Hello from Ireland!
As some of you already know, I registered a few days ago to ask something about my newly purchased pipe, a Savinelli 614 Roma Lucite. I am currently breaking it in with Dunhill's "Early Morning Pipe", and really enjoying it.
I've been a pipe smoker for eight years, but until a few months ago I didn't really know much about tobacco, I would simply smoke what I liked. One of my regular tobaccos was James Fox's "The Banker's Mixture". My general rule for buying new tobaccos has for many years been: choose blends with latakia and avoid aromatics.
I've tried many mixtures over the years, but without paying much attention to the ingredients or even the brand names, unless something really stood out.
I finally started getting more into it recently, and I quickly came across this forum - the largest repository of piping wisdom on the internet.
Because I already knew I enjoy latakia, I got a small collection of well known English mixtures, which I am now smoking more carefully than before, trying to analyse them based on various reviews. I plan to do the same with Virginias soon.
As a homebrewer and engineer, it's my belief that although anything can be enjoyed, true appreciation requires at least some understanding.
Here's a photo of my current pipe and tobacco collection. Happy pipe smoking!
As some of you already know, I registered a few days ago to ask something about my newly purchased pipe, a Savinelli 614 Roma Lucite. I am currently breaking it in with Dunhill's "Early Morning Pipe", and really enjoying it.
I've been a pipe smoker for eight years, but until a few months ago I didn't really know much about tobacco, I would simply smoke what I liked. One of my regular tobaccos was James Fox's "The Banker's Mixture". My general rule for buying new tobaccos has for many years been: choose blends with latakia and avoid aromatics.
I've tried many mixtures over the years, but without paying much attention to the ingredients or even the brand names, unless something really stood out.
I finally started getting more into it recently, and I quickly came across this forum - the largest repository of piping wisdom on the internet.
Because I already knew I enjoy latakia, I got a small collection of well known English mixtures, which I am now smoking more carefully than before, trying to analyse them based on various reviews. I plan to do the same with Virginias soon.
As a homebrewer and engineer, it's my belief that although anything can be enjoyed, true appreciation requires at least some understanding.
Here's a photo of my current pipe and tobacco collection. Happy pipe smoking!