Pipe Tabacco Smoking

[Ghosth]

Pipe smoker since 82, shortly after that I had to move back home for a bit.
2nd day dad comes up to me and says that his pipe and my pipe are argueing and are giving mom fits.
Either I'm going to have to switch tobacco, quit smoking, or move out.

He hands me a can of Velvet, and I've been smoking it ever since.

Being a poor farmboy I don't have any fancy pipes.
Favorites are a Dr Grabow with a slight cuve to the stem and not too big a bowl.
I have half a dozen but mostly rotate between 3 of my favorites.

At one point I did have someone give me a couple of fancy freeform pipes.
I suspect they might have been worth a few dollars. But they didn't smoke worth a tinkers !@#$ in my opinion.
So I gave them to someone else who was starting, and seemed like he'd care more about impressing people.
I suspect thats what they were best at, impressing people.

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Awesome Ghosth, I had no idea you were a fellow pipe smoker <<S>>

I was actually thinking of getting a filter pipe.  I like the "Big Pipe - Smooth" by Dr. Grabow.
I'll have to try the Velvet, I am using Captain Black -white but I am looking for something else.

[Treize69]

If you ever come across some of the cigar catalogs, like Thompson and Cigars International, they often carry pipes and pipe tobacco too. Some interesting blends.

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I'll take a gander, thank you.

I read this online magazine http://pipesmagazine.com/ & I just registered yesterday I began to like it so much.

[SIM]

Ratt,
 The shop is:
Boda Pipes
McAlister Square
225 South Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC  29607
(864) 242-1545 - main
(800) 622-6259 - toll free
Email: boda@charterinternet.com

 They used to have a site up, but for some reason I cant get it to pull up now.
 If you decide to contact them, try Mariners Delight. It really is a nice blend.
 They have a very good selection of pipe tobaccos and pipes. David, the owner, has been a good friend for many years and he has a really good knack for matchng people with good blends of tobacco.

 A pipe doesnt have to cost a lot nor have a "big" name to be a good smoking pipe. Its entirely up to individual choice. I started out smoking Kaywoodie and Dr Grabows years ago. They werent bad pipes by any means! But, my time in the shop taught me a lot about pipes and cigars. It also gave me the chance to purchase pipes that struck me as being simply beautiful.
 I really enjoy my Peterson and Dunhill pipes! They provide the perfect bowl for me each and every time. But to find out the flavor of a "new" tobacco I smoke a clay pipe. Thats the ONLY way you get the unadulterated/untarnished flavor of a new blend.

[Maverick]

I found that a meerschaum lined pipe was a far cooler smoke than plain burl. I also was pleasantly surprised how well corn cob pipes smoked. They won't last long but they are also very inexpensive. A good pipe to try a new tobacco with too. All of my pipes were inexpensive as it was always a part time thing for me.

[DieAz]

http://www.corncobpipe.com/

http://www.frenchyspipes.com/index.php?crn=206

http://store.pipesandcigars.com/pipes1.html

http://store.pipesandcigars.com/newpiptobhea1.html

been awhile since I smoked a pipe. corncobs work fine.

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I found this video on PipesMagazine.com very intriguing

http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-manufacturer-retailer-spotlight/peterson-of-dublin/

[Newman]

I have no intention of starting to smoke again.. but my dad was a pipe smoker. I remember one of his quests when we visited family on England was to get a Peterson Pipe. He also scoured the globe for Four Seasons Tobacco. Captain Black was his second choice.

 

[Ghosth]

I agree about the corn cob pipes, I've had several over the years, some given to me, some made by myself.

In a pinch, a milkweed stem and a corncob from a cornfield will get you your fix if you lose a pipe.
All tend to smoke very nice and cool. I had a meerschaum once that was very good as long as I didn't smoke it more than once a day. But at the time that was a royal pain so it went into the discard pile.

While we are on the subject, favorite lighters and why?

Standard zippo here, although I'm also trying the zippo pipe lighter.
I have a couple of ronson butane jobs that just are not dependable enough to suit me.
Although I like the clean taste and the jet torch flame for lighting when its halfway down the bowl.

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I have your standard zippo as well.  I am thinking of getting a Peterson pipe lighter though.

[Maverick]

I used the standard cheapo butane lighter that you got at the convenience store.

[Treize69]

Good old fashioned wooden match. Don't taste butane or lighter fluid that way.

Same with my cigars.