a brush of mold. It didn’t visibly affect the entire tin. I used my hand lens and saw lots of sugar crystals, but unfortunately also mold. Definitively mold. I tossed the bad coins and smoked the good stuff.
I’ve been waiting to smoke this tin for years, my mouth was watering as I was opening this tin. Idgaf if it makes me sick at this point. I was pissed I saw those little bastards making a home in my leaf. I’ve never had a moldy tin before and it was heartbreaking

>>2878994
>salt+alcohol soak
don't do that, just do alcohol + cotton balls instead
its easier, more effective, cheaper, and has less chance to damage a pipe

t. has done it many times with stinky estate pipes

>>2879045
>don't do that, just do alcohol + cotton balls instead
Hmm, noted. I'll try that next time I do a deep clean.

>>2877703
>>2878916
i'm kinda jelly, i do the other way around, i don't smoke that much so i buy a tin when i finish the previous one, so i get screwed when something get discontinued or not exported anymore
so anyone have recommendation for something similar to early morning pipe or standard mixture?

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>>2879031
You're only combusting the top layer, the actives are mostly vaporized into aerosols in the smoke.
If you're comfortable putting hot fungus mist through your upper airways, go for it, might be a pneumonia speedrun though

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>>2874880

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>>2873984
>>2874880
>>2879127
Hang tobacco

>>2873984
I'll have to check if it's even legal to grow in the EU, catching a narcotics charge for tobacco would be hilarious.

>>2879158
in france it's legal to grow your own tobacco, but you can't sell it, and it's only for "personal and family" use, i looked up and there's no limit on the produced volume apparently
so even distributing it to friend would be illegal but it isn't really enforceable, i guess it's left as it because barely anyone does, but that will probably change considering we just got another tax hike and a new counterfeit and smuggling problem
i suppose we got similar conditions across europe

>>2879158
at worst, choose an ornamental tobacco that can be smoked, some places with restrictions allow them

>>2870490
no its not, even puffing smoke is harmful

>>2879182
he said "harmless", not "harmnone"

>>2868475
My third year trying to love Haunted Bookshop. I really want to like it and I should like it based on my fondness for burleys. I'm going to give it one bowl a week until Hallowe'en and then cellaring it again hoping a fourth year of aging will do the trick. Tonight I got 2/3 of a bowl, starting to dig it and then that familiar harsh, acrid, unripe-persimmon feeling at the back of my throat came back once again. I'll consider that progress since I wasted several nearly-full bowls when it hit right away.
I don't know why I do this. It's not like I have a pound of the stuff going to waste in my cellar. And yet I persist. Will keep the crew updated as I go, not that anyone cares lmao

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i've tried out some "4th Generation Limited Heritage Collection 2026"
its pretty alright, not exactly my taste, but very smokeable none the less
i like the little coins they've mixed in it, makes it whimsical looking
>>2879233
best of luck on trying to enjoy it
theres a couple blends i've had that needed a year or two cellared for me to like, so i know how you feel

>>2879182
The number one killer is obesity.

>>2879233
Godspeed, anon.

I fucking hate burley so much it’s unreal

>>2877567
thanks for the recs i'll probably get at least one of those next time i order, providing they are available to me
the red cavendish was nicer once i dried it a little and smoked with a filter but i don't think i personally enjoy the mixture wilsons of sharrow use in it, very similar to their plain virginia smoking mixture but with something darker added

i fucking love perique so much its unreal

>>2879306
same

what's the deal with shag?
its categorized differently on the sites i buy from
is it supposed to be multiple purpose for pipes and cigarettes?

Balkan tobacco of the gods! It has so much flavor.

>>2879306
Burley can taste cheap especially from blenders like cornell & diehl, but perique and dark fired kentucky (which I believe are indeed sourced from burley leaf) are awesome

>>2868475
why is that painting so good? i love it.
real post:
what wood is your pipe made of and what do you recommend?

>>2870057
what the fuck is that pipe. that's an unfinished pipe, right?

>>2870438
btw you find those all the time when you dig in places populated about 100 to 150 years ago in england, broken clay pipe bits.

>>2873496
i feel like that just won't work, do you crumble it up? looks like you are supposed to drop it straight in, but packed that tight i can't imagine you'd get any airflow ...

>>2879094
>so anyone have recommendation for something similar to early morning pipe or standard mixture?
Presbyterian was somewhat similar in the sense that it was a light English, though I haven’t had the new Presbyterian, only the Sutliff produced one.

>>2879362
>what wood is your pipe made of and what do you recommend?
I only have briar and bloodwood. Briar is the standard, bloodwood is the favored wood that they make pipes out of in the jungle. Websites say it's toxic though and that you shouldn't make pipes out of it. I've never had any issue with it and I like the smell of the warm bloodwood a lot more than the smell of warm briar, and I think it kinda conveys a slightly "spicy" note, sort of in the same ballpark as perique.

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>>2879363
yup, its a kit pipe for a plateau that i cleaned the bark off, then left raw (still gave a coat of carnauba wax to it though)
i like the look of it that way, i consider it rustication
>>2879362
i have briar (multiple types of briar), cob, clay, meerschaum (multiple type of meerschaum), pyrolytic graphite, and a few mystery woods
out of all of them, to a beginner, i recommend cob 98% of the time, with the other two being 1% clay & 1% meerschaum; either way, cob is cob, its sat next to $5000+ pipes for a reason
clay & meerschaum are of course specialty, but have enough novelty & ease of use to be viable for a beginner (and at worse, if they stop smoking, they'll still have a cool thing to look at)
it may sound strange to not recommend briar, but i don't see a point in having a beginner start off on something they'll probably haphazardly damage, become frustrated with, and neglect care for (or even perhaps lose); only after they've learned to smoke, do i see a reason for them to get a briar, to which then they can use to it's full capacity

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>>2879362
Rockwell was an artist.

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>>2878920
Went a little over budget, but I'm okay with that.
Nickel band 999. I am curious if the stem is a replacement. It's a quality stem so I'm happy with it, I just haven't found another saddle stem 999 online. Besides, replacement army mount Peterson stems seem hard to come by and spigot stems almost impossible unless I just don't know where to look.

Actually, replacement stems in general are annoying difficult to find, even for plentiful factory pipes. I have a couple nice estate pipes with decent wood that are unusable because the stem is cracked. I rarely even see old stems on fleabay besides what looks like cheap Chinese acrylic.

About to have my first smoke (Stokkebye Luxury Twist) in it after a cursory cleaning, so we'll see. The size and weight are exactly what I was looking for

>>2879459
Beautiful. Glad you were able to find something

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>>2879376
I prefer this Rockwell

>>2879480
Thanks. I smoked another bowl about 9 hours later. LTF was good but it really shined with 2yo Quiet Nights. This might become my new go-to English pipe. Unlike my other, much newer Peterson (a 305 sandblast) which felt too light, even cheap, the weight on this is perfectly clenchable while still feeling very sturdy.

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Finally, a real country

>>2878001
>>2878015
Yeah, I was able to get a Tsuge Tasting.
Originally I wanted to cop a Derringer but it seems to be the rarest pipe of all time

>>2879508
fantastic picture
the derringers sometimes appear on smokingpipes.com and a few others. i got one of their "filters" myself since they're 9mm & all
they're mostly seasonal though, so while not "rare", "uncommon" is a more apt description

>>2868475
Weather is very fall-like today so I'm smoking a bowl of H&H Vermont Meat Candy in a clay, one of the few Cavendish heavy aromatics I actually like with that touch of DFK. Really sucks that it's discontinued since I've only got a couple oz left

>>2879279
Wait wait wait I might retract this. Last christmas I got a free tin of c&d Watson, a special Va/Per/Bur christmastime release. At the time it smelled awful and I only had one awful-tasting smoke of it.
Well I was just cleaning my cellar and was thinking about tossing it away or selling it, but I popped the mason jar open and took a sniff and… holy. It smells amazing. Nutty, earthy, just a little fruity. My mouth was watering and I wanted to just eat the tobacco cake. Will be loading it and smoking this evening, maybe this will get me back on the burley train – I also have a tin of Old Joe Krantz stuffed in the back of my cellar somewhere

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>>2879649
Wow, this is good. I have formed a truce with burley leaf

>>2879702
good to see you've come around to it, all it takes is a good tobacco. i used to hate latakia, until i had peterson's nightcap

i don't understand how you're supposed to smoke these steamy wet tobaccos without burning your tongue
even when i dry them they seem acrid and hot and even if its a puff every 10 seconds i burn my tongue
and thats with a filter in

>>2879715
low temp & proper tamping
matches do well for lighting, and a small diameter / 45° angle tamper let you control the ash bed

>>2879715
What blends are you having this problem with?

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>>2879716
myb i was crashing out, do i tamp harder to make it less hot?
i think i maybe just unconsciously try to smoke it like a cigarette because that's what i'm used to
>>2879798
smoking some of this balkan plug from samuel gawith rn and its burning me. i feel like its the compressed tobaccos that are worse so i assume i need to dry them further before smoking
my pipe gets pretty hot sometimes, i think i'm just thrashing it

>>2879832
NTA but Gawith tends to (or at least used to) run a little too wet out of the tin. Don't pack too tight and make sure the flake is fully rubbed out.

I have a tendency to puff like a freight train if I'm not careful and go too hard to keep it from going out. Proper drying, preparation, packing and cadence are the main skills to master. Though there is no such thing as a "correct" way, but you'll probably get more out of it.

Is this your first foray into pipes? A Balkan Gawith plug is quite a jump into the deep end if so. Much respect

>>2879832
>i think i maybe just unconsciously try to smoke it like a cigarette because that's what i'm used to
thats your issue, pipes aren't cigarettes, nor are they even cigars

the tamping is to specifically control the ash bed's structure, not to compress it
as you feel around, you can collapse some voids, evenly spread the embers, and distribute the ash. its all about making it uniform

>>2868475
I can't seem to get any flavor out of Star of the East Flake. I've heard it compared to Penzance and if so I'm glad I didn't waste my time/money trying to track that one down.
I also heard it compared to Quiet Nights which I absolutely love, so I bought two tins. Disappointed but I'll try again in a few months.
I still think I blew out my palate during my DFK-obsessed phase last year and very high % Latakia doesn't do much for me anymore.

>>2879854
As someone who absolutely loves Nightcap and Quiet Nights, I can confirm that I’ve had a similar experience with star of the east flake. Lots of hype over it, but I found it to be so dry and crumbly from the tin. And really no flavor.
Maybe it’s just one of those blends where it’s harder for C&D to output consistent quality control. I’ve heard complains in the past that large batches of c&d either had mold issues or taste issues or some other ailment. Under perfect conditions i’m sure star of the east is good, but I just don’t see how it could be considered anything close to a C&D top 10 and I really don’t get the hype around it

>>2879891
Thank you. Do you know of blends that actually scratch the itch for Quiet Nights. If I had gotten the SoTEF in bulk I would've wondered if maybe I was sent the wrong thing. Completely flavorless

>>2879926
I think most people would tell you to try peterson Early Morning Pipe, or maybe Presbyterian mixture.
And I can’t remember off the top of my head exactly how close it is to quiet nights but I highly recommend C&D’s Mississippi Mud.
I got turned off of englishes last winter for some reason. I still have a tin of Ashton Artisan’s Blend I need to pop and try, but I’ll save it for when the weather turns to autumn and gets cooler

>>2879509
I say this more due to the fact that the pipe is pretty expensive and rare in my area, I only found it in two German online stores that sell it between £450~550 which is a bit outside what i wanted to pay (plus I would get raped on import taxed in the yookay, can't imagine how much I would pay if I import it from the US).
I was hoping to find it slightly cheaper in Japan but the half a dozen pipe "centred" stores I went to look in, did not have it (they didn't have grabow filters either, only medico).

>>2868475
I was given a bottle of a sweet red wine and am wondering what blend/blend type to pair with it. I'm not much of a wine guy and when I do I prefer them on the dry side. Was thinking about a VaPer or a straight VA but I'm open to suggestions

>>2880037
something with black cavendish might be nice

found a bunch of at least 20yo dried up davidoff mini cigars in a non sealed wooden box, probably belonged to my grandpa
i recon it's a bad idea to try them?

>>2880061
Try and bring them back with some boveda packs + sealed jar. 72% range.

>>2880063
>boveda packs
interesting product, didn't know that existed, i'll keep it in mind
the thing is it isn't a full box, there's like 4 of them, i was looking for a more makeshift solution, in a jar with a bit of carrot wouldn't work? they look fine visually, no mold or anything

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>>2879233
My second foray into this HB during this season.
This time for some reason I went with my gigantic Savinelli EX Lumberman with an absolutely massive bowl. I think this was the right choice though because it was a very pleasant smoke. Maybe the wide/deep bowl helped. At the halfway point I started getting that acrid ashy taste so I tipped the pipe, got rid of the ashes, relit and restamped. Went back to being nice, though with a bit of gurgling in the second half (no big deal). When my mouth doesn't feel like I but into an underripe persimmon it's actually very nice and I love the bit of perique in the retrohale.
Had it with black coffee this morning. I'm not completely sold on the blend from one good smoke but I might add a couple ounces to start the aging process next time I order

The upcoming carolina red flake drop is going to feature foreign virginias. Kind of defeats the purpose imho

>>2879935
Oh and shoutout to GLPease Gaslight. Is it like quiet nights or nightcap? Not really; but it’s not trying to be. Gaslight is probably the best blend out there that showcases delicious Latakia leaf

Dipping back into my stock of Per Jensen’s Port Guardian. I just don’t understand the hype… Supposedly it’s a take on the more “classic” formula of Capstan, with mac baren’s being more sweet. My issue with both capstan and this here Port Guardian is that I like virginias to be more bright and citrusy. If you present a red virginia with tons of spices, I’m just going to wish I had a VaPer instead

>>2880171
Sounds like you're expecting red Virginia blends to taste like bright leaf. Maybe try Kings Watch and Capstan Gold.

>>2880193
I was just airing my grievances with port guardian, in general. And for the record I posted that at the start of my bowl but by the end I appreciated it as a quality red leaf cornell & diehl offering.
I have other red blends that I love, such as C&D Interlude.
And on the note of capstan gold, I actually managed to get a few tins recently from a brick & mortar shop when I was traveling for work but it just didn’t blow my socks off like I expected. I think HH Pure Virginia and Orlik just set the bar too high for me

>>2880078
I’ve never tried Carolina Red Flake but I have heard lots of people claim that it’s shockingly good and shows C&D can produce high quality leaf up there with high grade european brands. Is there any truth to this?

>>2880213
I have some of the 2023 batch and its pretty good. But im still new and its the only VaPer ive tried so far.
I missed the mast batch and im bummed to hear the news from >>2880078. Should probably be renamed to Foreign red flake

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anyone try any of Cascadia's Trailhead? i'm not having that much luck with it myself

its smoking pretty wet, and doesn't really have a taste other than pure leaf
its not bad persay, just doesn't seem worth the trouble of constant relights and tamping for something lacking any especial taste

i'm thinking about probably cellaring it for a year or two, then cutting it into cubes, and cellaring it again
i imagine that'd give it a whole ton of flavor (i think this is maybe a bit too fresh right now)

i'll try it in my calabash next though, maybe that'll help?

>>2880252
I have a jar of Trailhead save for maybe three bowls I smoked of it. I was pretty underwhelmed personally. At least the topping (apricot maybe?) was understated... maybe a bit too much so. I only bought it because it was on sale at SP and to get over the free shipping mark. It's been in my cellar for two years or so now.
I should probably give it another go soon and see if it has improved since.

I can’t believe there was a time where I didn’t smoke pipes.
Tobacco is one of life’s great pleasures; like coffee or tea or a dram of alcohol. Very ritualistic, very relaxing.

>>2880520
but if you say that to the average person today you're a lunatic
truly fascinating how cigarettes were changed over time to undermine tobacco as a whole

>>2880520
>Tobacco
Shit
>coffee
Shit
>tea
Shit
>alcohol
Shit

Pathetic. Try getting through a day on your own for once.

>>2880522
Yeah lemme just turn off my A/C and go sleep on the hardwood floor because I shan’t be allowed comforts

>>2880524
Yep those were both things I mentioned

>>2880525
damn, you've even been neglecting your dementia medication too

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>>2880547