What shape for what type of tobacco?

RevSmoke · 11-26-2009, 10:35 PM

I have heard for about 30 years, the pipe snobs say that flakes and straight Virginias should be smoked in flake pipes - and those are narrow chambered and small.

Personally, I love a bigger chamber for my VAs, whether flakes or not.

But, to know what you'll like for them, you must try them.

If I can give any advice, it would be to keep Virginia and Virginia/Perique blends out of pipes in which you have smoked a lot of aromatic or Latakia rich blends. Why? VAs and VaPers have subtle nuances of flavor that can become hidden or obscured in pipes that have been cloyed by such types of tobaccos.

11-26-2009, 10:35 PM	#5
RevSmoke Ain't Never Gonna Leave Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Todd Location: Northcentral woods of Wisconsin Posts: 6,875 Trading: (51)	Re: What shape for what type of tobacco? I have heard for about 30 years, the pipe snobs say that flakes and straight Virginias should be smoked in flake pipes - and those are narrow chambered and small. Personally, I love a bigger chamber for my VAs, whether flakes or not. But, to know what you'll like for them, you must try them. If I can give any advice, it would be to keep Virginia and Virginia/Perique blends out of pipes in which you have smoked a lot of aromatic or Latakia rich blends. Why? VAs and VaPers have subtle nuances of flavor that can become hidden or obscured in pipes that have been cloyed by such types of tobaccos. __________________ Todd__ "Smoke what you like, and enjoy it!"