I think I got a really good deal at the flea market today!

[Tony78]

I have a dedicated Virginia pipe (Savinelli Bruna 209) too. It pretty much only sees OGS or FVF.

I got my father in law smoking pipes again after he took a many year hiatus. I've slowly baited him back into this evil TAD/PAD hobby over the last couple of cold months. Yesterday he tried OGS for the first time and asked where I got it (local or internet). I walked over to my pipe cabinet, pulled some stuff and handed him a tin of OGS, a brand new MM Legend, a pipe tool, a package of pipe cleaners and a couple books of matches. Now he can enjoy a pipe at his house too. Next up... get him to join this forum. Moral of the story... OGS is a great tobacco.

OGS is a great choice to start your dedicated Virginia pipe because it burns easier than many of the other flake Virginias. I assume you're doing a full reconditioning and reaming the cake back to nothing. If that's the case stick with OGS for a few smokes or something that you know burns easily. If you do go for FVF in that pipe... dry it well. FVF is very wet and is even more of a delicious PITA in a brand new pipe. My $0.02

[Cool Breeze]

I assume you're doing a full reconditioning and reaming the cake back to nothing. If that's the case stick with OGS for a few smokes or something that you know burns easily. If you do go for FVF in that pipe... dry it well. FVF is very wet and is even more of a delicious PITA in a brand new pipe. My $0.02

Yeah, I gave it the salt/alcohol treatment for several hours and reamed it out pretty good so I'll be re-forming the cake.
I figure a few bowls of OGS will do the trick nicely as well.

I'll have a couple more tins delivered in a few days. I don't see me ever getting tired of it.