/Out/ings With a Pipe Thread #10

File: IMG_2359.png (589KB, 750x1334px) Image search: [Google]

589KB, 750x1334px

This cart walks up to your wallet and slaps its ass, what do you do?

File: 20170811_152953.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

Fuckin right, new thread!

I just mowed what passes for a lawn in rural Idaho when you dont really care about having one. Although wifey has been watering it and Im starting to think a little patch of soft grass with a bunch of planter beds might be nice.

Time for some navy roll. This is growing on me. Sweet and grassy at first, then rich and savory to finish, plus one roll isnt 'too much' tobacco at once. Would it be feasible to make these out of homegrown tobacco? What would you even do?

And has anyone tried cake tobacco? I want to grab a few and store some to age.

>>1079022

I would replace the half n half with a different pouch honestly. Have I ever tried it? No. But it just sounds kinda weak when you could at least have borkum riff or something. Iunno....

File: 20170811_153044.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

>>1079054

File: Screenshot_20170811-155107.png (406KB, 768x1024px) Image search: [Google]

406KB, 768x1024px

If any anon wants an alternative to the OP starter buy, consider pic related going right now. Not sure about the tobaccos as ive only had the john bull (didnt care for it) but its worth a try. My Wessex above came from one of these starter packs and was a good deal.

>>1079022
Establish dominance by fucking the credit card.

>>1079054
Half and Half is great. In the opposite boat from you-never had Borkum Riff-but H&H is my favorite American blend

>>1079054
>Would it be feasible to make these out of homegrown tobacco? What would you even do?
Dunhill's Navy rolls are a VaPer, a mixture of Virginia and Perique tobaccos
The Virginia is no problem-that's the most common tobacco in the universe and easy to grow yourself-but the Perique is much rarer, a barrel-fermented tobacco from South Louisiana. You won't be able to grow and cure that on your own.
However, you CAN buy whole Perique leaves and then roll the tobacco into your own twists, which you can then slice thin to make your own navy rolls.

Perique leaves:
https://www.leafonly.com/tobacco-leaf/tobacco-leaves/perique-whole-raw-leaf-pipe-tobacco

How to make your own Twist tobacco from whole leaves:
https://youtu.be/sfCgZC4eSJw

>>1079054
>>1079089
Forgot to add:
Perique is quite strong and distinctive, so go easy with it. At amounts of just 5% of a blend you'll start to taste it, and up over 25% it'll start to really dominate.

>>1079105
Thanks for the info. I knew it had perique but how hard would it really be to ferment some if you had an oak barrel? Too specific to the soil in Louisiana you think? Either way good to know I can buy it. Ill watch that video.
>>1079089
So maybe Im missing out then? Maybe ill try a pouch after all. Im kind of weird about packaging. I can easily resist an over-produced expensive looking label if I suspect its hiding poor product, but its hard for me to look past what I perceive as a 'cheap' label.

>>1079116
Don't know. I've entertained the idea for myself, but since I have neither the space to do it, nor a screw jack to kickstart the fermentation, nor the barrels, I guess I'm leaving it up to the professionals.

i've found an old pipe at my parents and want to try it out the next time. i guess i need some tools for it to clean it and i have no idea wich tobacco i should try. any suggestions? i'm a eurofag btw.

>>1079747
Don't smoke it if it's moldy. That will fuck up your lungs.

>>1079756
i would not and it was stored in a dry place in the living room, so it's dry and good to go.

>>1079747
Pipe cleaners, 91% isopropyl alcohol and paper towels work well for most cleaning jobs.
There are two major types of pipe cleaners, the plain fluffy ones and ones with nylon bristles mixed in. The bristled ones will scrub off caked-on trash better, while the plain ones will absorb more liquid and give a better final clean.

Dip the pipe cleaners in the alcohol and run them through the mouthpiece and shank until they come out clean. .

For the outside of the wooden bowl, take a paper towel dipped in water and rub the grime off.

Post pictures of your pipe when it's done.

>>1079774
i'll do, thank you!

Any tips on smoking an extremely long stem? Found a peace pipe in an antique shop. Definitley smokes, just a pain to light and puff.

>>1079803
Try to seal the joint between the stem to bowl the best you can. That should help it smoke better.

File: IMG_8232.jpg (1MB, 2772x2016px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2772x2016px

Enjoying some Mac Baren Mixture Flake while fishing.
It's tasty.

>>1079823
The bowl is bone and very porous on the bottom. Could this hinder the draw also?

Who in here has made their own corncob? Where did you get your stem? And how long do you let the cob dry out in the sun?

>>1079015
How strong tasting is pipe smoke? I smoke cigarettes and have been very disappointed in the blandness

>>1079973
Some are light and floral/sweet, others are wood smoke like, others are sweet and roast reminiscent of roasted meat ( like Old Dark Fired). I love it.

dumb question anon from last thread, got another dumb question, has anyone ever tried to dye or otherwise modify a Missouri Meerschaum? I found one I like, but wondering if I could darken or blacken it somehow?

File: IMG_8235.jpg (33KB, 400x266px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 400x266px

>>1079859
It could. Some beeswax would help fill those pores and make your pipe look shinier too.

>>1079924
I haven't but I know a little about how MIssouro Meerschaum makes theirs which can help you.
MM uses pine for their stems (boiled to remove the sap) and dries their cobs out for 3 years in the top of their warehouse. You probably won't have to wait that long for your own, but you will want to dry it at least a couple of months.

>>1079973
Pipes are on the other end of that spectrum. We've got lots of strong tobaccos and bold flavors.

>>1080025
Any kind of wood stain will work. And if you want to go crazy and paint your cob blue, you can do that too.

File: 1502620731356543342803.jpg (3MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 3264x2448px

My first pipe. Made it myself. Haven't got the chance to smoke it yet tho.

>>1080057
Looks really good.

File: 20170813_171612.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

>>1080062
Thanks.

Finished my second pipe. Didn't come out as good as the first one. Oiled them both also, really brought out the grain of the briar.

File: IMG_20170813_164807.jpg (1MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 4032x3024px

>>1079774
here it is. butz-choquin, made out of briar wood. about 35yrs old.

>>1079924
I made one
>where did you get your stem?
Whittled it myself out of a sumac stem
>how long did you let the cob dry out in the sun?
I dunno, maybe somewhere around 60 years? It was a leftover in the old corn crib on my farm, which we haven't used to actually store corn since the mid 50's.

>>1080136
Beautiful pipe anon. I like the badge on it

>>1080296
Thank you! It was a gift from my mother to my father and he had not touched it in 20 years, so he gave it to me.

>>1080057
>>1080122
I don't believe you.

I like pipes

>>1080961
So say we all.

File: 20170814_141025.jpg (3MB, 4160x2340px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4160x2340px

FIRE!

>>1081094
I'd post more pics but uploads are fucking slow for some reason.

How is Borkum Riff?

File: IMG_8245.jpg (691KB, 2546x1496px) Image search: [Google]

691KB, 2546x1496px

Pipe of the Night

Restored Peterson 309 filled with War Horse plug
An Irish pipe filled with an Irish style plug blend. It made sense at the time, but in my defense I had been drinking.
Was incredibly jealous of >>1081109 and his beautiful lighter, so I had to break out my nuke lighter to commiserate. It's not nearly as pretty, but I like it.

File: IMG_7401.jpg (4MB, 3456x2592px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 3456x2592px

>>1081485
Thanks. It's surprisingly small, but it works alright once you get it out of the wind and hold it at the right angle. I suppose I'll have to look for one meant for pipes or something. Full-size bic and MM Mini for scale.

>>1081444
okayish.

>>1081485
thats a really fucking awesome lighter.

>>1081585
Agreed

Does anyone know any tobaccos similar to Peterson Old Dublin? It's one of my current favorites and I want to see if I can get similar/cheaper things

File: IMG_8249.jpg (52KB, 223x450px) Image search: [Google]

52KB, 223x450px

>>1081691
Dunhill 965, Nightcap and dozens of other similar English blends come to mind, but if real cost savings is on your mind, look at Super Value English Mixture.
Not quite as complex, but at 1/3 the price of most imports, it's fantastic. Truly a hidden gem among American drugstore blends.

Does anyone else like Captain Black Gold? What is it that gives it that buttery taste?

>>1081757

I will look into these thanks

>>1081835
Probably caramel extract. It's a pretty common additive that helps smooth out the rough edges of other flavors as well as being pretty tasty by itself.

So. Where is the inhabitants of Pipe-gen from? What countries do we have here? Are there any country specific things? Are there any tripfags? Who makes up pipe-gen? Where are people from? Seems a lot older posters then average /out/

French here. Rarely smoke but I like seeing the threads

Went to this souvenir shop in town that sells pipe baccy and I asked which was the most popular of the 4 jars they had on hand, (as I'd never heard of them before). She told me either Black gold (probably captain black I now realize) or something called Mile 918.

Bought 20 grams of the 918 and had a bowl on the way home, pretty nice but I cant really taste a difference between that and the Maclure Sweet Virginia I last smoked.

Google apparently hasnt heard of it, maybe its a local blend or something. Or perhaps the pipe has retained the taste of the sweet? Either way, pleased to be smoking again.

File: pipe.jpg (514KB, 1483x827px) Image search: [Google]

514KB, 1483x827px

picked this up in Amsterdam the other week

>>1082047
Looks nasty dude, sanitize that mouthpiece and ream the tobacco hole a bit cause that cake looks THICC

>>1082074
da fuk? That's sun dried wood ya tit

>>1082080
It's sandblasted briar, and the mouthpiece looks really gross

File: pipe22.jpg (64KB, 445x789px) Image search: [Google]

64KB, 445x789px

>>1082095
I think the mouthpiece just looks gross in that pic because there is a patch of dark wood there, as I said it is sundried, so it is dark in that part but not because it is damp or whatever.


(The mouth piece is sun dried and the the tobacco hole is sand blasted briar. )

>>1082102
That sure doesn't look like wood.

>>1082047
Nice pipe, but ye it looks pretty nasty right now (like all estate pipes that havent been used for many years).
Is it your first piece?

>>1081485
Did you have to restore the lighter to get it in working order?
Found some for sale for 40+ bucks and rather have it working, my work is related to this shit so it would be the best conversation starter.

>>1082269
What work?

I realize its not truly tobacco, but it is very /out/ in my opinion. Has anyone here tried wild gathered plants in there pipes? I know Mullen, yarrow, clover, staghorn sumac, raspberry leaves, and bearberry leaves are safe, but has anyone tried them? Does anyone mix them into there tobaccos for the flavor? Just curious what /out/ has to say. I'm very new to pipes but I'll try to try most of those sooner or later i suspect.

>>1082102
The mouthpiece is vulcanized rubber. It oxidizes naturally, and that's what it looks like when it does. It doesn't hurt anything, it just looks bad.
To make it look good again, knock the oxidation off with a magic eraser pad dipped in warm water. Be careful around any mouthpiece logos, because it WILL take them off.

>>1082119
It's wood, just not very good quality wood. So it's finished very dark and has rustications scratched into the outside to mask the flaws in the briar.
Briar is very prone to sand pits and flaws, yet people obviously want flaw-free wood to look at, so this is what pipe factories do with all the wood that isn't good enough to go into their name brand pipes. It's still briar and drilled the same way, so it still makes fa good smoking pipe. It just doesn't look like a premium pipe, because it isn't.

>>1082038
Those blends in glass jars are local house blends, probably made from Lane bulk tobaccos.
One of the most common house blends local stores make is a 50-50 mix of Lane bulk blends 1-Q (a vanilla and caramel flavored aromatic) and BCA (Black Cavendish). It's easy to make, gives a mild and slightly sweet flavor, and most importantly it sells.
If I had to guess, I'd say your 918 is probably something like that.

>>1081993
19 from rural Texas here. First pipe smoker in my family as far as I know. Never met another one, at least.

Pipegen got me smoking, over a month or so ago. Now I'm off cigarettes, feeling much better now. I love the chill and friendly atmosphere here, much different from most of this website.

>>1082368
I've tried to smoke fresh peppermint, didn't really work. I guess I need to dry it out first.

I'm very interested in this though. The peppermint tasted very good.

>>1082269
If it's a Zippo they'll fix it for free, but $40 is way too much unless you absolutely love the design. Have them add a pipe insert too, but they'll keep the old insert unless you ask for it back.

>>1082387
I meant the stem doesn't look like wood you goofball.

>>1080122
Post process? I want my pipes to look this pretty.

>>1081993
I'm from Idaho in the US. The nice northern part, not potato land down south.

I'm 29 and started when a buddy I smoked cigars with let me try his. Surprisingly there's like 4 of us where I work. I found /pipegen/ after the fact. Definitely fun to share smoking tips and see where other people like to have a pipe and this is absolutely the most chill thread.

>>1082309
Studying radioactive geochemistry and the like, so a bunch of these nerds are already history buffs but the coral + nuke thing really gets our gears turning when it comes to the atoll.

>>1082419
Wonder where I could find any of the cheaper then.
And you mean send it back to Zippo themselves correct?

>>1080057
>>1080122
Very nice pipes especially for a first go, have you had experience with wood work before? What tools did you use
>>1080420
He's worked the shank separately to the stem giving that indentation so it's possible, something expierenced pipe makers avoid

I tamp with Matches is there any advantage to using a proper tool?

>>1082592
That particular lighter is made by Penguin, so Zippo definitely wouldn't repair it.
If you're looking at the ebay listings, I see a couple nice looking ones for $20 and $65 each, plus one for $40 that's absolutely beat to shit. I also found this one that's a different design: http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=oli60001&Category_Code=26LTC

You could probably fit a Zippo insert in them if they break. The one not on ebay looks like it would fit a slim zippo insert.

File: 20750547_1817608148269222_790222160_n.jpg (59KB, 540x960px) Image search: [Google]

59KB, 540x960px

>>1080420
Here's a pic of my 2. pipe mid carving.

>>1082643
I was also surprised as I really hadn't done anything like that before, but it wasn't very hard. I just used a cordless drill to make the holes and from there I just went. I used a rasp and then 100 to 2500 grit sandpapers. Later oiled them with olive oil and buffed.

>>1082732
Shit, then, I'll eat my words. That's impressive. Wish I could get mine that way.

Where did you get the stems?

>>1082269
Was actually in good shape when I got it. The outside has a little pocket wear, but inside it's solid. It even has the original wick in it.
All I had to do was add a flint, fill it with lighter fluid and go.

>>1082761
You can get carve-your-own blocks hat have the bowl, draw hole and mouthpiece already done. They're not expensive, maybe $20 or so.
All you do is just decide on the exact shape yourself and finish it up.

>>1082907
Thanks man, the cheaper one on ebay looks in good condition and they claim it only needs a replaced flint.
Never did maintenance on a lighter but assuming it was easy, can I ask what type of flint did you use?

Have had a pipe for a while (bought it from a pipe shop, it's unmarked as it has a very minor flaw) but only ever had shitty RYOC tobacco so have never had a decent light, hopefully am able to correct that soon

>>1082368
another anon here very interested in this

File: 20170816_210747.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

Look at all this goodness!!

A couple more dunhill tins and ill be satisfied. Going to order from brands still producing for us instead. Tonight ill either try Aperitif or Frog Mortons Cellar.

My next order will probably be more frog, some Erin Go Bragh, Peterson Old Dublin and maybe one other tin. Going to start branching out to pouches and bulks for increased storage and start exploring light aromatics.

>>1082964
Gosh darnit my desk looks like its basically marinated in semen doesnt it.

Its actually sensitivity solution from N95 mask fit testing but I know nobody will believe that, so for our purposes, sure. Its jizz.

>>1082964
So, Cellar is pretty similar to standard frog morton. There's a little whiskey tang there though and it's creamier.

For any new smoker I think Frog Morton would get my recommendation. It's not the most complex smoke but it seems to have a large margin of error for lighting, low tongue bite, pleasant, and produces really satisfying clouds of smoke. Might have some of my already open Flake after this or maybe some Nightcap.

File: IMG_3051.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

Just smoked my first bowl ever and I really enjoyed it, probably going to continue pipe smoking for a while

Thanks /out/

One question I have though is how to tell when you've finished a bowl

Noticed there was a little left unburnt on the bottom after I thought it had all burnt out

>used half & half, tasted pretty good but I'd like to try a stronger blend

>>1083190
>rotated image
Goddamn it

>>1082953
Just a standard Zippo or Ronson flint that you can find most anywhere.
Old lighters are a snap to work on if no parts are broken. If the wadding is bad just use unrolled cotton balls to replace it. If it needs a wick, Zippo wicks work well in them too.
Just don't use flints from Bic lighters in them and you'll be fine.


One other thing:
If the lighter has been sitting around a few decades without being used, the old flint could have decomposed and gotten stuck inside the brass tube, clogging up your lighter. I've had more than a few old Zippos and Ronsons with this problem.
To clear it out, find a drill bit smaller than the brass tube, set it on the clog and spin it in your fingers. The old flint should come right out in a small pile of grey powder. Then just make sure the hole is clean, put in a new flint and go.

>>1083190
That's normal and is called dottle. Every bowl I've smoked has had some. Maybe that's due to incompetence on my part but don't worry too much about it.

Stronger in taste? Nicotine content?

>>1083252
I always have a good pinch of dotted but it's getting somewhat better. Eventually it's just going out way too fast and tasting bad, plus a lot of steam, and that's how I know it's done.

Over the past couple days I've been trying a new lighting technique and it's made a huge difference: with your match or lighter, with each short puff while lighting, 'brush' the flame across the bowl away from yourself. Do this with each puff, starting center then doing the left and right sides. This has gotten me a much more even light that lasts longer than trying other ways and the smoke is better as a result.

>>1083288
Thanks for the tip, my bowls have been burning uneven lately.

>>1083190
Yeah H&H is pretty mild. That makes it nice when you want to focus on other things and don't want your head swimming. But when you do want a nice strong flavor, it's not that.

Like the other anon says, don't sweat the last tiny bit. Occasionally the stars will align and you'll get a bowl that smokes all the way down to fine white ash, but most times it'll be like that one was. What matters more is that you enjoyed your bowl.

My only suggestions on getting a pipe is 1- that it has a flat surface on the bottom so you can set it down without it rolling and 2- the mouth piece to be curved so moisture settles at lowest point and doesnt become an issue (if you go filterless)

File: IMG_20170817_225512.jpg (2MB, 4608x3456px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4608x3456px

>>1083379
Got a couple of pipes that fit your description.
I like these a lot if Im smoking inside. However In my experience bent stems tend to gather more moisture. Perhaps its just MY bent pipes that do that, but I have no issue with straight pipes and moisture.

Started smoking this new tin of dunhill early morning pipe, after opening it, it's a bit too humid and I have to pack very loose in order not to have it overheat, make water, and keep running out. The taste is very mild, but difficult to grasp given how the damp tobacco tends to overheat upon drawing. I've only smoked three bowls so far, and I guess it will only get better as it dries out

>>1083424
You dont have to wait for all the tobacco to dry you know. Just take enough tobacco for a bowl and put it on a papertowel for 15-40min (depending on moisture) and then pack it.
That way youre not in danger of letting the entire tin dry out too much either.

>>1083426
Thanks, I will try this tomorrow. How long can I expect it to take for a tin to dry out, if properly closed?

ordered my first Missouri meerschaum and tin of tobacco, frog Morton's cellar, only have one question though, I don't think I'm going to smoke a lot or often, will a mason jar be a good enough seal to keep it from drying out or will I need to add one of those humidifier disks?

>>1083485
It really depends on the moisture level. Ofcourse youre not looking to dry it out completely. Every tobacco has a sweet spot between dry and moist, and once your tobacco is at that spot, its a good idea to store it in a mason jar instead of the original tin to maintain it.

Whenever I buy a new tin I put the tobacco directly into a jar. Then ill just let the bit of tobacco I plan to smoke dry before I load a bowl (if it needs to).

File: longcut.jpg (673KB, 2392x2028px) Image search: [Google]

673KB, 2392x2028px

Any dippers here? I've been smoking pipes and cigars for about a year now and have switched to dip in the last two months. In terms of taste and economy I prefer cigars and pipes respectively but the buzz from dip is impeccable.

Don't see it mentioned much here, thought I would ask.

>>1083575
Stop now. It WILL destroy your teeth and gums, even if it never gives you mouth/throat/stomach cancer.

t. someone who's been dipping for 18 years and is on day 42 of quitting

>>1083612

How is your oral hygiene?

>>1083501
Use one of the smaller jar sizes and it should be fine. If you have issues you can toss a damp bit of paper towel in for a day.

Good choice, Frog Morton was one of the first ones I tried and I just got my first tin of Cellar myself. You'll like it I think

File: frog morton's long lost cousin.jpg (165KB, 1160x1160px) Image search: [Google]

165KB, 1160x1160px

>>1083680
Thanks anon, I hoard glass jars so I'm sure I'll find a perfect sized one in my collection for that, I heard people talk good of frog mortons cellar, so I had to try it since it might go away in 2018, that and my best friend said I had to get it because frog Morton must be related to pepe, and then I told him he was frogist and not all amphibians know eachother, but that's a story for another day

>>1082761
I got the stems from eBay, couple euros a piece. The briar blocks were not pre-drilled and I got 3 blocks for about 24 euros, also from ebay.

>>1082475
Thanks. I just sanded them with fine grit sandpaper, that really brought out the grain of the briar. I finished them with olive oil and buffed.

>>1083689
Yeah I'm stocking up on everything I even remotely like. Kind of a dark time for pipes right now. We almost need to have a consumer advocacy group on top of industry lobbying. This fucking protectionist nanny state atmosphere is horseshit.

File: IMG_20170818_194514136_HDR~01~02.jpg (130KB, 1024x614px) Image search: [Google]

130KB, 1024x614px

Pipes are nice but tonight im burning a god tier stogie that's spent a year and a half in the humidor.
Image posted is right now.

>>1084164
I love a tasty cigar. I need to get a little humidor to keep a few on hand.

I'm having a bowl of Durbar underneath a near perfect view of the milky way, with a not-too-cold breeze and the song of crickets. Absolutely wonderful. I wish I could take a picture but it's dark.

Looking to take up pipe smoking, at first just when I go /out/ so I can smoke on a rock and drink my comfy teas while I watch the sun. Utter retard tier questions inbound
>Whats the difference between the 3 tobaccos in the OP? How do I pack/light tobacco without fucking it up?
>Whats the best shape and style on the Missouri Meerschaum website fora cheap pipe Id like to pack and can be lit in windy conditions that I wont care too much if it breaks or I lose it?
>any suggestions/advice besides whats already been given in the OP and thread?

>>1084334
>Whats the difference between the 3 tobaccos in the OP?
The common thread is they're all widely available and decent tasting yet inexpensive. Half and Half is the sweetest flavored of the three without being very temperamental, as very flavored tobaccos can be. The other two are unflavored, with Carter Hall being a bit more mild than Prince Albert.
>How do I pack/light tobacco without fucking it up?
Most newbies want to cram every bit of tobacco into their pipe. Don't do that. You need both tobacco and airflow for your pipe to stay lit. Just take pinches of tobacco and sprinkle them into your pipe without pressing it down until it reaches the top, then light all of it.
You're done lighting when a light puff on the pipe causes the whole top of the pipe to glow.
>Whats the best shape and style on the Missouri Meerschaum website for a cheap pipe Id like to pack and can be lit in windy conditions that I wont care too much if it breaks or I lose it?
Missouri Meerschaum Legend. Smokes awesome and available at most drugstores for $7 with tax.
>any suggestions/advice besides whats already been given in the OP and thread?
Those are the bare bones basics. Much of the other stuff is situational and can be addressed as you start smoking and encountering problems.

File: IMG_0871.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

Gonna turn this Live Oak block into a pipe.

Wish me luck.

>>1084290
>Humidor
I've got a Spanish Cedar humidor, but my quart sized plastic box with a clamp on gasketed top works better.

>>1084675
Awesome man thank ya
Also, can I light my pipe with a zippo? And does a place like walmart have everything ill need for this?

File: tmp_26192-20170819_144239-929333764.jpg (3MB, 2976x2976px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 2976x2976px

Smoking a Connecticut from leaf by Oscar today

File: IMG_8043.jpg (1MB, 2087x2706px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2087x2706px

>>1084855
Sure
I do it all the time.

>>1084855
Walmart's gotten a lot more retarded for pipes. Mine don't sell anything other than lighter fluid and Zippos.
A drug store like Walgreens or rite aid will have almost everything all in one place. About the only thing they won't have is a tamper or pipe tool, but you can use a roofing nail in a pinch.

>>1084869
>>1084873
Thank you guys again, it helps alot.
Another question, what is the roofing nail/pipe tool for? I know what the pipe cleaners are for (at least I hope so or im alot dumber than I think I am) but dont know what that would be for

>>1084889
not him but to my understanding its to knock the ash and ember down onto the tobacco to help it burn better, i only smoked one bowl though so i am not experienced

and that was a good way to move into my post, i tried a 3 lair pack and learned a lot that way, the bottom half of the bowl i didn't pack at all just droped tobacco down into it, the next 1/4th i packed gently, and the last 1/4 i packed a bit harder. the top wouldn't burn so i opened it up some with the pick on my pipe tool and it smoked well down too that half way point, for the life of me i couldn't keep it lit down there, so maybe it was packed too lose?
my main question though is if wind has an effect on things, as i walked for the 1st 1/3 of my smoke or so i was in an alleyway things tasted great, but soon as i was out in the open with the wind thee bowl started to get very hot and, all the flavors were gone, and it just tasted like smoke (but still far better than cigarettes thank god) so that's my question, does wind change flavors/heat up the bowl?

>>1084889
the nail is a tamper, used to lightly pack down the tobacco into your pipe.
You can put it in real loose like >>1084675
suggested, but that will make the bowl burn pretty fast, as you won't be able to put much tobacco in there. It's ok to pack it in a little, just as long as you're definitely getting enough airflow. Always sprinkle the last bit on top of the bowl loosely though to make lighting easier.

>>1084926
Increased air flow = hot, yes.

File: 20170820_110247.jpg (2MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2560x1440px

Went to the fantastic lovely island of Corsica. Forgot my pipe and tobacco at home on my desk and couldn't find a Corn cob or cheap-ish pipe. Just one shop with hilariously expensive Chacom pipes

Not that I would have smoked while /out/ there since there were tons of tall dry grass all over and I could literally see a forest fire from one of the mountain tops.

File: IMG_8267.jpg (118KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

118KB, 640x480px

>>1085010
It will give a shorter burn, but I'd rather a newbie err on that side than pack way too hard and then have problems keeping it lit.
A loose fill won't win you any smoking competitions I admit, but the problems you'll have with it are simple and easily solved
>smoke starting to thin out-tamp
>pipe goes out-relight
>can't keep pipe lit-check to see if there's any tobacco left

>>1084926
And this is why. You didn't pack too loose, you packed too tight. Every time I try a traditional 3-step pack that's what I get too. So I don't recommend it to newbies.

Wind can do that, yes. Try not smoking as rapidly in heavy wind. If you live in a very windy area, look into putting a wind cap onto your pipe like pic related.

About 1.5-2 grams' worth

The math and it works out to about 15 cents per bowl of American drugstore blends (average price 4.25 or so) from a pouch and 45 cents per bowl for premium stuff and imports (assuming an average $15 retail price).

>>1085019
i figured just thought id ask

>>1085045
alright I'll give it another go without packing at all next time, and try to smoke in a less windy place too

i got one other question while I'm here though, i forgot to get alcohol to clean my pipe, so i just did a fair dry cleaning for the time being, but i was wondering if there's any materials other than alcohol i can carry for maintenance? would water work for an example? its fine for at home but I'm a bit too paranoid to put alcohol in my kit for another year (20 right now, don't wanna have someone search my out bag and find booze)

>>1085148
Just do dry cleaning, don't use water, and use very little alcool only if it's really nasty

>>1085170
Does ETOH harm briar or cob? I used some to clean my Baraccini once to remove the existing ghost. Bad idea to do a lot?

File: IMG_0879.jpg (2MB, 3024x2939px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x2939px

>>1084735
Sanded and sawed it down into a general shape. Doing it freehand.

Considering making it a monster of a pipe. One like the OP, just bigger and with a bent stem.

>>1085211
nice! keep working at it champ!

File: IMG_20170820_203231.jpg (2MB, 4608x3456px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4608x3456px

I posted a while back a picture of a lot of used old pipes that I was going to restore.
So this is basically just an update: The first 8 of them turned out like this (sry for the bad lighting). Pretty happy with them, some of them are turning into new favorites even though I originally planned to sell them on.

>>1085200
I don't think it will damage the briar but once you get it started you shouldn't think of removing the cake before many years have passed

>>1085266
nice collection! the stand is cool too!

>>1085211
SAFETY FIRST

File: IMG_20170820_205901.jpg (2MB, 4608x3456px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4608x3456px

>>1085287
Thanks! I dont acutally ever use that stand as my desk is too messy to keep pipes on.
Here are the stands I do use though as well as most of my pipes.

a pipe tobacco that would go good with gin? i am planning a Victorian themed party

>>1085319
>sweet pipes
>comfy pipe stands
>Det Uhyggelige
good taste

File: superlative.jpg (180KB, 517x768px) Image search: [Google]

180KB, 517x768px

>>1085405

File: 15032655393511795913322.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

>>1085010
>>1084926
>>1084873
>>1084869
>>1084675
Thanks to all the anons who helped me out, bought these as they were all my walgreens had in stock and smoked my first pipe of tobacco. I have to say I didnt expect it to be as "clean' as it was, I smoked a cigarette or two at parties in high school and I was always turned off by the nasty af aftertaste, but this didnt seem to have that at all

File: stares-in-british-5887480d8551b.jpg (38KB, 540x540px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 540x540px

>>1085440

>>1085288
Safety is for SMART PEOPLE

File: IMG_6192.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

This is one of mine that i ised to smoke all the time but went to a different one that a friend got me for my birthday

File: image.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

>>1085524
Newest pipe

>>1085527
love the design anon, nice pipe

>>1085544
Thanks. I have tons of pipes that were my grandfathers that ive been trying to clean up and use but sadly i dont smoke as much as i would like to because i still smoke cigs give me a few and ill post a pic of his collection

File: IMG_6194.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

>>1085549
The drawer is full of pipes as well

>>1085553
goddamn you are a lucky man
good luck restoring those

>>1085553
If any anon would like a closer look at any of them let me know and ill do my best to answer any questions and take close up pics

>>1085553
Would you be willing to part with any of them for relatively cheap?

>>1085574
>>1085553
To clarify: I've wanted one of those flared "Sherlock" pipes, the ones with the white round the rim, and have been too poor to invest in one. Am interested to know if you're willing to part with it.

>>1085574
Im sorry but no.

>>1085581
You can find those pretty cheap sometimes. On a website similar to ebay in my country there's currently one for sale along with 3 other meerschaums never used for under 50dollars.

>>1085582
Of course. They're from your grandfather, I understand.

Pics of the stuff in the drawer?

>>1085604
Sure im cooking dinner right now but will post some after

>>1085553
closeup of the rightmost one on the top shelf?

>>1085666
The one in the case?

>>1085465
Don't forget to take out that filter after a couple bowls.

>>1085707
>>1085706
Gorgeous! I'm so jealous!

If this thread is dead tomorrow ill start another one when i get home goodnight anons

>>1085405
Literally anything, but it's hard to go wrong with Dunhill 965 when doing anything British themed.

>>1085465
And just think: it gets better.
You're going to enjoy pipes a lot.

>>1085553
>>1085702
>>1085703
>>1085704
>>1085707
Impressive collection. It'll be interesting to see what those look like when cleaned up.

>>1085683
ye

>>1085553
>>1085702
>>1085706
Impressive collection! Is there a reason why your grandfather had so many "extravagant" pieces? Did he pick them up on travels or how/why did he acquire them?

>>1085699
I noticed that after cleaning it; are there better filters I can put in it or do I leave the filter out? On my second smoke I noticed a bit of ash in my mouth, figured either Im doing something wrong or I want a better filter
>>1085735
Already excited, my dads gf apparently has a bunch of old pipes from her dad shes willing to hand down to me too to start off my collection, but I think my first will always have a place in my heart, I may even name it.
Just a quick question but how long does a bowl usually last for you lot? I feel as if mine are burning too quick, and Im havinf trouble keeping it lit without near constant puffing it.

>>1085814
Not him, but between 30min and 1h30min. It depends on a few different things obviously. Youll get better at smoking for longer eventually, and you will probably find that when you smoke slower you get a much better taste.

>>1085818
Damn, mine has been lasting like 5-10 minutes, that means im definatly doing it wrong

>>1085827
Are you coming from cigarettes? Back when I smoked cigs and I tried to smoke a pipe my bowls would also only last around 10min because I puffing hard to get a nic hit. It was only a year after I quit cigs and picked up pipe smoking again I really understood how to smoke.

Anyway try to only puff just enough to keep the tobacco lit. That might be a puff or two every 5-10sec, and if it goes out, thats ok, just relight.

>>1085839
No, never really was a smoker except once or twice at a party; but even then I couldnt finish one because of the nasty taste. Its mostly because I suspect im not lighting mine correctly so Im having to puff constantly to try and keep it lit

>>1085839
Follow up questuon; what does a nic hit feel like? I noticed I felt a 'buzz' for lack of a better term but it wasnt like an alcohol buzz, and it only lasted about 5 minutes tops. Im assuming thats what it was

File: 20170821_130027.jpg (313KB, 1000x563px) Image search: [Google]

313KB, 1000x563px

knocked off the rim char that one anon complained about a few threads ago

>>1085853
I dont really get any "buzz" from pipes either, only from cigs.
I had a pretty high tolerance to it because I smoked unfiltered handrolled cigs (20 a day), but a good nic hit would me feel really flimsy, like my knees would go soft, sometimes also a little dizzy, but in a satisfying way. It comes over you like a buzzing wave of relaxation. Great feeling honestly.

People who are very sensitive to it may feel nauseous. Ive seen a few of my friends vomit due to too much snus or actual chewing tobacco.

I dont really know how else I can help you. Maybe you could look on YT and find some pipe smoking guys and imitate their method and pace.

File: 20170821_161127.jpg (905KB, 1500x844px) Image search: [Google]

905KB, 1500x844px

found a bulldog that ticked al the boxes i was looking for, smaller bowl and flatter stem.

Orlik deluxe bulldog, made in England
really happy with it

File: 20170821_160800.jpg (783KB, 1500x844px) Image search: [Google]

783KB, 1500x844px

also decided to grab a wind cap to try out, mainly for windy fishing trips

>>1085982
I'm envious. Really want one of those. How much did it cost you? Where did you get it?

Considering getting one off eBay but I'm afraid the 7-plus-shipping dollar ones are utter shit.

File: 20170821_160417.jpg (912KB, 1500x844px) Image search: [Google]

912KB, 1500x844px

>>1085985
i buy all my pipes and stuff at the Danish pipe shop. around 55usd for the pipe and cap
i go to the physical shop so i dont know anything about buying online

File: 20170822_010936.jpg (868KB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

868KB, 2560x1440px

Ending the night with a bit of courage, a bit of carving and this lovely new pipe

Really getting the hang of enjoying flake tobaccos now I think. Consistent flavors, drying it out for a better burn and definitely tasty.

I put in some bids on a decent looking peterson and a lot of several assorted pipes in varying states of repair, I think there's a few good ones in the lot but if nothing else at least I can practice restoring and build a Frankenpipe or two.

>>1085814
Those bowls are a smaller than most briar pipes, so 20-35 minutes is about normal for a bowl. If I smoke something that's compressed like a flake or coin tobacco maybe I can get to 45, but beyond that you'll really want a bigger bowl that can fit more tobacco.

>>1085852
If you're having trouble keeping it lit, you're probably still packing it too tight.
Try just filling your pipe up to the top without packing then lighting it. You won't win a long-smoking competition this way, but you will get a fill that's not too tight and will stay lit, even if you step away from your pipe for a couple minutes.
If it's packed correctly not only will it stay lit when you're smoking it, you'll be able to walk away from it for a couple minutes and bring it back to life without matches just by puffing on it lightly a few times

>>1085853
That might have been a mild one.
When I get a stronger one I feel half-dizzy, yet also quite relaxed and satisfied at the same time.

File: outist.png (69KB, 643x768px) Image search: [Google]

69KB, 643x768px

Found this by chance. nice logo, what you say?

>>1086352
Thank ya man; I listbed to mr comfy in the OP's youtube vid, and that methof of packing got me to about 25 minutes. I also didnt know that youre supposed to light it twice, which no doubt was affecting it.
For the size of my bowl what would you say is amount of tobacco Im smoking vs say a cigarette? Or is the comparison null because a pipe doesnt have all the addatives?

>>1086352
>Try just filling your pipe up to the top without packing then lighting it. You won't win a long-smoking competition this way, but you will get a fill that's not too tight
This is pretty much your solution to every pipe issue?
He hasnt even said anything about how he packed his pipe and youre already repeating this shitty advice...

>>1086361
One cigarette contains about 3/4 of a gram of tobacco, so your pipe has about 2x as much tobacco as a cigarette. But that said you're not supposed to inhale pipe smoke, and the mouth and nose area has 1/2500th the surface area of the lungs, so the effects aren't nicely comparable between them.

>>1086373
It's not shitty if it works.
And it does work.
The guy said he was having trouble keeping his pipe lit. And for the problem of not being able to keep pipes lit, packing looser is one of the things that works most consistently.

When different people are having the same problems, you're going to read a lot of the same answers. There are only a few things that cause problems like that, and that's the hardest one for newbies to figure out. The other things (not getting a solid light, smoking too fast) are much easier.

>>1086392
>you're going to read a lot of the same answers
Im reading the same answers a lot, because youre using every opportunity you get to let everyone know that you dont pack your tobacco and they shouldnt do it either.
Its fine that you dont, but its getting a little obnoxious at this point...

>>1079015
What about outings without a pipe? Did you ever consider that, op? No, you didn't because you're an inconsiderate jerk. God damn. Just. Just get out of my sight.

File: tmp_11366-20170626_191212-1-610489272.jpg (2MB, 1836x1986px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1836x1986px

>>1086428
You sound grouchy. Have a smoke

So is pipe tobacco safer than cigarette? Is it a viable option for me to cut down on the devil's pixie stick?

>>1086445
yes, you don't breath in the smoke so it doesn't damage your lungs, you also tend to smoke it cooler, so you burn your mouth less, and maybe the most important difference is most pipe tobacco has far less if any chemicals added

that said i cant tell you if it will scratch the same itch, you don't get nearly the same nicotine hit as you do from cancerstix so it might not help you, i have heard success stories though where someone quit cigarettes cold turkey for a few weeks then started a pipe, cause by then the body was not craving nearly so much nicotine

>>1086449
Working on quitting so that's why I asked. Thanks for the reply anon. Would you say this is a good starter kit?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EWSSXYU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Re8Mzb1H4F77V

>>1086451
Not the same guy
You dont really need a "kit". All you need is a pipe, some tobacco and a lighter. And for that price you could get a proper briar pipe or a few differnt corncob pipes. So I wouldnt buy that...
If you read the OP theres a few tobacco recommendations for starting smoking.

>>1086453
Something tells me briar is one of the more reliable brands of pipes?

>>1086455
Briar is the material. Typically tobacco pipes are made from briar root wood due to its heat-resistent properties and hardness. A well kept briar pipe will literally last centuries.

Usually we recommend corncobs for new smokers. Ive never tried one, but it seems like solid advice. They're good smokers supposedly and they're cheap.
Then if you wanna continue smoking, you can always look into getting a good briar pipe in a shape that you like later.

>>1086456
Sounds lit man, I'll pick up a corncob pipe and give it a shot to see how it feels. Thanks for the words of wisdom.

>>1086457
i'm the guy who responded to you earlier, make sure you get a good corncob, some of the cheap ones will burst into flame at worst, or taste terrible at best, anything Missouri meerschaum brand will work great though, and there still plenty cheap

>>1086457
No worries, amigo. If you have any issues smoking, let us know.

how would one go about with growing their own tobacco?

>>1086392
Cool I figured, I just wanted to make sure I wasnt falling for the DARE bullshit they say that a cigar or bowl is just like 50 cigs or whatever it was

>>1086355
I like it

File: tmp_30354-20170821_233710317906851.jpg (1MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2592x1944px

I hope you like absolutely abhorrent night shots because here's one now! Just enjoying a little Frog Mortons Cellar on my night walk.

Where do you draw the line for sharing pipes between tobaccos? I have one for Virginia based blends like coins and flakes, and another for Latakia heavy stuff. But what about tobaccos with top notes, like I'm pretty sure Frog Morton has?

>>1086470
Just search 'tobacco seed', theres several places to buy online. My understanding so far is just a few plants can provide ample tobacco depending on your consumption and whether you're growing virginia or a smaller leaf variety.

I will probably try in another year or so once I have some other stuff under control. The more confusing part is processing the leaves: Air drying, wood smoke, pressing/fermenting...it's pretty daunting. Not to even get in to figuring out a blend you want AND making sure you're growing the right varieties for it. And then, do you want to leave it loose leaf, or make a cake/coins/flake out of it?

Ideally we would have a website and books available for this entire skill readily available complete with guides on creating some of the pressing and curing equipment at a personal use scale. As much as I like supporting the companies that still produce tobacco for us and keep our favorite blends going, we face a significant danger from the FDA and it would be good if we could decentralize the knowledge to protect ourselves from them.

File: 20170822_092139.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

>>1086355
What's it from?

File: 001-068-0153_1.jpg (34KB, 350x303px) Image search: [Google]

34KB, 350x303px

>>1084855
Zippo actually makes pipe versions of their lighters. I've tried butane jets, soft flame, and matches and I'd say the zippo pipe lighter works the best of any I've tried.

As you can see the flame is designed to exit from the sides of the lighter instead of the top so that you can light it, turn 90 degrees and then draw the flame directly down into the bowl from above without having to pass a flame over the lip of the bowl

>>1083612
I've already experienced its negative oral health impact to a degree, I think, though I admittedly had shitty oral hygiene routines to begin with. will I be okay if I only dipped off and on for ~4 years?

File: 20170822_102326.jpg (2MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2560x1440px

>>1086494
They are great. Just wish the little cap thing where the flame normally comes up wouldn't fly off with the loud PING like a cartoon hand grenade

File: 20170822_084926.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

Morning pipegen.

Storient Van Cleef with my favorite tobacco, 5100 red cake mixed 50/50 with burley, this morning that burley being 5 Brothers. I'll switch over to a cob for the day once I start working.
Speaking of cobs, found this thread other day:

>"There is a singular affinity among those who smoke corncobs. A Missouri meerschaum whose bowl is browned and whose fiber stem is frayed and stringy with biting betrays a meditative and reasonable owner. He will have pondered all aspects of life and be equally ready to denounce any of them, but without bitterness.
If you see a man on a street corner smoking a cob it will be safe to ask him to watch the baby a minute while you slip around the corner. You would even be safe in asking him to lend you a five. He will be safe, too, because he won’t have it. Think, therefore, of the charm of a town where corncob pipes are the chief industry. Think of them stacked up in bright yellow piles in the warehouse. Think of the warm sun and the wholesome sweetness of broad acres that have grown into the pith of the cob. Think of the bright-eyed Missouri maidens who have turned and scooped and varnished and packed them. Think of the airy streets and wide pavements of Boonville, and the corner drug stores with their shining soda fountains and grape-juice bottles. Think of sitting out on that bluff on a warm evening, watching the broad shimmer of the river slipping down from the sunset, and smoking a serene pipe while the local flappers walk in the coolness wearing crisp, swaying gingham dresses. That’s the kind of town we like to think about.”

Sounds comfy.

File: IMG_0894.jpg (2MB, 3024x3478px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x3478px

Working on staining wood for a deck. Also made some progress on my live oak Rhodesian.

>>1086581
Beautiful pipe. I guess it's a good thing my MM is all chewed up.

>>1086657
looking good man! you gonna keep the shank round?

>>1086510
You might be okay, you might not.

I've already lost 2 teeth to gum recession and even if I actually succeed in permanently quitting dipping this attempt I am guaranteed to lose at least 4 more, despite textbook perfect brushing/flossing/mouthwashing.

File: IMG_0896.jpg (1MB, 3024x4032px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3024x4032px

>>1086671
Might sand it down, unsure. I don't have a bit to go with it. Might be making my own. Maybe out of pvc?

Thanks for the encouragement, friend.

File: IMG_0897.jpg (2MB, 3024x4032px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x4032px

Done.

>>1086491
German town called Hopsten.

Should I get into pipe smoking?
I don't smoke anything else but it looks comfy as hell

>>1086881
I went from non smoker to pipe smoker. It's very calming, I recommend

>>1086881
I started with the rare cigar but picked up pipes for the sake of the hobby itself.

I love it. Especially nights at work or after getting lots of house projects done it gives me my own special quiet time to myself to relax. It appeals to me for the same reasons as craft beer, largely. There's a lot to know about tobaccos, technique to develop, flavors to mull over, and you can get as autistic as you want with the pipes themselves from just having a few shapes you like to pursuing specific brands from different points in history and restoring them.

>>1086817
Fantastic

>>1086817
Great work anon

>>1079015
Tfw you illegibly scratch some dumb shit on a half decent pipe but don't get the actual plaque on your Ronson Standard engraved.
op is a pleb.

>>1079859 Don't listen to >>1080047 I don't think he understood your post. Bee wax IN the bowl is not a good idea. Besides fucking up the taste it'll melt and run up your stem if you set it down and that's gonna be a whore to clean.

>>1087159
If I recall correctly, OP himself didn't scratch that in. It came that way. And he likes it, so why not lay off?

Anyone have data on medical effects?

Where can I order pipe tobacco online?

>>1087186
Like the positives or the negatives?

I mean you are not inhaling the smoke but there is chances to get second hand smoke.

>>1087159
that pipe old tho

>>1087186
The really big surgeon general study into tobacco use that lead to the requirement for the cancer warnings on tobacco

>>1086480
Depends on if you are inhaling and the blend (there is that one they grow for pesticide because it's like 9x greater in nicotine than anything else

>>1087336
>>1087304
I was too potato to explain, I'm wondering if you lads has information on the odds of cancer and whatnot. Say someone smokes on his cob pipe once a day, can we build a figure on his odds assuming he doesn't inhale? How about one a week?

>>1087374
breathing oxygen causes cancer, the big nebulous question is whether smoking a pipe now an then has a tangible effect. cancer is a tricky thing to discuss and research because literally everything causes cancer, so there is no way of getting data that precise, you could smoke opium and live to 102. you could live in Rome for 2 days and get lung cancer later in life. no one knows, yes there are factors but its not like "if you eat undercooked chicken you get salmonella"

>>1087376
So what you're saying is just Fuck it, I'll probably get hit by a car or something first, so go for it?

>>1087380
in my opinion yes. but arrive at your own conclusions. think to yourself " am i a person who regrets? " are you the kind of person who if you got cancer afters years of pipe smoking would think to yourself " oh if only i hadn't smoked"

smoking has many bad things going for it, but atleast for me, it has one thing going for it that outweighs all the bad shit, i like it

>>1087387
I get where you come from, and I can probably agree.
There's a lot that I don't pay attention to that *could* give cancer, like reloading lead bullets.
Any recommended blends?

>>1087374
http://www.seattlepipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=969877&module_id=17020
tl,dr: If you don't inhale, avoid tongue bite, and don't drink alcohol while smoking, the risk is barely higher than a nonsmoker.

File: 1497040288294.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

>>1087405
if i cant do it while drinking, its not worth doing
lol jk

>>1087408
>The combination of alcohol and smoke is not just a linear risk, but exponential. This is a huge mistake most smokers make. The alcohol destroys the flora and protective lining of mucus in the mouth. Then the hot smoke will directly come in contact with the unprotected mouth lining. Drink alcohol only after you smoke.

File: 45ty2465457.jpg (731KB, 1920x1440px) Image search: [Google]

731KB, 1920x1440px

>>1087412
>keeps drinking while smoking

its a conscious choice, i made it, i know i made it. we have only got so long in this life, iam going to enjoy it to its fullest.
and importantly, i am not going to have children, i were i could understand

>>1087302
Pipesandcigars.com (20% off site wide right now)
Smokingpipes.com

No experience with others

>>1087380
Actually one long term study found that people who do smoke a pipe live for 2 years longer than people who do not smoke a pipe. Can't remember if that means people who aren't smokers at all or not. But whether it's because we are more relaxed or something else we have in common, interesting to note. Still says nothing about cancer though.

File: IMG_0205.jpg (1MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3264x2448px

Enjoying a bowl of my local tobacco shops blend while watching my pupper run in the yard

File: IMG_5516.jpg (305KB, 1161x1186px) Image search: [Google]

305KB, 1161x1186px

>>1086470
By buying the seeds.
If you're not in a shit-tier political environment like Australia (where growing your own tobacco is penalized far worse than growing weed, and literally NO company grows domestically because permits are impossible to get), tobacco seeds in a number of varieties are legal and easy to get, and the plants themselves are simple to grow once they germinate-they're naturally pest-resistant (nicotine is one of nature's best insecticides) and some varieties will even tolerate frost on their mature leaves.

Just start the seeds in germination trays inside during the winter and plant the seedlings after the last frost. As the leaves get big enough (starting at the bottom and working their way up), just cut them off one by one.

>>1086490
Curing is easy. It's literally as simple as taking bundles of tobacco leaves (tied together with another tobacco leaf) and hanging them in the top of a shed to dry out for a couple of months. You can even let the bundles cure in the sun if your area has very dry summers. When they turn completely brown, they're done.

To process them, just cut the central rib out of the leaves and then chop them up with either a tobacco cutter (now available from china for cheap thanks to New Zealand's insane tobacco tax rates on retail sales, causing regular people to grow their own) or a plain old kitchen knife.

None of this is hard. It was all mastered thousands of years ago by Indians in their spare time with literal Stone Age technology. You can do it too.

>>1086817
Great job, anon.

>>1086881
We like it, that's for sure. And you probably will too.

>>1087161
True that. I thought he was looking to wax the outside of the pipe.
Waxing the inside is bad times.

File: IMG_8221.jpg (223KB, 1092x1588px) Image search: [Google]

223KB, 1092x1588px

>>1087159
That pipe is actually somebody's /out/ pipe from 100+ years ago.
As >>1086456 said above, briars can last for centuries. Case and point.

Those carvings around the bowl are the original owner's, not mine, and the dates carved in it range from 1902 to 1910.
The only thing I did to it was replace the mouthpiece when the original one disintegrated in my hands.

Relatively newer to being /out/ and had a question before I go on my first back country trip. If I'm not in bear country or the parks I go to don't require bear canisters whats a good way to store my food for my trek?

>>1087716
Your backpack

File: IMG_8278.jpg (1MB, 2338x2069px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2338x2069px

Pipe of the Night
LePeltier clay pipe filled with Hearth and Home Magnum Opus
Wow. Apparently I like Balkan mixtures. I had this tin lying around for a few months and didn't know if I should open it or not.
Now I'm kicking myself for not cracking it open sooner.

>>1087737
Thanks smartass, like are their other containers for them people recommend or do I just let my food loose inside it

>>1087745
>asking in the pipe thread
Perhaps a dedicated backpacking thread would get you better answers.

>>1083612
>>1086510
>>1086703
Never had a single issue with dipping. That said I've now quit cause it's just stupid. Fucks up your reward pathways major league and also your vascular health. Main reason for quitting was the fact I became compulsive with replacement addictions (vidya and food) when I didn't get some.

Also that said, it's still much safer than pipe smoking if you inhale even by accident and/or get tongue bite.

Quitting tobacco is a pain for about four days but then it's fairly easy unless you're a weak willed pussy.

>>1087501
Thanks man.

File: IMG_0369.jpg (1MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 4032x3024px

It's been a rough month but this little Bavarian goat pipe and some nightcap has been helping me decompress

>>1088166
better pic?

File: 20170825_140357.jpg (2MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2560x1440px

Windcap is coming in real handy

File: 20170825_235053.jpg (1MB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2560x1440px

Christened the bulldog with its first bar crawl. Never realized how much comfort the diamond shank gives when holding. Now I kinda want a Rhodesian or bent bulldog or whatever.

>>1088701
take a picture of you holding it since i'm not sure what you're talking about. i always hold my pipes by the bowl

File: 20170822_230901.jpg (4MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 4032x3024px

Haven't smoked a pipe yet but I do enjoy the occasional cigar. A few nights ago my friends and I had a gentlemen's night out at the local smokers lounge. La Gloria Cubana is what I had and the flavor was a little peppery and overall a good smoke.

>>1088831
i mean when you hold it by the bowl, stem towards yourself, with yout thumb goung over the stem, it nestles nicely with the diamond shape.

dosent really matter i supose but it feels nice

DUDE

File: IMG_8281.jpg (683KB, 2307x1607px) Image search: [Google]

683KB, 2307x1607px

Pipe of the Night
Peterson 309 filled with Dunhill Elizabethan.
Did the good friend thing today and helped pack his moving van with all the heavy shit. I'm going to be sore tomorrow.
God moving sucks. Hope I don't have to move again for a long fucking time.

Thanks guys for continuing to be one of the comfiest threads on one of the comfiest boards

>>1082368
Mugwort is supposed to be good ersatz tobacco. I imagine it's nothing like tobacco but it's one of those things they smoked in Europe before tobacco.

>>1089435
I've helped family move but it seems like helping friends move just gets me fucked

>Go to help wife's work friend with 'a few pieces of furniture'
>spend 8 hours moving THEIR WHOLE DAMN HOUSE and heavy ass shop equipment in the rain, they both have bad backs and are barely any help

Or

>help wife's qt friend move
>....3 times
>get charged $50 for a sofa set
>get shunned when she assumes we stole something

Fuck off Ashley you festering skank.


Anyway, bidding on a pre Republic peterson that looks really nice, will win or lose tomorrow. Looking forward to hopefully having one.

anyone else here find that pipe tobacco helps with running nose, or is it just me?

>>1085211
i want to do this. are there any special things that must be done where the stem meets the bowl? should the stem hole be flush with the very bottom of the bowl? 1/8th higher? 1/4?

>>1089455
Thankfully these guys were pretty chill, but still.
Nothing was packed. It was like a refugee situation and the woman who was around literally couldn't lift a finger to help (Just out of the hospital for respiratory failure and on oxygen). So I helped get the big heavy stuff put into the moving van, which leaves them with the smaller stuff they can put into their pickup trucks and make trips to move themselves before the month officially ends.

Has any of you began noticing gum recession when smoking pipes/cigars. I have been smoking for about 6 months now at about 2 or 3 bowls/cigars a week, of that. Recently though i have noticed that my gums have receded a noticeable amount, and pretty rapidly too. Anyone else notice this?

File: IMG_8286.jpg (27KB, 307x265px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 307x265px

>>1089782
Most of the pipes I have that smoke well have draw holes that are either at or close to the bottom edge of the bowl.
I know some designers put their draw holes up a little so that you're not sucking ash into your mouth, but too high and you'll get a pipe that gurgles.

>>1089798
I haven't, but that's just me.

>>1089798
I have, but I can't tell if it's because of the pipes or because I haven't been to the dentist in years and have just noticed it.

File: IMG_20170802_204134352.jpg (92KB, 1237x696px) Image search: [Google]

92KB, 1237x696px

Just found this thread; haven't been on /out/ in years so happy to see it.

>>1089798
haven't noticed anything like that
>>1089931
nice! how do you like Durbar?

This evenings pipe:Frog Mortons Cellar in my Baraccini Rustic. Great rooftop tobacco but I wish Id had Nightcap instead. Oh well.

I won an auction for a pre Republic Peterson 314. Not the fanciest or rarest I guess but Im excited to be adopting an old Peterson pipe and it will be good to have anither in rotation. Next Id like a Cobbit, and then either a Freehand style pipe or a Bulldog I think.

File: fire reflector.jpg (200KB, 1750x984px) Image search: [Google]

200KB, 1750x984px

>>1090022
be sure to post the peterson when it arrives!

File: 20170827_202837.jpg (1MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2592x1944px

>>1090022
Whoops, pic didnt upload.

>>1089931
>Durbar
Patrician taste my friend. Durbar is one of my favorite tobaccos.

>>1090025
What is that charred block of wood for?

>>1089984
It's very pleasant; heavier than your average English with the orientals but it lacks the resiny aftertaste of say, London Mixture.

Currently smoking Gawith Winter Time Flake, which is probably my favourite flake tobacco. Just trying some in that clay pipe.

>>1090070
not him but its a chunk of whiskey barrel, frog Morton's cellar comes with a cube in each can, to give flavor

>>1090137
man that´s decadent as fuck.

cant remember where i heard it but there was a sundown town with a name that sounded like frog morton and i got kind of worried

>>1090142
yeah, i am very new to pipes but so far i am a fan of frog Morton's cellar, but there is a chance it gets banned at the end of 2017, so if you like it grab a few tins, they also have other flavors, like frog Morton on the bayou that contains perique tobacco

and now all i can imagine is some kinda frog Morton's tobacco featuring his long lost brother pepe wearing klan robes in the box art. (tin art?)

>>1090147
>but there is a chance it gets banned at the end of 2017
this changes things, are they available outside of America?

>>1090147
also
>but there is a chance it gets banned at the end of 2017
why?

>>1090148
i think so, but i am no expert, it might be available outside of the usa after 2017 as well, not sure, keep an eye on the thread though someone more knowledgeable may answer

>>1090149
as for why, the FDA was given waaay to much power under Obama, and more or less was told they could ban anything they saw as a problem, so they decided 'oh yeah underage kiddies, they are smokeing pipes now, cigs just aint cool no more, those under age kids are all somehow affording fancy pipes and tobacco that costs $10 for 50 grams, so this is a problem we are gonna ban all pipe tobacco that entered the market after a certain year

frog Morton as a whole will exist but not the cellar flavor, since its newer than that cut off year. this is my understanding of it atleast yes its as stupid as it sounds

>>1090137
Ahh thats interesting. Ive never had Frog Mortons (its not available in DK akaik), so I didnt know.
Is it a gimmick or does it actually flavour the tobacco and not just the tin aroma?

pipe-gen challenge
>lighting a fire with your pipe ember

what do you think of this?

>>1090172
why wouldn't you just lightba fire with the lighter you used to light your pipe?

>>1090162
i am very new as i said, so i am not too Shure, i think i taste whiskey but i could be thinking so just because its on my mind

>>1090173
i agree, it would be more challenging to light your pipe with an ember from your fire, as i have read was common for the olden days

>>1090181
That way is understandable. Opposite not so much.

>>1090181
>take twig
>touch fire, obtain ember
>touch pipe

>>1090142
Frogmorton was a town on the eastern edge of the Shire in Tolkien's stories.

It's a way to have a reference to LOTR without it being too obvious.

>>1090172
Too easy
>touch match head to ember
>light something with match
Done.

>>1090152
And at the same time, the EU passes pretty much exactly the same law.

You know, I'd never been on /out/ before, and decided I'd come make a thread about how kino smoking a pipe after a nice hike is, and I see there's already a regular thread about it. Noice.

>>1090185
Yeah, but it's harder to get a good light that doesn't go out quickly.

Can I get some advice on how to build up cake? I thought that my pipe was broken in, but I've started smoking flake in it, and while it tastes great, it looks like the chamber's walls are being eaten away inside.

>>1090319
Try smoking a few quarter-bowls completely and very slowly, and then gradually increase the amount of tobacco in the bowl.

File: JPEG_20170531_213514.jpg (4MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 5312x2988px

Pic related was my first pipe ever, bought in an antique store for 15 dollars and lost to the greatest of human ills, absent-mindedness, about two weeks ago on a cross-country road trip. If any Virginianons found this beaut in a parking lot somewhere, you can keep it.

[spoiler]Ignore the shitty tobacco, that's an old pic and I didn't know any better[/spoiler]

>>1090319
After smoking a bowl, take a pipe tool/nail and go around the chamber to get the leftover ashes to coat the walls. That usually helps kickstarting cake for me.
But really I wouldnt worry about it too much, you cant avoid building cake, it just takes time.

File: captain black sampler.jpg (42KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 500x500px

What's /out/'s opinion on Captain Black?

>>1090363
I'm not a fan of it at all, but I'm not a fan of aromatics at all either.

>>1090384
I was at the campaign HQ for a mayoral campaign I'm vounteering for, for the watch party for the primary night, and I stepped outside for a smoke. The brother of the candidate, an old bald gentleman with a beard, identifed Captain Black by the smell. It certainly is aromatic.

>>1090363
Perfectly ok for what it is, but there are better aromatics out there.

>>1090162
It seems tangier than standard Frog, but that could be a different top note. And I swear these tobaccos HAVE to have a top note.

But yeah, stock up if you like it. That applies to all tobaccos; I've started ordering twice as much as I actually smoke each month.

I think I mentioned last thread, we need an advocacy group to push back against this crap.

Quick question for anyone out there - I live in WA and ordering tobacco online is illegal. Theres a chain pipe tobacco shop named "Tinder Box" but the prices are fucking ridiculous and their selection is shit. Help?

Any tips for keeping the tobacco lit? I usually have about 1/4th left in the bottom that never stays lit. Feels so wasteful.

>>1090549
That's something that takes practice, but you're probably packing it too tightly.

>>1090553
Noted, I'll pack gently for my next bowl.

>>1090525
Do the big chain drugstores carry pipe tobacco in Washington state? Try that type of place or maybe a liquor store. There can't be one chain in the whole state that sells pipe tobacco, that's crazy if true.

>>1090525
I'm in Olympia and I deal with the same garbage.

Drive to Portland, they have great shit.

File: d4fb085860[1].png (679KB, 1147x932px) Image search: [Google]

679KB, 1147x932px

>>1090581
Look for tobacconists, not drugstores/gas stations/ anywhere you buy cigarettes.

oops
>>1090585
meant for
>>1090525

>>1090581
I live near Spokane. If you are close you could have it shipped to me and I can arrange to meet you with it.

I know it sounds scammy but I get a real kick out of circumventing horseshit laws and it's totally worth my time.

>>1090588
I should clarify...I'm in Idaho, near Spokane.

newbie here, just had my 3rd bowl, used the video in the OP to pack this time, and smoked once every 15-30 seconds as i was recommended at my local pipe shop, much much better smoke this time than my first 2, move flavorful, no tongue bite, better smell, but more relighting, and to my surprise i even got a serious nicotine buzz, sadly towards the end of the bowl it started getting hot and it killed the flavor and smell again, but i probably started puffing faster without realizing. i know this is kinda a blogpost but i just wanted to give an update for those who gave me advice prior, thank you.

do have a question though, i started with frog Morton's cellar, but i kind want a cheaper smoke for most of the time and to save the frog for special occasions, the issue is i cant find them anywhere, my local Walgreens doesn't sell any of the OTC blends, despite selling a cheap briar pipe, and the pipe shop only carried high-end tobacco, should i just check other Walgreens or is there some other location that's good to check? supermarkets maybe? Arizona, for reference.

>>1090755
Check other drugstores to be sure. Their inventories are all a little different. The walgreens across town from me carries multiple 8oz canisters of pipe tobacco while the one nearest me is like yours-pipes and cleaners only, no pipe tobacco. Go figure.

And I don't know about AZ, but here in the south the local and regional grocery stores will carry lots more pipe tobacco than the more upscale national chains do.
Kroger can't be bothered, but the Jones Family Grocery with the BBQ pit in the back corner? It's there.

Okay so if I have some tobacco at the bottom of the bowl that isn't burned, can I put it back in the tin to smoke for later?

>>1090834
Gross... I either trash it or leave it in the pipe to finish smoking later

>>1090834
No, it's bitter and soaked in the tar and oils. That's called dottle and Conan Doyle included the fact that Sherlock Holmes would save and smoke it to show him as someone who didn't care about the taste and just wanted a very hard nicotine hit.

>>1090834
Just throw it out. It's not really worth saving anyway.

I'm going on a bike tour and I'm bringing my pipes and I'll smoke when I get into camp.

Do people hate people who smoke while they camp?

>>1090915
I once heard of some people who started smoking at camp because people hated them.

>>1090755
Are you able to order online?

I have no truly local tobacconist, the closest is 50 miles south and quite pricey, plus their selection is a little wanting.

I order from P&C mostly and lately their service/shipping is vastly improved, but I'll be trying smokingpipes.com shortly as well.

That also let's you wait for specials and sales pretty easily and you can order a couple of cheaper pouch tobaccos in addition to some nicer tins, plus some cakes and flakes to age and cellar

>>1090915
That will depend on the blend you smoke. A nice aromatic is a crowd pleaser in most cases. Doesn't have to be overly cased goopy tobacco, just something with a plesent room note.

NEW THREAD UP

>>1091027
>>1091027
>>1091027

>>1090915
People who hate people who smoke will hate you regardless. As long as you're not blowing smoke in their face, you should be alright.

>>1085704
One hell of a collection!

>>1090525
A few do, but their selection still sucks

File: Pipe.jpg (35KB, 516x210px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 516x210px

Estate pipe I sometimes smoke, got it for $30. Although I prefer fine cigars.