Hi, I wanted to give a report my trip to pipe world and ask for recommendations for some pipe tobacco that I should try next.
Out of boredom and curiosity, I wanted to try pipe smoking. I hate cigarettes, so this is kind of a weird thing for me. Nevertheless, I acquired some info on pipes and was quickly searching for briar pipes on eBay. I bought a used and refurbished Medico briar billiard that looked nice and was cheap. It was in a good shape, reamed and waxed when it arrived. It smelled pretty unpleasant, like an old and stale apartment and burned garbage. Oh well.
I don't know where I got the idea, but the tobacco I bought first was Mac Baren Navy Flake.
It was kind of what I feared it would be: I liked handling the pipe and the overall action of smoking, but the smoke itself to me was pretty close to just smoking a cigarette (without inhaling). I thought it was an okay thing to do for once a while but not really anything special. If nothing else, it changed the way my pipe smelled from stale into a pleasant tobacco smell.
Later on I decided to try another type of tobacco to at least be able to give a fair judgment of the hobby. I wanted to buy Dunhill Night Cap, actually just by the cute name and a nice looking package art, and also because it contained latakia which I thought was like dynamite of tobacco flavors by what I had read. It was however too expensive (26 e) so I ended up with Peterson Old Dublin (20 e). I am super glad I did! To my surprise, this "little stronger blend" (description by the saleswoman) wasn't to me "strong" in the sense I was expecting, but actually very pleasant, rich, diverse flavored smoke. Also none of the nasty tongue bite that Mac Baren gave me. I have now enjoyed three pipefuls of this blend. Last one was particularly nice, although I think the nicotine was a little too much for me as I sweated a litttle and felt a little nauseous afterwards.
Now I have bought another nice pipe, a black/green Venini.
To end my little report, I am kindly asking for recommendations on what to smoke next by the fact that I really enjoyed Old Dublin but not so much of Mac B Navy Flake. I have already written down Peterson Balkan Delight, SG Squadron Leader and SG Commonwealth. Any thoughts on those, or completely other recommendations?
Out of boredom and curiosity, I wanted to try pipe smoking. I hate cigarettes, so this is kind of a weird thing for me. Nevertheless, I acquired some info on pipes and was quickly searching for briar pipes on eBay. I bought a used and refurbished Medico briar billiard that looked nice and was cheap. It was in a good shape, reamed and waxed when it arrived. It smelled pretty unpleasant, like an old and stale apartment and burned garbage. Oh well.
I don't know where I got the idea, but the tobacco I bought first was Mac Baren Navy Flake.
It was kind of what I feared it would be: I liked handling the pipe and the overall action of smoking, but the smoke itself to me was pretty close to just smoking a cigarette (without inhaling). I thought it was an okay thing to do for once a while but not really anything special. If nothing else, it changed the way my pipe smelled from stale into a pleasant tobacco smell.
Later on I decided to try another type of tobacco to at least be able to give a fair judgment of the hobby. I wanted to buy Dunhill Night Cap, actually just by the cute name and a nice looking package art, and also because it contained latakia which I thought was like dynamite of tobacco flavors by what I had read. It was however too expensive (26 e) so I ended up with Peterson Old Dublin (20 e). I am super glad I did! To my surprise, this "little stronger blend" (description by the saleswoman) wasn't to me "strong" in the sense I was expecting, but actually very pleasant, rich, diverse flavored smoke. Also none of the nasty tongue bite that Mac Baren gave me. I have now enjoyed three pipefuls of this blend. Last one was particularly nice, although I think the nicotine was a little too much for me as I sweated a litttle and felt a little nauseous afterwards.
Now I have bought another nice pipe, a black/green Venini.
To end my little report, I am kindly asking for recommendations on what to smoke next by the fact that I really enjoyed Old Dublin but not so much of Mac B Navy Flake. I have already written down Peterson Balkan Delight, SG Squadron Leader and SG Commonwealth. Any thoughts on those, or completely other recommendations?