Cigar Smoker Poking in

[alley00p]

Shawn, smoking a pipe... who woulda thunk????

If the tins are unopened, they can be stored in a box (in a cool place) or on a shelf in a basement. If the tabak is in baggies, or the tin is opened, it may start to dry out. I've started using Ziplock storage containers for the contents of tins or bulk tabak. Samples can be stored in a container like you sent those Opus X's in to me (in fact, that's what it's being used for now)

If you end up like me, when you find that you enjoy a particular tabak, you'll just leave the tabak in the tin until it's empty. Or, you'll order it in bulk (if available), place the bulk package in a large Ziplock storage container, and refill an old tin.

A great website to get info on various pipe tobaccos is: TobaccoReviews.com

There are only a few aromatics that I enjoy, and I've migrated to straight Virginias and burleys. The subtle flavors come out, when you "sip" the smoke from your pipe. It's very much like smoking and enjoying a good cigar.

BTW, Xikar makes a few very nice pipe lighters. I have two now, that I use constantly.

Have fun, Shawn... it's another slope to slide down!!

Crap I can't use a torch???

How about good wooden matches will that work.......I don't have a soft flame anywhere in this house.

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Crap I can't use a torch???

How about good wooden matches will that work.......I don't have a soft flame anywhere in this house.

Sure matches work. But I bet you burn through them in no time, as most new pipe smokers take a little time to develop a smoking rythm. So expect a few relights! Pipes go out, i've been smoking for years and usually have at least three relights

[ir13]

Im pretty sure ive got the soft flame lighter covered in my care package

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Crap I can't use a torch???

How about good wooden matches will that work.......I don't have a soft flame anywhere in this house.

Set a cob on fire with the torch, then use the softly burning pipe to light your tobacco in the meerschaum.

Meerschaum, unlike briar, doesn't much hold a scent (or a "ghost" as we say here in the pipe fraternity) so you can smoke all kinds of tobacco in one or two meers. Briars, sooner or later, need to be segregated according to tobacco types (don't ask - long story). Meerschaum doesn't get soggy when you smoke two or three bowls in a day; brair does get soggy and likes to dry out for a day or more after a few bowlsful. Briar needs to build a dime-thick carbon cake inside the bowl to smoke cooler and dryer as time goes on and, when too thick, needs scraping or reaming; meers are kept more-or-less cake-free - smoke and scrape lightly with a pipe tool or bristle-type pipe cleaner to discourage buildup.

A cob is like a $4.00 meer - they're also great with moisture and tend not to ghost very much.

Get a straight pipe for starters. They're way easier to pass pipe cleaners through when gurgling begins.

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Set a cob on fire with the torch, then use the softly burning pipe to light your tobacco in the meerschaum.

Meerschaum, unlike briar, doesn't much hold a scent (or a "ghost" as we say here in the pipe fraternity) so you can smoke all kinds of tobacco in one or two meers. Briars, sooner or later, need to be segregated according to tobacco types (don't ask - long story). Meerschaum doesn't get soggy when you smoke two or three bowls in a day; brair does get soggy and likes to dry out for a day or more after a few bowlsful. Briar needs to build a dime-thick carbon cake inside the bowl to smoke cooler and dryer as time goes on and, when too thick, needs scraping or reaming; meers are kept more-or-less cake-free - smoke and scrape lightly with a pipe tool or bristle-type pipe cleaner to discourage buildup.

A cob is like a $4.00 meer - they're also great with moisture and tend not to ghost very much.

Get a straight pipe for starters. They're way easier to pass pipe cleaners through when gurgling begins.

hmmmmmmm

meer huh, were can I get them that are not carved in a skulls head and look like I should be smoking pot in them

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

hmmmmmmm

meer huh, were can I get them that are not carved in a skulls head and look like I should be smoking pot in them

http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/imp/index.cfm

http://www.smspipes.com/index.cfm/fu...n/catalog.main

http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/dept...ch=DW&tier2=88

http://www.paylesspipes.com/items.php?deptid=2&a=1#s320

Meers are great, I have an IMP and SMS and use them as testers.

aaaaaaagh

I have just scrolled through 220 Meer Pipes on Ebay.................I don't have a f'n clue what I am looking at LOL