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Cigar inside a pipe?

Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
I don't want to smoke a pipe necessarily but what if I wanted to smoke a short, cut section of cigar in a pipe? I've been thinking about this recently when the question of short winter smokes came up and assuming you could find a pipe with a long/deep tapered bowl that would fit many of the ring gauge cigars you happen to want to smoke, you could have a short smoke of your favorite cigar,....... in a pipe. Would that be crazy?

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  • Gray4linesGray4lines Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,439
    Some pipe smokers do this. I havent tried, but it'd work. I would think smoking a cigar nub in a pipe isn't a whole lot different than a flake or twist style tobacco, in terms of packing it.
  • Amos UmwhatAmos Umwhat Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,523
    I've done it, meh. Pilgrimtex seemed to like it. Wasted cigar, to me.
  • jgibvjgibv Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,996
  • J.S.J.S. Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 751
    Like others have said, yes you can do this. No, I don't personally. Thank about the nub. All the tar and smoke and other stuff that has been filtered through it.
  • youngryan216youngryan216 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 868
    I bet this would work, but what would the taste differences be?
  • J.S.J.S. Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 751
    youngryan216:
    I bet this would work, but what would the taste differences be?
    The pipe itself will not change the flavor. So if you like the nub it should work fine. I know the first few years I was smoking cigars I actually liked the end better than the beginning and smoking in a pipe might have been enjoyable then. However, as your taste develops you may find, as I did, that it is okay to leave a little as the profile of the smoke will change. Try it. You might like it. If not pick up some pipe tobacco and give it a try. A good start for the cigar smoker would be G&H's Kendal KY IMO.
  • dr_frankenstein56dr_frankenstein56 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,519
  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
  • Lee.mcglynnLee.mcglynn Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,228
    Uuuummmmmm where do you think "put that in your pipe and smoke it" came from?! Yes this was a much practiced thing back in the old days.
  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
    Lee.mcglynn:
    Uuuummmmmm where do you think "put that in your pipe and smoke it" came from?! Yes this was a much practiced thing back in the old days.
    They smoked a lot of stuff in pipes back in the old days. (Opium?) Do you have any specific reference? Or is that just your best guess?
  • Lee.mcglynnLee.mcglynn Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 5,228
    Bob Luken:
    Lee.mcglynn:
    Uuuummmmmm where do you think "put that in your pipe and smoke it" came from?! Yes this was a much practiced thing back in the old days.
    They smoked a lot of stuff in pipes back in the old days. (Opium?) Do you have any specific reference? Or is that just your best guess?
    no specific reference besides word of mouth...but I do believe it has to do with old timers with cigars blowing up on them since there was really no such thing as humidors back then so to save the tobacco they would put it in a pipe
  • MartelMartel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,423
    Lee.mcglynn:
    Bob Luken:
    Lee.mcglynn:
    Uuuummmmmm where do you think "put that in your pipe and smoke it" came from?! Yes this was a much practiced thing back in the old days.
    They smoked a lot of stuff in pipes back in the old days. (Opium?) Do you have any specific reference? Or is that just your best guess?
    no specific reference besides word of mouth...but I do believe it has to do with old timers with cigars blowing up on them since there was really no such thing as humidors back then so to save the tobacco they would put it in a pipe
    Well, this idea captivated me enough to make it in my last review, whether or not it's true!
  • jd50aejd50ae Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,109
    Doesn't this belong in the pipe section? :)
  • Bob LukenBob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
    jd50ae:
    Doesn't this belong in the pipe section? :)
    Both! Haha!
  • jlmartajlmarta Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,440
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