Lane 1Q: Now I Know What Estate Pipes Smell Like

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Lane 1Q is the bane of my existence! Sometimes it takes 3 maybe 5 S/A treatments to rid a nice estate of it!!!

It must be my taste buds, but English blends seem to be more pungent and linger in estate pipes more than any Lane 1Q, but then I'm an aro smoker.

Oh, hell yes.
Hate to offend all of you Lane 1Q smokers out there, and you are legion, but I'm with Woodsroad and Branzig on this one.
The majority of the thirty plus estate burners I've purchased in the last three years have been permeated with that aroma and it's tough to tame even with S/A and ozone treatments.
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you ever consider getting yourself a pipe retort? with it I've gotten rid of cherry tobacco ghosting (with just two treatments) from a pipe.

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Nah, I have never considered it. If a couple S/A treatments don't work I designate it an English pipe and start smoking Ol' Ironsides in it! Kills ol' lane pretty quickly! :lol:

As one who's restored quite a number of estate pipes for my humble collection, I've encountered the ghost of a vanilla aromatic like 1Q (a touchstone aromatic) substantially more often than the ghost of an English blend.

It is the #1 selling blend in North America.

Not sure what you mean by that.

Yes, 1-Q is by FAR the biggest selling pipe tobacco in the US. It is sold by pipe stores across the country, under about a zillion different names (normally, a local shop buys it in bulk and then renames it).

So, why is it such a big seller? Because it's a damn good aromatic. If you don't like aros, then clearly stay away from it. You won't like it. But guys who like aros seem to gravitate toward it like white on rice. I'm only a part-time aro smoker (I much prefer latakia and heavy perique blends like Old Joe Krantz), but I've smoked my share of it and can understand the appeal.

That said, it will ghost a pipe pretty bad. Not as bad as Ennerdale, but you still might have an uphill fight getting it clear of the distinctive sour/vanilla taste. Unless, of course, you follow Branzig's advice (which I will second). Smoke a lat bomb in it a few times. Old Ironsides, Pirate Kake, Odyssey, or Ten Russians will freaking kill it dead. If you're a smoker of pure VAS…. well, I don't know what to tell you.