Very pleased with first smoke out of decent pipe

[Nature]

Thanks for sharing. Welcome back to pipes! I've only been piping a relatively short time, but I think you're correct, piping is a unique experience compared to cigars. More refined, with more nuances I believe. Don't get me wrong, I still like my cigars too. Waiting for you to inaugurate that meer.

[Ropey]

Waiting for you to inaugurate that meer.

Thanks, I'm a little nervous about that one, don't want to mess it up or drop it. Fortunately it's not a high-end one. Still waiting on shipping from Turkey, will post pics when it arrives

The thing that struck me was that the experience is so sensual. Almost a feminine experience. I don't mean that pipe smoking is a feminine thing to do -- I think there are even fewer female pipe smokers than cigar smokers. I mean that the experience is kind of more.. "curvy".. than cigars, if that makes any sense. It's softer and "rounder."

I think cigarettes are the most "masculine" smoking experience. Quick, linear, matter-of-fact. Cigars are slower and more swirly. And pipes seem to be very slow, very tactile and sensual.

[NeverBend]

Thanks, I'm a little nervous about that one, don't want to mess it up or drop it. Fortunately it's not a high-end one. Still waiting on shipping from Turkey, will post pics when it arrives

The thing that struck me was that the experience is so sensual. Almost a feminine experience. I don't mean that pipe smoking is a feminine thing to do -- I think there are even fewer female pipe smokers than cigar smokers. I mean that the experience is kind of more.. "curvy".. than cigars, if that makes any sense. It's softer and "rounder."

I think cigarettes are the most "masculine" smoking experience. Quick, linear, matter-of-fact. Cigars are slower and more swirly. And pipes seem to be very slow, very tactile and sensual.

Hi Ropey,

Glad that you had a great smoke. Yes, we pipers are sensual guys (anyone know what sensual means?).

I don't know that the size of the pipe mattered. I suspect that you packed it better and that the tobacco may have been more to your liking. As far as the quality of the pipe's smoke, there certainly are better smoking pipes and price isn't always the determining factor. You mentioned a key reason with your excellent observation about the placement of the draught hole being above the bottom of the bowl on the Grabow and the preferred placement on the Molina.

You'll do fine with the Meer and you won't drop it but there is a difference in the smoke, compared to briar, that you may like more or less.

Congrats!

Pete

[Nature]

Thanks, I'm a little nervous about that one, don't want to mess it up or drop it. Fortunately it's not a high-end one. Still waiting on shipping from Turkey, will post pics when it arrives

The thing that struck me was that the experience is so sensual. Almost a feminine experience. I don't mean that pipe smoking is a feminine thing to do -- I think there are even fewer female pipe smokers than cigar smokers. I mean that the experience is kind of more.. "curvy".. than cigars, if that makes any sense. It's softer and "rounder."

I think cigarettes are the most "masculine" smoking experience. Quick, linear, matter-of-fact. Cigars are slower and more swirly. And pipes seem to be very slow, very tactile and sensual.

I get what you're saying.
Maybe another comparison for me is like a Rock Band compared to a symphony?

[Ropey]

Maybe another comparison for me is like a Rock Band compared to a symphony?

Yes, that's a good one too.