What's /out/ smoking now that spring is finally here?

>>2868476
since the body is able to smell & taste more at higher humidity, i go for more nuanced/special blends that i collected during winter

is there a tobacco you guys would recommend to someone that tend to smoke too fast?

>>2868481
i'd recommend finding a way to constrain the draw, like using a filter, an insert, or a stinger/condenser

>>2868481
Maybe an aromatic. I don't like aromatics that much, but if you smoke aromatics too fast they taste even more like hot air than usual and they can give tongue bite. Maybe also learn the "breath method" and just do solely that for a while.

Breath method is basically you just stick the pipe in your mouth and breath normally. Your tongue sort of acts as a diaphragm and draws the pipe for you anyway.

>>2868481
Flake of any sort will slow you down. Five Brothers doesn't mind being smoked fast and hot.

>>2868476
Englishes are almost complete out for me now! I don’t like em’ with warm weather.
I tend to reach more towards brighter virginias in Spring and Summer—namely chasing that hayey, bready, and/or citrusy profile. Virginias and VaPers. Think Orlik, HH Virginia, Luxury Bullseye, Bayou Morning Flake. Yummy stuff (though today I think I fancy some tart Kentucky so it will probably be jackknife plug getting stuffed into a cob when I get home)

>>2868476
It's almost time to stop smoking anything with a medium or large nic hit.

I’ve noticed that I tend to avoid my plug cut tobaccos, just because the preparation always seems too inconvenient in my head. But every time I actually smoke them it really isn’t too difficult to prepare and smoke and I’m always left wondering why I avoid them.
I need to get over this silly little mental barrier

G.L. Pease blends really are impressively good, and represent some of the best quality leaf that comes out of the cornell & diehl factory. I think GLP even beats out the new Per G. Jensen line through c&d

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>>2868595
I'm slowly learning some of the stuff that was common knowledge 150 years ago.

>>2868476
White Elephant Sahara. It's fine, but nothing beats Rattrey's Union Jack IMO.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but aromatics are so gay and gross. Are you going to paint your nails after you smoke your goopy cherry vanilla maple hazelnut chocolate 0% nicotine blend? Put another ladder on the back of your jeep with ducks across the dash board?

>>2868677
have you only had cherry / chocolate / cheapo aromatics?

>>2868677
Once in a while it's a nice change of pace. They aren't all goop.

Does anyone have any recommendations for some OTC codger blends?
I have half & half, which I quite enjoy every now and then. Trying to decide between getting a tub of Carter Hall or Prince Albert.

>>2868715
carter hall is heavy on burley, and while prince albert is also seen as a burley, it has black cavendish in it, so it really depends on what you're into

>>2868715
I could smoke Carter Hall all day.

Started putting ground up poppy seeds in with along with my bac. Hooooooly shiiiiiiiit bros.

>>2868747
Is it just a nutty flavor or is there actually any meaningful amount of alkaloids leftover to feel something?
Any claims of euphoria from this is probably just explained as a placebo. Still though, I love poppy seed

>>2868677
I don't like aromatics just because I don't like them that much. Carter Hall type aromatics is the most I can really tolerate as being smokeable. Even something like C&D's Bijou is just too much aromatic for me even though I really wanted to like it. You need to smoke them way too slowly to get them to taste like anything other than just hot air.

Though I will say, a cigar shop I went to while sort of out of town (hours away) had this house blend that was kind of like a kitchen sink blend. Perique, Latakia, Burley, I'm sure Virginia, Black Cavendish, etc. Just kinda everything, and it was topped with some light chocolate flavor. That was an aromatic that I could easily see myself smoking, but it's just too far away to go get and I haven't found that blend online anywhere. It was like 90% cigar and vapes so I have a hard time believing it was genuinely a house blend, but it might have been.

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>>2868747
don't do it again or you'll become addicted to polish pastries
>>2868761
you can get high off it, so long as its the correct poppy variety
in fact, even half of a dried poppy pod has killed a guy after they made a tea out of it

>>2868795
This is making my mouth water. I love poppy seeds UGH. In addition to tasting great in pastries and muffins and overnight oats - I went through a phase where I considered making unwashed poppy tea. I never considered grinding & smoking them, though. Would you be able to do it with regular ol’ poppy seeds obtained from a grocery store spice aisle? Or do you need more virginal unwashed home-grown ones. In minecraft; this is all about the hypothetical efficacy

>>2868797
if its "breadseed poppy" (papaver somniferum), yeah, you can do it
some people will buy a shaker of seeds & make a tea out of it for pain, but the pod itself is where you can really get the power out of

the biggest issue is that you don't know how much it actually has though, so you can pretty easily kill yourself if you're abusing it (well, that and the fact its extremely addictive, since its literally just opium)
smoking it would definitely be the most dangerous way, since you'd have basically no time to tell if you're starting to overdose, along with the specific method being more addictive too

have someone here tried to replace these rubber clenchers by some rope or a nylon line?
i want to be hand free but i don't want to chew too much on the stem itself, and do so without buying something on the web since i'm away, hence repurposing some line or similar

>>2869095
Silicone straws work.

I love coin cuts so much it’s unreal. Very whimsical, fun to stuff or rub out. Beautiful presentation.
Very euphoric when you get a new shipment of de luxe navy rolls or LBF and see all those stacked coins

I’m on the hunt for the new “definitive” pure virginia. It’s such a shame I can’t just go out and get HH Pure VA.
C&D’s opening night is close but still not a good match

>>2869751
Have you tried Yorktown?

>>2869773
Nope. I think my next purchase will be Union Square. Though I also have a cellared tin of peterson royal yacht with like 5 years of age on it that I need to pop open first

>>2869751
I would pay $50 USD for a tin of Ilsteds Own Golden Flake.
As far as I’m aware it’s only available on the European market. But it’s supposed to be close to HH Va

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just spotted a baby snapping turtle in my yard (pipe for scale)
i'm surprised i saw it, its so small, but pretty quick for what its worth

>>2870057
>but pretty quick for what its worth
my grandparents had an hermann tortoise as a pet, little bastard ran surprisingly fast
also nice pipe, arn't these chunky pipes unpractical?

>>2870058
its a great sitter, i like the thick walls, and it fits well enough in the hand too; so i can't complain

It was asked in the last thread but I already forgor the answers: charcoal, meerscham, or balsa filters? I have a bunch of 9mm pipes but never use filters. Recently saw a discussion of a guy claiming his vaun dr perl filters give him better Virginia smoking sessions by killing the tongue bite. I’m interested in snagging some

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What's the consensus on brair vs pear wood? I've enjoyed cigars for a while and want to dabble into pipes. Looking at the No. 25 Kaiser from Mr. Brog and a Retro Brair Smooth Apple. I've heard that pear heats too quickly/adds a fruity taste.

>>2870093
get charcoal, they're cheap & work just fine
if you're not used to filters, they'd suit you best anyway, as something like meer & balsa will have a learning curve / expectations they can't fill
>>2870139
theres plenty of people who like pear wood pipes even after having briar, so i don't see why you shouldn't at least try it

>>2870142
I can find briars everywhere, is there any other suppliers or reputable brands for pear wood other than Brog? Also is there any other woods I should keep my eye out for?

>>2870144
theres cherry, olive, and bog oak, but they all burn easily compared to briar
again, no reason not to get them, just can't smoke them too hard or anything like that

>>2870144
You could always give a corncob a go if you're new and looking for something cheap and easily sourceable, a lot of people swear by them, they'll also impart a kettle corn flavor to most tobaccos which is often nice. If you're a cigar enjoyer, stay away from aromatics until you know them by reputation.

>>2870150
Apologies, I read can as can't. I thought you were in some shithole.

>>2870150
>they'll also impart a kettle corn flavor to most tobaccos
i have never experienced this before
all my cobs have basically no taste at all, besides when the wood stem insert gets charred, which simply tastes of wood

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i am exited to announced that i just spotted another turtle

>>2870173
what place got that many wild turtles around?

>>2870178
tennessee
nice an humid here, i love it

>>2870173
A most welcome development

>>2870181
i'm kinda jealous, here most of our turtles have disappeared

has anyone else noticed their clay pipes gain an extremely pleasant, sweet & nutty taste with continued usage?

Sometimes you just have a bad smoke.
Beautiful day, wind didn’t look too crazy on the weather app, busted out my tin of salty dogs that I save for special occasions. Supposed to be a delectable evening on paper…
Ended up with a breeze JUST consistent enough to blow over the pipe and scatter the baccy on my charring light. Then it just billowed my pipe too much and the whole smoke was too hot and my tongue got burned and I couldn’t taste a thing. Wind cap didn’t help, just caused my pipe to keep going out. Can’t win em all.

>>2870337
to win against wind, you need to tamp accordingly, which i do by tamping harder than i normally would
plus, wind can be useful as it keeps air flowing to cool the pipe's walls, while also allowing fewer relights

i am frequently on drives with the window all the way down, and have actually gotten 2 hours out of a smoke on one of them

>>2870341
Yeah I find I can have successful blustery smokes with tall/skinny chambers. Corncobs, especially.
Unfortunately I packed today’s blend in a squat and short briar–one of my smaller pipes–to try and use as little salty dogs as possible considering the hefty price. Nature said “not so fast, have some wind!”

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>>2868475
Fuco me, I did it AGAIN
I still might try to fix it with ceramic glue again since it held up pretty well before when I'm not being retarded and careless

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>>2868476
Enjoying a bowl of Crooner in my little (non-broken) clay

>>2868715
I'm a Prince Albert guy if I'm going OTC blends. But that's probably because it's what my grandfather smoked

This isn't healthy, you know. Stop committing slow suicide.

>>2870484
how about you go outside and try convincing people that in person?
it would be much more convincing for them to see somebody who is actually there & cares about them, than a random comment on a mongolian basket weaving forum

>>2870484
Pipe tobacco is mostly harmless.

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This stuff is tits can anybody recommend something similar or perhaps somewhere to branch out towards? Still pretty new to all of this.

>>2870492
Try Balkan Sasieni.

>>2870494
Please don't, I ended up mixing the only tin of that I've ever bought with ryo tobacco and smoking it in cigarettes it was that bad.
Ashtons artisans blend is much nicer for a similar price.

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>>2870484
Don't drink alcohol. Don't eat processed meat. Don't eat refined sugar. Don't live near a factory, highway, farm, or golf course. Don't get too much sun exposure. Don't stare at screens for too long. Don't consume anything packaged in plastic. Don't eat anything that isn't organic, free-range, non-GMO, and hormone-free. Don't spend too much time in basements or stone buildings. Don't fly in airplanes. Don't live at high altitudes. Don't drive on the highway. Don't have sex.
Don't you want to live forever?

>>2870492
GLPease Gaslight

Been sitting on a tin of C&D Red Carpet for so long. Was hoping it would blow my socks off and be some sort of cheaper Escudo.
It was so mid and meh. Nothing special.

I'd like to try smoking a pipe and wondering what tobacco would be right if I'm the kind of person that loves a nice strong yet smooth cup of french press french roast coffee or 90% dark chocolate with a heavy cabernet. I don't know if there's some similarity between food and smoke strengths and I just don't want a bad first experience

>>2870671
I always smoke Pegasus when I want a chocolate experience, granted it doesn't exactly taste like burnt beans, you could probably add something like perique if you'd like to darken the taste and increase your nicotine hit. I think I may actually try this now.

>>2870671
Peterson Nightcap sounds up your alley

I added two pinches of perique, just enough to add two flat layers, it could probably only do with one. It has the taste of a very rich dark coffee, a creamier haunted bookshop.

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absolutely loving this rossi canadian, being able to effortlessly take off the stem is great
super cool smoking too, especially with a breeze passing by

>>2870671
Orlik Golden Sliced and Peterson Nightcap are enough to expose you to classic, beginner-friendly, (and downright some of the best) pipe tobacco out there.

>>2870671
Boswell Northwoods is a hidden gem of English blends: https://boswellpipes.com/product/boswell-northwoods/

Smoking a pipe sounds fun but I don't want to become addicted

>>2870824
Pipe smoking is less addicting than coffee, honestly

VaPers are so good it’s unreal

>>2870824
nicotine addiction isn't really an issue, but buying more pipes? now that is an addiction you can't break

>>2870875
Trvke

Pipe cleaners. Usually I get whatever a local shop is selling. When restocking online, should I go for the branded peterson (or) white elephant ones? Bristles? No bristles? Extra absorbent. Tapered/conical… too many choices

>>2870884
i get Lova soft bristles off amazon for cheap, they're just standard cotton ones
i also get the extra long JB Long brand for my churchwarden pipes, since they're thinner & of course longer

i try to avoid the cheapo-crafts ones because i don't need to be smoking plastic filaments, but some pipes are so thinly drilled that they're needed (along with them being good for extremely dirty estate pipes)

the main thing is getting what fits though, as i've gotten some premium ones that were way too thick to use on my older pipes

>>2870884
the cheap option, i got some with bristles but i'm not sure it's actually usefull
conical always, i use the thin end in the stem, the thick end in the other part, snip away the dirty part with a wire cutter and reuse it once or twice
of course don't take the craft ones, take actual pipe stuff

how necessary are filters? how harsh is the smoke without one, especially for a beginner? does it change the flavor at all?

>>2870974
There’s some nuance at play.
Necessary? No.
Does it alter the flavor? Mehhhh. All a meerschaum or balsa wood filter is looking to do is just soak up the steam and heated moisture to deliver a dryer, mediated smoke that won’t bite your tongue with a hot steam burn. A charcoal filter will do a little more to actually absorb some volatile organic compounds and also presumably shift the pH a little bit. So there is some flavor alteration happening here on paper. But that being said, I’ve seen people claim that even a charcoal filter is still a minimal change to the overall nuances of flavor. And if anything might help you enjoy flavors by umpiring an otherwise bitey blend to not be so harsh.

For beginners it’s probably a little better because you’re likely going to have a tendency to puff all of your smokes like a freight train and risk tongue bite over and over again as you learn to pace yourself and your pipeweed.

But personally? I strictly smoke without them. I have a number of 9mm pipes but I just pack and smoke em’ without a filter. That being said: I have been on a straight virginia tear recently—which unfortunately has raped the side of my tongue a few times, even with a slow and paced smoke. I have meerschaum & charcoal filters in my online cart right now so hopefully I can share some future experiences soon. And i’ve had a few smokes with the Savinelli balsa filters and have noticed it at least keeps a blend certainly more dry (but nonetheless I still got gurgling and needed to shove a pipe cleaner down the stem anyways so I stopped bothering with the balsas)
But hopefully what I have to share so far is a little helpful.

>>2870974
totally unnecessary, but some blends are just nice to have one with
their biggest use is moisture control

Kajun Kake smells weird, like it has some sort of cheap vanilla or perhaps deertongue addition. Yet I have never seen this discussed anywhere online.

alright, everyone had been awesome answering my questions and you've all been a good help so far, I just have one more. has anyone tried whitluck's pipe on amazon? I've looked into it and there was a reddit post discussing it over a video of a good review by muttonchop piper but it feels ambivalent. is it safe at least? like, has anyone tried it and tasted any weird flavors from factory chemicals, that sort of thing

>>2871063
Im sure it’s fine but what about the brand attracts you, specifically? There are other budget brands out there with good options

>>2871087
it's just cheap, and apparently smokes well while not getting hot in the hand according to the video

>>2871063
>>2871092
if you're looking for cheap, get an actual on-brand pipe, like grabow, old german clay, molina, brulor, brigham, et cetera
the whitluck is just a garbage weed pipe, its got screens

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I am trying to find someone selling vintage blends luke frog morton, Mcclellands or Sutliff but it seems the buy sell and trade on this stuff is incredibly secret. Does anyone have a place they go online for buy sell and trade for pipes and old cellared blends???

>>2871140
tinbids
Be warned: it can get fierce and dirty. It’s not uncommon for blends to quickly shoot up to the $200-300 price range by a bunch of jackass sellers and plutocrat users with auto-bidding. Like literally the second you place a bid on something you want, someone will automatically outbid you and you’ll never win.
Better to sort by “auctions ending soon” or “buy it now” so you actually have a chance at blends that have gone a little overlooked and are quietly waiting to get snatched up.
Oh also the website has a gay ass options for sellers to automatically void any action if it never goes above a certain price. E.g. one time I sat around for like 20 days praying and hoping I held this cheap $20 bid on a tin of c&d small batch carolina red flake. The auction ended with me as the winner, but I got an email saying yeah the seller wanted a minimum of $50 and was hoping he got more bids, therefore the entire auction is terminated and I can go fuck myself.
But yes there you go—welcome to the world of tinbids. Your only other choice, really, is to visit local brick-and-mortar stores in person if you’re ever visiting other towns and hoping the have some cool stuff stashed up in a display cabinet.

>>2871142
Sounds alot like Gun Broker, im used to this

>smoking a pipe will give you cancer
>"No that's just government bullshit"
Are you retarded?
If you enjoy smoking go ahead and do it, but don't pretend it is good in any way.

>>2871253
I smoke with good intentions and a pure heart, so it is indeed harmless.
Yeah I mean if you’re puffing away like crazy and constantly burn your mouth, pair with a highly distilled spirit that strips your mouth mucus, inhale the smoke into your lungs carelessly, neglect your toothbrush, etc., it’s going to be bad. But if you smoke responsibly with high quality leaf? It’s nowhere near as bad as modern cigarettes and falls closer to the [almost] harmless side of the gradient. Too much red meat is bad, too much alcohol is bad. This is a world of carnal pleasures and temptations and, ultimately, death. Have some fun every now and then, God gave us some gifts to enjoy in moderation.

Thoughts on pre-cutting a plug into slices/flakes? Obviously if I’m long-term cellaring a blend for like 2, 3… 5+ years I would just keep it in plug form in the original unopened tin.
But once a tin has been cracked and I have a glass mason jar to transfer the tobacco into, do you think it’s fine to take my plug and just slice it up for the sake of convenience?

>>2871289
if you do, go the cube-cut route
any thinner or thicker and it'll smoke like shit