What is in your pipe?

dr_frankenstein56:

Deep Hallow. I like this stuff but it pisses me off. good flavor, nice virginias... but shitty burn performance. out the tin, bite city! dried and dried lovely bite free taste but refuses to stay lit. agh the journy to the perfect tobacco is a long and windy road.

Aj

I have some blends that will not smoke well in certain pipes, for example the 1-Q will not smoke worth a damn in my Baraccini, pretty much exactly like what your describing here ^ switched pipes and wala! no bite, no gurgle, few relights and I don't even have to dry it! This is something I noticed with a couple of blend/pipe combos, at first I thought maybe I was doing something wrong or had a bum pipe but I think sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right combo. It is an interesting road!

onestrangeone:

dr_frankenstein56:

Deep Hallow. I like this stuff but it pisses me off. good flavor, nice virginias... but shitty burn performance. out the tin, bite city! dried and dried lovely bite free taste but refuses to stay lit. agh the journy to the perfect tobacco is a long and windy road.

Aj

I have some blends that will not smoke well in certain pipes, for example the 1-Q will not smoke worth a damn in my Baraccini, pretty much exactly like what your describing here ^ switched pipes and wala! no bite, no gurgle, few relights and I don't even have to dry it! This is something I noticed with a couple of blend/pipe combos, at first I thought maybe I was doing something wrong or had a bum pipe but I think sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right combo. It is an interesting road!

I also notice this, some pipes don't seem to want some tobaccos. Itmust have to do with bowl gaugr, depth etc., or so I think, but I can't predict it. Trial & error has been the only way.

Amos Umwhat:

I just ordered some McClellands Oriental #14, supposed to be navy flake, cavendish, orientals & latakia. I've never had it, but have never been too let down by anything McClelland yet. Anyone with experience with this? I was thinking it would be here tomorrow, but, sadly, it shipped UPS, which means I won't see it before Saturday, maybe not until Monday.

Well, this arrived over the weekend. First thing I noticed, can wasn't the color I expected. In the CCOM pic it looks kind of coral-pink. Next, upon opening, it's not a flake. Looked back to the picture, thinking either CCOM or I must be confused. Picture as expected, flakes, coral can. Looked at other pictures of orientals, same color as my can. Hmm. Maybe the pictures are mixed up? No, can says #14, both ways.

So, either it's available also as a flake? or there's been a change. Not too big a deal, I guess.

The good news is, I smoked a fresh bowl, and I like this stuff a lot. Very rich and full bodied, without being overpowering. There is a, ...hmm, I think the right word for me is "depth", which I'm attributing to the Orientals, a gentle sweetness against which the highlights of the virginias perform. I'm not good at describing these things, but, I like this one very much.

Smoked Peterson's Sherlock Holmes this morning. Just had a small bowl of G&H's Kendal KY.

Smoked more c&d changers cake...always good but does need to dry some befor smoking

Petersons Holiday Season 2014

LANE HGL. I like this stuff, easy lat when im in the mood for mindless enjoyment.

Aj

Frog Morton.

Aj

amz1301:

Been awhile. Some Holiday Spirit 2014 the other night.

Hip Hip Hoorayyy, Three cheers for AMZ!!! Very Nice!

DE Heirloom cherry that Stubble was kind enough to send a sample of. This the only cherry that I've tried so far and not at all what I expected (starburst, popsicle's, Kool-Aid, overpowering) instead I thought it was a subtle well balanced complement, not too sweet, just right. This is not the first time I have been surprised by an aero. I need to get over my preconceived notions and explore this side a bit more.

Borkum Riff Original. Its all I have right now, just gettin into pipes. Really like it though.

Just ordered some Magnum Opus, and a new Stanwell Silkebrun pipe. I'll let y'all know how it works out.

What do you do with tobacco that you either dont like or have just grown out of?

slamb@cigar.com:

you can pay it forward, and pass it along to someone that needs it or would appreciate it more, or you can also doctorate it up to make it more enjoyable for you.

I was gonna ask that very question!! Is it ok to mix tobaccos together? Im new as hell but havin a ball trying to figure this out!!

Can youmix a flake and say a ribbon cut? How would you pack it?