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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: I think i just didnt pack it tight enough maybe? I layed out more than enough on a large dinner plate and let it set out on the counter, and then went to work and did an oil change/fuel filters on my dads truck and then we went to dinner afterwards. So at least 2 hours. Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By Dave_Markowitz: Originally Posted By speedball: What is the best way to dry them? Just open the bag and let it sit a few days? I think i just didnt pack it tight enough maybe? I layed out more than enough on a large dinner plate and let it set out on the counter, and then went to work and did an oil change/fuel filters on my dads truck and then we went to dinner afterwards. So at least 2 hours. If you drop enough in to fill the bowl, then press it down and fill another half-bowl, press it down, that’ll usually be a good enough pack. Light the top with one match (or equivalent), tamp it lightly down, and light again with a second match. |
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Congrats, Churchwardens are great smokes! If you're going to smoke aromatics, try Kopp tobaccos. They offer very good aromatics that do not get wet and soppy as you smoke them. I would also go for English/Balkan blends, they are very good in Fall and winter. For Spring/Summer, I like Virginia blends, try Capstan Blue (Tolkien's blend...although the modern iteration is slightly different). @DK-Prof makes pipes, and there are other artisans out there. If you want the Lord of the Rings pipes, look up the Vauen line of Auenland pipes. Vauen used to have the right to make official Lord of the Rings pipes, but that TM was sold awhile ago. I was lucky to get all 4 of the original LOTR Vauen pipes - Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and Bilbo. 
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Will need to get a dusty copy of lord of the rings off of ebay too. Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Only if you have a fine smoking jacket. With patches on the elbows. Will need to get a dusty copy of lord of the rings off of ebay too. My man! |
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Originally Posted By MichaelVain: Congrats, Churchwardens are great smokes! If you're going to smoke aromatics, try Kopp tobaccos. They offer very good aromatics that do not get wet and soppy as you smoke them. I would also go for English/Balkan blends, they are very good in Fall and winter. For Spring/Summer, I like Virginia blends, try Capstan Blue (Tolkien's blend...although the modern iteration is slightly different). @DK-Prof makes pipes, and there are other artisans out there. If you want the Lord of the Rings pipes, look up the Vauen line of Auenland pipes. Vauen used to have the right to make official Lord of the Rings pipes, but that TM was sold awhile ago. I was lucky to get all 4 of the original LOTR Vauen pipes - Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and Bilbo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49398/IMG_5336-3801632.jpg That’s awesome. The Lord of the Rings is why I chose a churchwarden. |
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Inspired me to light up my Peterson as well FWIW, I remember my grandpa having a little Lazy Susan of pipes and he'd let them rest after smoking one, didn't ever smoke the same one twice in a day. Not sure if it will mess up a pipe or not, I'm a novice at best. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Will need to get a dusty copy of lord of the rings off of ebay too. Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Only if you have a fine smoking jacket. With patches on the elbows. Will need to get a dusty copy of lord of the rings off of ebay too.  |
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Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Inspired me to light up my Peterson as well FWIW, I remember my grandpa having a little Lazy Susan of pipes and he'd let them rest after smoking one, didn't ever smoke the same one twice in a day. Not sure if it will mess up a pipe or not, I'm a novice at best. |
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Originally Posted By Windustsearch: Yep, let them dry out for a day. Originally Posted By Windustsearch: Originally Posted By TexCorriente: Inspired me to light up my Peterson as well FWIW, I remember my grandpa having a little Lazy Susan of pipes and he'd let them rest after smoking one, didn't ever smoke the same one twice in a day. Not sure if it will mess up a pipe or not, I'm a novice at best. shit, gonna need more pipes. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i got a couple black cherry ones, one is captain and one is gawith kendal gold #3. though i didnt do all that much research on them. im a noob so i figured id start with something pleasant smelling. i am completely open to suggestions of different ones to try. I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. |
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Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i got a couple black cherry ones, one is captain and one is gawith kendal gold #3. though i didnt do all that much research on them. im a noob so i figured id start with something pleasant smelling. i am completely open to suggestions of different ones to try. I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. i was just looking into apricot as you said this. synchronicities are so weird sometimes. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: I think i just didnt pack it tight enough maybe? I layed out more than enough on a large dinner plate and let it set out on the counter, and then went to work and did an oil change/fuel filters on my dads truck and then we went to dinner afterwards. So at least 2 hours. Tight is the fail. You want to pack it up to the rim a bit loose, then light it enough to make it sprout all the way across the top, be gentle with this part, then tamp the top down flat and let it sit a second. Then you light the whole flat front in the bowl and puff gently for a consistent ember. Church wardens help, so you can see the ember, but I prefer even more bent stems. And clean the f_cking things you heathens...if they get wet it's all gonna suck. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i was just looking into apricot as you said this. synchronicities are so weird sometimes. (glances at your avatar) One doesn't argue with the almighty. |
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Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: Tight is the fail. You want to pack it up to the rim a bit loose, then light it enough to make it sprout all the way across the top, be gentle with this part, then tamp the top down flat and let it sit a second. Then you light the whole flat front in the bowl and puff gently for a consistent ember. Church wardens help, so you can see the ember, but I prefer even more bent stems. And clean the f_cking things you heathens...if they get wet it's all gonna suck. i didnt pack it super tight but it went out a bunch of times and i kept trying to recover it. so probably would have been better off to just start over. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: shit, gonna need more pipes. I am not sure it's as crucial as people say or how rigorous people get with it. If you like smoking a pipe, you'll wind up with a lot of them after awhile, that's just how it works. As far as packing the pipe- I usually load it up to almost overflowing and pack/tamp that down to half way or just below half-way down the bowl. Load it all the way up again and pack/tamp that down to a bout 2/3-3/4 full. Then load it up again and lightly pack that so it is almost full- a bit more full than 3/4. I light it and take a few long draws, then tamp the whole thing during a draw. At that point you might have to relight it- but then it should be good. You'll get the feel for how hard/easy a draw should be. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i didnt pack it super tight but it went out a bunch of times and i kept trying to recover it. so probably would have been better off to just start over. If I have a bowl that goes out a bunch I will at least try to poke at it with a filter from the back. Often it's just an unlucky bit of leaf clogging the hole. If it doesn't feel loose before you light it, it's not likely to improve. |
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Originally Posted By Windustsearch: I'll run a pipe for a day/evening at work then home- smoke it a number of times. But then the next day I'll use a different one. I am not sure it's as crucial as people say or how rigorous people get with it. If you like smoking a pipe, you'll wind up with a lot of them after awhile, that's just how it works. Once a pipe is hot you shouldn't smoke it again until it cools down. It's the best excuse for having more of them. |
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Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: If I have a bowl that goes out a bunch I will at least try to poke at it with a filter from the back. Often it's just an unlucky bit of leaf clogging the hole. If it doesn't feel loose before you light it, it's not likely to improve. Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i didnt pack it super tight but it went out a bunch of times and i kept trying to recover it. so probably would have been better off to just start over. If I have a bowl that goes out a bunch I will at least try to poke at it with a filter from the back. Often it's just an unlucky bit of leaf clogging the hole. If it doesn't feel loose before you light it, it's not likely to improve. tonight was much better. arigatou. |
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A friend of mine and I will hit a local tobacco shop in Springfield that has a smoking lounge with nice leather cushy chairs. https://justforhim.com/catalog/index.php?main_page I started with some cigars, meh kind of boring without alcohol. Owning a couple pipes, I tried smoking a pipe. Lots of effort for little return. I noticed the smoking lounge will let anyone sit there, all day, as long as they buy a cigar or pipe tobacco. What does that mean? We were sitting their with a bunch of homeless people. |
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I started pipe smoking within the last year, so take my info for what it’s worth. One of my pipes is a Savinelli churchwarden(I got it for the exact same reason as you OP), and while I do like it a lot, for a while it was one of my tougher pipes to smoke. I would end up getting it too hot because I was smoking it too fast trying to keep it lit. Gurgling is a major sign your smoking too fast, that combined with not drying the tobacco enough. Pipe smoking takes effort, which is why I like it and when you finally get it, it is awesome. I’d say it took me about 6 months to finally get it. When you no longer mainly taste burnt ash is when you’ll know you got it. My goto tobacco is Nightcap. I like a capstan blue in my churchwarden though. As a beginner I would recommend meershaum corn cob pipes. They’re cheap and much more forgiving in the beginning. It’s because of these pipes that I finally figured out how to do it correctly. Make sure to dry out the amount of tobacco you need for the pipe for about 45 mins before hand. If it’s too dry it’ll smoke fine but won’t taste as good, too wet and it won’t smoke well at all, but you’ll taste it for the puffs that stay lit. |
Most VA blends, and certainly ALL aromatics ( ) need to be dried a bit before smoking. VA flakes are usually best if rubbed out (lol) and set on a paper towel on the counter for a couple hours before smoking. To fill the pipe, I've found the gravity/dribble/thirds method to be the best and most consistent... Take a pinch of your tobacco and drop/dribble it into the bowl only letting gravity do the work. Fill to the top, then tamp it down to the 1/2 mark. Repeat two more times. Gently light a "charring light", tamp down once more (it will expand), light once more, and you're good to go. Never let the pipe get so hot you can't hold it. Also, you're going to want to build up a "cake" in the bowl. Think of it like the seasoning in a cast iron pan. A good pipe with a well built up cake (ideally of your favorite blend) is a thing of glory. Easiest way to build a nice, even, cake... After each smoked bowl, you should have mostly ash but with some unsmoked tobacco in it too...they call it "dottle". Take your pipe tool, and "stir" it around to loosen it up. Then cover the bowl with your thumb or palm, and give it a gentle shake. After you dump it out, you should have a nice, clean, thin layer of ash evenly lining the bowl. I can't tell you how many janky fucked up pipes customers brought in for cleaning because they'd just jam their pipe in the jar and use their thumb to cram in as much tobacco as they could. I think the biggest reason a lot of people don't stick with the pipe is because they get into it after smoking cigars or cigarettes. They're used to a "light and forget" type situation and are turned off with the "process" of smoking a pipe. That process/ritual is VERY much a part of the enjoyment...at least for me it was. |
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My brother and I don't smoke, other than the rare cigar. He's an avid gardener and has recently been experimenting with growing some tobacco plants. We were just on his new deck discussing turning his plants into cigarillos or pipe stuffing. He's threatening to buy a nice pipe like the OP. I'm personally going corn cob pipe. That or a Hobbit style clay long stem. 
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Originally Posted By DV8EDD: Neat! I bought this one at Peterson in Dublin two years ago this week. I don't smoke much but I like my late father's collection in my office. He and his dad were both pipe smokers. https://i.imgur.com/PolDphz.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/xxCVcws.jpeg I have the same lighter, neat, but damn the tank is small. |
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Originally Posted By CDW4ME: I don't smoke, neither does my wife, never have. We been married 36 years and get along great. If either of us took up smoking all hell would break loose. Neither my wife or I have ever smoked cigarettes but a pipe is a different animal. No non smoker has ever complained about the smell. |
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Very rarely ill catch a wiff of pipe smoke when im out and about. Good stuff. Makes me want to start smoking but ill wait until im in my 60's so I dont have to experience many of the long term ill effects. I wish people would smoke pipes instead of that skunk shit weed everyone smokes now. |
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Originally Posted By 03RN: Im a fan https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/972266e5-e520-481f-9e25-7c30cd9cb406-1_a-3801170.JPG That picture exudes pure class… |
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Originally Posted By Dissident: That picture exudes pure class… Originally Posted By Dissident: Originally Posted By 03RN: Im a fan https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/972266e5-e520-481f-9e25-7c30cd9cb406-1_a-3801170.JPG That picture exudes pure class… Im not sure about that. A $700 1911 and Evan Williams... |
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Originally Posted By DV8EDD: Neat! I bought this one at Peterson in Dublin two years ago this week. I don't smoke much but I like my late father's collection in my office. He and his dad were both pipe smokers. https://i.imgur.com/PolDphz.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/xxCVcws.jpeg |
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Originally Posted By DV8EDD: Neat! I bought this one at Peterson in Dublin two years ago this week. I don't smoke much but I like my late father's collection in my office. He and his dad were both pipe smokers. https://i.imgur.com/PolDphz.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/xxCVcws.jpeg Nice pipes! Top pic not loading for me. |
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Originally Posted By Trumpet: Most VA blends, and certainly ALL aromatics ( ) need to be dried a bit before smoking. VA flakes are usually best if rubbed out (lol) and set on a paper towel on the counter for a couple hours before smoking. To fill the pipe, I've found the gravity/dribble/thirds method to be the best and most consistent... Take a pinch of your tobacco and drop/dribble it into the bowl only letting gravity do the work. Fill to the top, then tamp it down to the 1/2 mark. Repeat two more times. Gently light a "charring light", tamp down once more (it will expand), light once more, and you're good to go. Never let the pipe get so hot you can't hold it. Also, you're going to want to build up a "cake" in the bowl. Think of it like the seasoning in a cast iron pan. A good pipe with a well built up cake (ideally of your favorite blend) is a thing of glory. Easiest way to build a nice, even, cake... After each smoked bowl, you should have mostly ash but with some unsmoked tobacco in it too...they call it "dottle". Take your pipe tool, and "stir" it around to loosen it up. Then cover the bowl with your thumb or palm, and give it a gentle shake. After you dump it out, you should have a nice, clean, thin layer of ash evenly lining the bowl. I can't tell you how many janky fucked up pipes customers brought in for cleaning because they'd just jam their pipe in the jar and use their thumb to cram in as much tobacco as they could. I think the biggest reason a lot of people don't stick with the pipe is because they get into it after smoking cigars or cigarettes. They're used to a "light and forget" type situation and are turned off with the "process" of smoking a pipe. That process/ritual is VERY much a part of the enjoyment...at least for me it was. i am going to try this again tonight. i did it the first time but i may have been too generous with the tobacco based on how you are describing it, and then got frustrated and jammed it in. same with the second night. though i was more restrained the second night and it did stay lit a lot longer. |
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Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. |
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Originally Posted By zaitsev44: +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. Originally Posted By zaitsev44: Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. i plan to go to the local pipe shop tomorrow after work just to look around and see what suggested tobaccos from this thread that they have. I have never been there before so I have no expectations, but I want to support my local business before ordering online, but suspect I may have to? A lot of this stuff is very esoteric. |
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Originally Posted By zaitsev44: +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. Originally Posted By zaitsev44: Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. Hal o the Wynd is one of the few I’ve bought by the pound. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: i plan to go to the local pipe shop tomorrow after work just to look around and see what suggested tobaccos from this thread that they have. I have never been there before so I have no expectations, but I want to support my local business before ordering online, but suspect I may have to? A lot of this stuff is very esoteric. Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By zaitsev44: Originally Posted By stimpsonjcat: I hesitate to do this, because it will cause me scarcity, but, because I love my arfcom brothers... PETER STOKKEBYE 24 NOUGAT - mostly by itself Peter Stokkebye 27 Pistachio - this mixed 50/50 with Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream - is beyond tasty I will regret pointing this out. +1 for C&H Apricots and Cream. It’s delightful. Their Founding Fathers is my favorite pipe tobacco of all time. Both of those are worth a look. Sutliff’s Queen Anne’s Revenge is another excellent blend that I go to time and time again. Rattay’s Hal O the Wynd is a good one to wake you up. i plan to go to the local pipe shop tomorrow after work just to look around and see what suggested tobaccos from this thread that they have. I have never been there before so I have no expectations, but I want to support my local business before ordering online, but suspect I may have to? A lot of this stuff is very esoteric. Generally I’ve found that the more delicious it smells, the less you’ll taste it. Since you’re smoking indoors and presumably want a pleasant room note, you might be stuck with aromatic blends for awhile. |
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Originally Posted By ken_mays: Generally I’ve found that the more delicious it smells, the less you’ll taste it. Since you’re smoking indoors and presumably want a pleasant room note, you might be stuck with aromatic blends for awhile. I'm not opposed to going outside. give some recommendations! i am trying to keep an open mind, but the ones i smoke in the house will probably be more pleasant ones. |
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Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: I'm not opposed to going outside. give some recommendations! i am trying to keep an open mind, but the ones i smoke in the house will probably be more pleasant ones. Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Originally Posted By ken_mays: Generally I’ve found that the more delicious it smells, the less you’ll taste it. Since you’re smoking indoors and presumably want a pleasant room note, you might be stuck with aromatic blends for awhile. I'm not opposed to going outside. give some recommendations! i am trying to keep an open mind, but the ones i smoke in the house will probably be more pleasant ones. Rattray’s Hal o the Wynd, Peterson’s Sherlock Holmes and Elizabethan. Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake and Bullseye. Stokkebye is often found in bulk at shops so you can try out a bit. Those are all easy smoking Virginias that don’t give you tongue bite and have enough variation to make them interesting. |
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