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madox07

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Dec 12, 2016
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So, I have opened this can of Dunhill Elizabetan mixture, and I grab by mistake a cob that I only smoke aromatics in. I only figured it out by the time i packed the bowl, so I guess I was too lazy to empty it and pick another pipe ... cobs don't ghost anyway, right? Now, this is the first time I try this blend, which is quite rich in virginia and has some perique in it too. So i light the bowl, and I get this very very sweet taste, not quite aromatic but close. Could it really be the blend? (very good smoke by the way, just a little unforgiving on the tongue, but I am guessing that's the virginia). Have any of you guys tried this blend? Or could I have done something wrong with my cob while smoking aros, that mine is special and ghosts? (the cob is MM). I will try the blend again tomorrow in my virginia smoking briar, but I figured I should also ask here ...

 

jpmcwjr

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May 12, 2015
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Even stainless steel pipes can ghost!
To some extent, how quickly/deeply it ghosts depends on how the chamber is cleaned, how hot smoked, etc. Importantly, how sensitive the smoker is to tastes of "foreign" leaf.

 

madox07

Lifer
Dec 12, 2016
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Apparently so ... I might just had the wrong idea all this time. I do tend to keep my pipes segregated, and dedicate them to certain tobaccos ... thus my experience with ghosting is limited.

 

kane

Can't Leave
Dec 2, 2014
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I too have heard that cobs don't ghost. I have also heard that meeershaums don't ghost. But perhaps they do. Isn't ghosting a characteristic of cake rather than bowl material? I have had some estate briars with old cake that tasted pretty foul until I reamed the cake and cleaned the shank with alcohol. Also have Virginia that tasted pretty sweet, non-aro.

 

markus

Part of the Furniture Now
Mar 18, 2014
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I have cobs specifically dedicated to Lakeland blends (which I love), but they are ghosted all to hell and gone. Everything I smoke in those tastes like Lakelands, but that's what they are for right?

 
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Any pipe can ghost especially depending on the tobacco you smoke in said pipe. I've never had an issue with my cobs ghosting, but I also don't smoke Lakeland blends, or heavily chased aromatics that are more likely to ghost. I typically smoke English or Virginia's with the occasional aromatic.

 
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pagan

Lifer
May 6, 2016
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All pipes will ghost, most don't experience it with a cob cuz most don't build a cake on cobs, just my experience

 

aldecaker

Lifer
Feb 13, 2015
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I think people more mean, "Cobs let go of a ghost a lot better than most other pipes". A good sun bathing will do wonders to de-ghost a cob, but it won't touch a ghost in a briar.
EDIT: And also +1 on what Pagan said. Cake is where a lot of ghostiness and ashiness lives.

 

username

Lifer
Dec 24, 2014
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I thought it was use a cob tp try a blend because of it dpes ghost and you don't like the blend you didn't ruin a expensive pipe. I ghosted a cob pretty good with enerdale.

 

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
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I thought like username, that you used cobs for aromatic Lakeland blends so you wouldn't ghost other pipes. It costs less to designate a pipe. That always sounded reasonable to me, though I am not into aros enough to smoke Lakeland aros. I'd never heard that cobs don't ghost. Other ghosting, like Latakia, isn't an issue with me. A little stray Lat flavor is a bonus, and it fades.

 
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