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was just looking at the show us your cellar post and got me thinking. You guys have a lot of briars, how do you remember what type of tobacco you used them for, or does it just not matter what you put in it? I only have 2 and looking to a few few more in the coming year. I have a terrible memory and sure ill forget. I write with a sharpie on the bottom of my cobs to help fight my stupidity and wont do that on a nice pipe!
I do not keep pipes for certain tobaccos....never found it to make a difference if you clean the pipe after smokin...if I did certain pipes for certain tobaccos I would not have enough house for the pipes an I would look like jimmy
I'm just now starting to dedicate pipes for certain blends. I don't for each tobacco mind you, just blend type.
I've got one nice briar for English and two for VA and Vaper blends.
Obviously 3 is not enough when you smoke nearly every day, but I also have several cobs to fill in the gaps.
I still consider myself a newbie in the pipe world so take my input as such but I tend to smoke which ever tobacco I am wanting in whichever pipe is next in the rotation, a good cleaning with a pipe cleaner and I'm good to go. I have started noticing that a couple of my favorites taste better in this one or that one, but with only 4 pipes it's pretty easy to keep that straight.
That's a great question and I was wondering about it just last night. I lit up a bowl of an aromatic in a pipe that I had been smoking Kendal Kentucky and Tambolaka in; the taste was tainted from the previous tobaccos. I am going to keep my pipes in certain areas of my pipe rack to remember which tobaccos they are dedicated to.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbr310
IT's easy for me, because I only have one pipe for aros (hardly ever smoke em). A few for lat blends (a quick sniff will confirm if any doubt), and the rest I smoke Burleys, VAs, VaPers, etc. in because I don't notice much cross over. I have around 15 pipes and don't have trouble keeping track.
I have around ten briars and 3 cobs an 2 meers. When and if I get around to a deep cleaning I'll dedicate pipes to certain blends such as english,aro,and vapers.When I do, I have 3 pipe racks to seperate them to keep them straight.But for now I just do a quick clean and smoke.
I get a lot of ghosting from about any type of blend except VAs and burley. I also note that some blends taste better with differing pipe shapes, for instance wider, squatter bowls for Lat blends. I also burn all kinds of blends - even aros. So lessee....
Stanwell Silver Band (diplomat) - blends with DFK
Savinelli bulldog - Lat blends
Hwiebe short bulldog - Lat blends
Savinelli bend dip - Aros
Tsuge pot #1 - VAs and ropes
Tsuge pot #2 - VApers
Self pipe - VAs and DFK blends
Pipe from English bloke who bombed it to me - Lats
Cobwarden - Aros
MM Dip - Lakelands
Clays - whatever
Bjarne pick axe - Esoterica Pembroke only. Seriously - they were made for each other
Custom cob - whatever, no Lat blends
How the hell did I accumulate so many pipes? There are a couple more here somewhere...
I've swung from one extreme to the other with this, and surprisingly decided I appreciate the one extreme more so than settling in the middle ;) When I got started I smoked everything in everything, then I went through a stage of dedicating everything to categories like: aro, English, cherry, burley, Virginia, and certain special blends. I have since returned to the "everything in everything" model and it is suiting me just fine.
No sir, you got it the wrong way. You tainted a wonderfully tasting /smelling pipe by smoking that nasty ARO in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
I don't think I tainted the pipe permanently. It was my cracked MM Country Gentleman. But you have a point. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shemp Jizzle
I will say that I have only really strongly noticed ghosting one time.
I smoked some Peterson Irish Flake in a pipe (I believe it was a cob actually) and the next day pulled it out and packed it with Elizabethan Mixture. I could taste the Irish Flake very clearly.
I've heard cobs don't ghost nearly as bad so it kind of surprised me. Of course Irish Flake is a strong tasting tobacco.
I don't know if I just didn't clean it good enough or what. That may well be the case.
Have you tried a Lakeland tobacco, Paul? They will ghost the heck out of a pipe, but I like them so I'm not complaining. I have two briars that I inadvertently dedicated to Lakeland blends. No matter what I smoke in them, I can taste the Lakeland essence, Tonquin bean or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
I have not had any Lakeland blends as of yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
You mention Tonquin. I have had SG 1792 Flake which I think is flavored with the same thing. Are they similar?
No. They are not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
I haven't tried 1792 yet; BryGuySC says they are not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze