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Being a newbie to pipe smoking but not smoking. I have a question.
If I purchased heavy flavored cigars the cellphone would stay on, they would be stored in a different section of the humidor.
So, do people use one pipe for aromatics and another for non aromatic tobaccos. Or doesn't it matter?
I hope you can see my reasoning behind my simplistic thought process.
Thank you.
I don’t really smoke many aromatics, or at least tobacco that has been drenched in flavourings, (vanilla, chocolate, cherry, etc..) Although, I do smoke some pretty powerful blends, taste-wise. I use different pipes as I think it’s important to experiment. Sometimes, I can taste hints of the previous tobacco smoked in a pipe, but it’s usually extremely mild and disappears after a couple of smokes.
My advice: don’t let the advice of others limit your exploration! 😄
Learning from mistakes is an important part of learning. And, I say that as a schoolteacher 😊
Lee,
Thank you for the explanation.
Sounds like you might like a specific pipe for a tobacco?
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Kind of. Though I take my own advice, i.e. I don’t let others stop me from exploring. Having said that, I obviously value the opinion of others, especially when they’re more knowledgeable than me 😄Â
So, anyway, I have a meerschaum bent apple that gets used a lot these days, as it’s such a great pipe with so many tobaccos. However, I like to use briar versions of the same type occasionally and clay pipes for a different perspective, when I think I know a blend.
I’ve not used some of my other pipes as much as I’d like, because I feel I’ve hit on the pipes for me. I know them well and they deliver exactly what I look for in a pipe. But, I do still try to inject a bit of variety now and again 😄
Lee, thank you.
One of my reasons for posing the question was that I didn't want too ruin a good Peterson bowl on aromatics.
Yours and other responses seem to confirm that it's best to have a separate pipe for aromatics.
I'm going to order a corn cob to give me the opportunity to try some aromatics.
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Cobs are the best when learning. You wont regret. Pay attention cuz some are filtered and some not. Its filters are totally different from the usual 6 and 9mm charcoal we are used to see in briars. Remember to take if off after 4 or 5 smokes and change for a new one or simply avoid them. I only use the one that come in. When old i take it off and never put a new one.
Hi Paul, fwiw, I'm a relatively new pipe smoker (2.5 years), I enjoy both aros and non-argos, depending on the mood/occasion/weather, etc., but I've found that cobs work great for more heavily cased aros. I don't really like the super heavy cased gloopy blends,or lakelands (which WILL ghost a pipe, stubbornly so), but enjoy autumn evening, rainy days, stokkebye 1957, etc. I also keep a few briars for these sweeter blends.
Cobs are the way to go. 😉
Jon thank you for your reply.
I can see the sense in your explanation. The corn cob sounds good for heavy aromatic blends.Â
Having spent a few pounds on a decent pipe I don't want to ruin the bowl.
I'd recommend you to get a corncob. Maybe 2 or 3. Than split one for aro, one for english and the last for virginias and vaper.Â
I only have 1 pipe that i dedicated for virginias. All others i smoke whatever i want. But when talking about heavy cased and strong toppings i got for corncob instead wood pipes.
Ya, solid advice so far here. Some use specific pipes for specific brands and blends which is fine but you need a bunch of pipes. I basically use one for heavy aros, one for lighter aros, one for English/Balkans and one is for perique or whatever else I'm trying out.
All excellent advice above. I can only echo the recommendation of a corncob or three with newly trying aromatics. They often improve the smoke of ones you find you like over briar, especially for a new smoker. At the same time I can remember running across ones that had some flavor added that I found terrible and in that instance, simply discarding a cob pipe rather than trying to get rid of the ghost was exactly the thing to do. Especially since a cob can be purchased for the same price or less than a cigar.Â
I've had some sound advice, thank you.
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