3633 - Stokebyes French Vanilla

3637 - Vintage Black
3638 - Grandma's Apple Pie

3642 - Vintage Black
3643 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla
3644 - RLP6
3645 - Smokers Pride Vanilla Cavendish
3646 - Vintage Black

3649 - Vintage black

3651 - stokebyes burley

3653 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla
3654 - Vintage Black
3655 - Classic Black
3656 - Grandma's Apple Pie

3659 - Classic Black
3660 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla

3664-Three Friars in a cob

3666 - Vintage Black

3668 - Vintage Black
3669 - Gandma's Apple Pie

3672 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla

Any tobaccos one of you gentleman would recommend a noob in the non-aro variety?

PHIL!
do not answer. Z is insane.

oy.
this won't end well...

I first tried smoking a pipe in high school, then every couple of years tried again but never could really hack it. My decision to quit cigarettes began my pipe smoking era. What I looked for was a decent aroma and bite free taste. Cobs helped with the bite, then the cleaning of the pipes became time consuming. Non-aromatics didn't provide a good aroma or taste, so I went with aromatics. Smoked many kinds of pipes with several gimmicks, but finally settled on E A Carey pipes with the magic inch system which needed much less maintenance. Finally became a fan of black cavendish tobaccos but still look for something that might be as good or better for me. Cut way back on the pipe smoking 20 some odd years ago when I bought tobaccos in 5 lb. bags. Always get back to pipe smoking when time is limited or it's cold out.

Thanks for the info, fellas. After smelling the Pirate Kake, I chickened out and jar’d it. Not sure I’m ready for that one yet. Tongue bite aside, I enjoyed the LTF. Very sweet, but enjoyable.

Probably need to work on techniques for a while and develop my palate a bit before I get too crazy about blends. There is definitely more of an art to the pipe than cigars.

Gonna grab another cob and maybe one or two more blends. Any suggestions on a straight VA blend? Maybe a burley/Va??? Thanks in advance.

3677 & 3678 PS LTF in a cob.

Phil, don't mistake kindness for weakness!

I once mentioned that I had an interest in pipes. Whistlebritches, ZRX, and Dave W who no longer posts coordinated a 3 Pirate attack on my sorry azz.

That was a few years ago, I don't post when I smoke a bowl or two, but I still haven't finished it all. Tons of baccy, pipes, pipe cleaners, pipe tool, magazines...and they don't even like me cuz I'm a liberal!

I keed, I keed.

Overall, I'd say pipe baccy has more and better flavors to discover, but it's just so easy to grab a cigar and start relaxing so I smoke those way more often than pipes. But I like pipe tobacco more.

Also, do most pipe smokers use the "filters"?

tied stix!
gotta be 35 years for me.

I have the Grabow "filters". They do impede smoke volume on some but not all pipes.
not sure if they are needed or not.

we woulda had a great time if I knew ya then!
You'd love rman too.

The Latakia is smokey but it burns cool, don’t be afraid of it. You wanna be afraid try some of the Tamboluka stuff Gregg sent me or some Peterson Perfect Plug....that’ll put you on your Kiester. If I was only allowed one type it would be VaPer. I like the sweet pepper. VaBur is good too, burley generally has a nuttier taste but to me I feel the nicotine with burley. It’s hard to go wrong with a VaPer it usually just strength and quality of tobacco differences IMO (well that and the ammount of Perique).

3680~ Esoterica Pembroke in a generic briar bulldog

3681 - Vintage Black Cav, in a small meerscaum
3682 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla

3685~PS LBF
3686~and again

3688 - Vintage Black Cav.

3691 - Vintage Black Cav.
3692 - Stokkebyes French Vanilla
3693 - Grandma's Apple Pie