[FTS]

Originally Posted by shakeybill

I don't see cigars as much of a transition between aromatics and latakia. A cigar has a total different class of flavor than all but a few types of pipe tobaccos.

Ah ok, thanks for the warning then I suppose when I said flavor, I was thinking strength.

I see the guys smoke cigar butts in pipes all the time up at my Thursday evening hangout at my tobacconist. They crumble the butt just like you would rub out a flake of pipe tobacco. It kind of smells bad because of the heavy quantity of tar that is in the butt. I don't know how you'd get the smell of your hands.

Oh cool! Thanks for that info. I had this thought of cutting it up into small slices and whatnot. I don't know if I'd smoke just the butt though.

I am not a cigar smoker. Pipes only with some nasal snuff.

Regards, Bill

Now that's one thing I don't hear much about, nasal snuff. I don't think I'd quite enjoy it.

[shakeybill]

Originally Posted by Kepa

Ah ok, thanks for the warning then I suppose when I said flavor, I was thinking strength.

Oh cool! Thanks for that info. I had this thought of cutting it up into small slices and whatnot. I don't know if I'd smoke just the butt though.

Now that's one thing I don't hear much about, nasal snuff. I don't think I'd quite enjoy it.

I use snuff only occassionaly. It makes you sneeze, you blow your nose a lot and it can have an unfortunate connotation to cocaine in some people's minds. It is a totally unique tobacco experience though

Regards, Bill

[brandontmilan]

I went to the Ashville Pizza and Brewery Company on my birthday. I got some house brew with a chocolate flavor that my fiancee thought I should try. It tasted pretty bad at first, but then I got used to it a little. My friend got a house brew Scottish Ale. It was a little better. Then I went back and got a Heineken and I actually liked it.

As far as my favorite blends go,

1. A Blend by an old man named bob at my local tobacconist called "Bob's Wacky Baccy" Its mostly virginia black, with a lot of vanilla flavor.

2. Another local blend called "Mild English" its kind of an americanized english blend... I like it a lot, the natural sweetness is as good as if not better than the flavored sweetness of american blends

3. Anything with vanilla in it... honestly, most of what i've smoked as of late has been from a big bag of vanilla that I bought from Eckerd or Walgreens or something...

Originally Posted by Kepa

A quick question for the adventurous smokers among us: Is it possible, or have any of you tried, to cut up a cigar and smoke it in a pipe?

Yeah, I did it with a cuban that my friend was too pansy to finish. It wasn't all that great. It left my pipe smelling bad.

[FTS]

Originally Posted by brandontmilan

I went to the Ashville Pizza and Brewery Company on my birthday. I got some house brew with a chocolate flavor that my fiancee thought I should try. It tasted pretty bad at first, but then I got used to it a little. My friend got a house brew Scottish Ale. It was a little better. Then I went back and got a Heineken and I actually liked it.

Congrats! I'm glad your first experience with alcohol was a good one.

Yeah, I did it with a cuban that my friend was too pansy to finish. It wasn't all that great. It left my pipe smelling bad.

Thanks for the info. I'll reconsider doing that then.

[Role Modlin]

The pipe may have to come out tonight.

[FireProof615]

I no longer have any bowls, pinchies, water pipes. I had a really nice glass bowl. It was amazing.

[FTS]

I just had my first smoke of Dunhill Nightcap! I got my Nightcap and Penzance about an hour ago. My first smoke in my churchwarden also! I love the churchwarden, and the Nightcap was really nice.

[FTS]

So I took a while to open the Penzance. It says it's an English Mottled Flake, but when I open it up it appears to be in little card like shapes. How do I smoke it?
Thanks in advance.

[shakeybill]

Originally Posted by Kepa

So I took a while to open the Penzance. It says it's an English Mottled Flake, but when I open it up it appears to be in little card like shapes. How do I smoke it?
Thanks in advance.

Glad you got your order have had a chance to enjoy. Penzance is probably the easiest crumbling flake that I've ever come across. What I have found works well with a smaller bowl pipe is to take a single flake, roll it up from a short end, and stuff it into the pipe like a short stubby log.

If you have a larger bowl pipe take 1.5 or 2 flakes, rub them out (won't take much effort), and stuff the pipe.

Regards, Bill

[TheProdigalModern]

Originally Posted by Kepa

A quick question for the adventurous smokers among us: Is it possible, or have any of you tried, to cut up a cigar and smoke it in a pipe?

Once my wife accidentally broke a cigarette off at the filter, and I used the tobacco from it in my pipe. Awful.

A friend recently gave me two ounces of Royal Estate Espresso from The Tinderbox in New Orleans. It's a cavendish blended with espresso, and not as rich as I expected, but satisfying in its own way. It smokes really well, but leaves you smelling like ass.

[FTS]

Originally Posted by Vershal

Once my wife accidentally broke a cigarette off at the filter, and I used the tobacco from it in my pipe. Awful.

Oooh, now that's one thing I'd never do. The reason I asked about the cigar was because my order hadn't arrived yet, and I like cigars. Maybe I'll get a corncob and try it.

Originally Posted by Vershal

A friend recently gave me two ounces of Royal Estate Espresso from The Tinderbox in New Orleans. It's a cavendish blended with espresso, and not as rich as I expected, but satisfying in its own way. It smokes really well, but leaves you smelling like ass.

Originally Posted by shakeybill

Glad you got your order have had a chance to enjoy. Penzance is probably the easiest crumbling flake that I've ever come across. What I have found works well with a smaller bowl pipe is to take a single flake, roll it up from a short end, and stuff it into the pipe like a short stubby log.

If you have a larger bowl pipe take 1.5 or 2 flakes, rub them out (won't take much effort), and stuff the pipe.

Regards, Bill

Oh ok, I've heard about rubbing out a flake. Is that what you literally do, just rub it between your fingers?

[shakeybill]

Originally Posted by Kepa

Oh ok, I've heard about rubbing out a flake. Is that what you literally do, just rub it between your fingers?

The amount of rubbing as much as is needed to almost but not completely break up the flake into its individual strands. Some flakes like Penzance and St. Bruno crumble down practically by looking at them. Others like some of the heavy Scotish flakes are like leather or jerky and almost require a cheese shredder.

Rubbing out flakes is an inexact science and a precise art.

Enjoy the heavy latakia blends!

Regards, Bill

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Kepa

I just had my first smoke of Dunhill Nightcap! I got my Nightcap and Penzance about an hour ago. My first smoke in my churchwarden also! I love the churchwarden, and the Nightcap was really nice.

Ah, I was just preparing to head onto the porch to enjoy some writing and some Nightcap. I adore the stuff.

[SilverNitrate]

Originally Posted by Vershal

Once my wife accidentally broke a cigarette off at the filter, and I used the tobacco from it in my pipe. Awful.

Actually... next time that happens... if she'll lightly pinch the butt of the cigarette and gently roll the extra tobacco out of the filter area... then bend the edges of the broken cigarette towards the middle of the cigarette she can slide the broken end back into the filter area. Just make sure she's careful when knocking the ashes off.

Or she can do like I would do... smoke it without the filter.

[FireProof615]

Originally Posted by Vershal

Once my wife accidentally broke a cigarette off at the filter, and I used the tobacco from it in my pipe. Awful.

I've done that before. Only I took some Zig Zags and rolled a cigarette with the tobaco.