I'm afraid if I start smoking a pipe, it will become another obsession. I was looking at pipe online yesterday, and people buy and sell used pipes. saying " some teething " Moderate teething ' I don't know, the first mouth should be the only mouth at least with pipes.. In my opinion. '
Any pipe can be refurbished but it takes work. You can even replace the stem, if necessary. However, if you are just starting out you can pick up some cheep basket pipes that will give you the feel of what a pipe is all about. Some places will sell basket style pipes really cheap. One I can think of will do 3 for $30. That would be a great way to start. Pipe tobacco is much cheaper than cigars so it would not be an expensive obsession, until you start buying pipes you like for reasons other than just being good smokers.
Okay, now I have two feet in the door.... Do different pipes make the tobacco taste different, and how wide is the range of quality and price ( the smoking experience) of pipe tobacco.
And at what price point does the tobacco quality become merely a status thing ? And what price is considered an average very good flavor/quality blend ?
I just picked up a pipe yesterday and have been smoking it a a lot. I'm going to get a much better one in the next couple of weeks and order some better tobacco. My local shop doesn't have much good ones. My question is how often are you suppose to re-light the thing? I've been using matches and it's annoying as I can never seem to light it good enough. I had one last a good 15 minutes before it went out.
Relights are fine with a pipe. You will always have to relight once in a while. When I first started I was relighting every 5 min. or so. It was a little annoying. However, with time you will learn how to pack the pipe so that it will remain burning. I would recommend that you try the "Bob method" to start with and then as you get the hang of it you can move on to what Bob calls the "Frank method" that info is in this video too. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV9VppJzCxw
Sorry, I know that there was a thread on how to actually make this a link but I am to lazy to find it right now.
I would recommend watching A. Frank's method too. He will walk you through exact pressure for moving the tobacco down using your thumbs. This is really the key to getting the pack right and once you have that down you will be relighting 2 or 3 times max.
Lookin for a gift for my grandmas friend who is a long time pipe smoker. Is there anything you can recommended for the seasoned pipe smoker, maybe something that made life much easier and whatever?
Comments