Does anyone else here smoke a ipe as well as cigars? I took up a pipe about one years ago and find it is a good transition between the two for a different taste of tobacco. I may smoke a pipe once a month but it does not take away from my cigat appreciation in any way. I think it has enhanced my taste and ability to recognize the subtleness of a fine cigar. Any feed back is welcomed.

Just noticed all the typo's.....LOL.....I am not really that illiterate.....I think.

I used to ... during college years, I smoked cigarettes, a pipe and an occasional cigar ... quit the cigs as a young adult, smoked the pipe regularly with cigars on a more frequent basis ... at one point, some years ago, I quit all smoking ... stayed quit for quite some time, too ... never once missed the cigarettes, and very quickly, did not miss the pipe ... the cigars were what I missed!

When I could no longer resist, I picked up a really nice looking maduro in a small shop ... no band, just a damn fine looking cigar. Smoked it and said 'ah, yes ... just as good as I remembered them being' ...

For me, the pipe was a transition of sorts ... during the time I smoked it, I learned a lot about tobaccos and gained an appreciation for quality as well as a taste for full-bodied tobacco that I have retained completely ...

Never smoked an ipe but I have chased snipes. LOL X

Come on guys...mtsheron didn't say what he smoked in the pipe..If it is what I think it is that would explain all the typos. So instead of getting the leathery, nutty taste he would be getting the horse sh8t, skunky, or dirt taste.

Oh for the good old college days.....eerrr man, try this...sssssss..Oh Yeah...Primo...69 going sideways

I have several pipes here on my desk including a Calibash! (Sherlock Holmes Pipe) I don't smoke them all that much these days due to the fact that I always seem to get the tip of my tongue raw from the spices in pipe tobacco smoke. I love the taste, but the burn and the juice down the throat on occasion isn't good for the health. I don't get that with cigars and thus the reason I prefer these stogies to my pipe.

P.S. Rookie...I never done none of that stuff..I just read about it in books..Yeah..thats it...I read about it. Onest ossifer, want the rest of my burrito?

Goose ... the problems you describe, particularly the 'juicy' problem, are generally attributable to the pipe burning too hot. You'll want to be sure to keep the 'soot' residue to a minimum and perhaps draw a bit less heavily on it ... the soot can build up so thick that it restricts the volume of tobacco you can put in the pipe and can cause it to burn so hot you can scarcely touch the bowl ... sorta the same problem as if you let your chimney build-up get to the point the heat lights the house on fire ...

Be careful Fubar..Mtsheron is in the same field as I am, except he's fed...Probably gets the good stuff to smoke..LOL

Oh,Oh, mtsheron...the book belonged to someone else...I found it..yeah..thats it...69

I like to smoke a pipe once in a while. But with all of these dang cigars that keep showing up on my doorstep I can't keep up with them. Pipes give a huge volume of smoke but the tobaccos I have are quite mild compared to my cigars. Also they are higher maintenance while smoking. You have to pay attention to them more. But the flavors are a lot smoother than flavored cigars. I really like the cherry mixture that I have. When I can just sit and relax and there is no wind I like to smoke the pipe.
GG7, Are you buying pipe tobacco from COSCO or something? You should only get bitten if you packed it too lose or you are puffing too fast. The grocery store tobacco has some sort of acid that they use as a preservative. Always buy from a tobacconist.

Thanks for the tips guys. The tobacco I use to buy was from The Tinderbox and they would dip into one of those big jars to get my bag filled. Can't remember what it was called now it has been so long...Some kind of cavendish though. Sweet aromatic stuff.

I used to smoke a pipe occasionally before I started smoking cigars. I was not knowledgable about tobacco and gain some experience with flavors from it.

However, the pipe never caught my interest. In contrast, I am borderline obsesssed with cigars. Just something about the combination of craftmanship and complex flavors.

I don't care for flavored cigars. Are all cigar tobaccos aromatic?

You mean pipe tobaccos? Not all of them are but I would say most of the popular ones are.

I smoked a pipe for a year or so, and I did like it. But it was a real chore at times. Rotating the pipes out, caking the bowl and keeping it even, dealing with the excess moister...and when the wife saw the bill for a new pipe, she usually wasn't too thrilled.

Goose, yes I did mean Pipe tobacco. Thanks.

good tobacco is good tobacco, whether it is rolled into cigars or processed for use in pipes, ... most of the pipe tobacco sold in drug stores is the equivilent of the cigars sold in drug stores and flavored pipe tobacco is even worse than flavored cigars ... cherry blend for pipes and swisher sweets cigars are cousins

If you go into a Tinderbox or a similar store anywhere, and purchase tobacco for a pipe, it is rare that you'd just get a bagful of tobacco from a single jar ... typically, they'd make you a blend using some of this and some of that ... the brand name tins you see on the shelves there are all blends ... the blends are 'aromatic' not because they're flavored, but because a good blend smells good ... it has a good aroma ...

Goose, next time you go into the Tinderbox for pipe tobacco, ask the guy to make a blend using a full, mature Virginia mixed with a bit of perique ('puh-reek') ... he might urge you to add a little latakia too, but tell him no ... be sure the cake in your pipe is scraped out pretty well (you DO want SOME, but if it's built up thicker than a nickle, its's TOO much ... a penny's worth of thickness is good) ... pack the tobacco firmly, but not tightly, light it evenly and after lighting, tamp it down lightly and re-light ... now, then ... don't smoke too quickly ... just as sucking on a cigar too heavily will make it burn hot, the same is true for your pipe ... draw frequently enough to keep it lit, but not enough that touching your cheek with the bowl feels too warm ... then let me know what you think ...

I smoked burl pipes for years before our oldest was born, then gave it up. Ran into most of the problems goose and Steve described, even with good tobacco. Never used the inserts but knocked a lot of juice out of stems. You can pay too much for a pipe. I did once. Breaking a pipe in takes time because the layer of tar and ash you need around the inside of the bowl builds slowly. You need that layer so the pipe will smoke cool. There's never any place to put a pipe that it doesn't roll around and make a mess. I used to stuff them inside the button flap or pencil hole of the front pocket on my work shirts but I lost a couple before I wised up that they fell out unnoticed when I bent over to pick up a tool or lay down a chalk line. Pipes are hard to keep lit. It's a mystery. Most pipe tobacco I tried was dry and dead. Enjoyed Flying Dutchman, though. Most pipe tobacco is like a flavored cigar. Popularity of the Lord of the Rings trilogy might make 'em popular again. Enjoy what you got.

Really good (translation; really expensive) pipes don't require that little metal gizzy in the stem ... those and other filters of that sort are indicative of a second class (or less) pipe ... in a good pipe the briar itself serves as a filter and absorbs juices, etc ... which is why it requires drying out ... smoke a pipe today, let it rest and smoke a different one tomorrow ...