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shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

Hello my name is Shane and I'm new to this forum. I have been. Collecting pipes since I was 18 and still find myself looking for deals on good pipes. I enjoy aromatic tobaccos if anyone has any suggestions for that I'd appreciate. I did however try JM Boswells aromatic package and it was solid. I just started recently getting more into English tobaccos and trying new things. I have noticed more bold English blends will have a higher nic hit but I want something that will be an all day enjoyment. So that being said if anyone has suggestions I am open to trying anything new.

frank13 · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome, Shane. You may want to give Hearth & Home's, "House of Lords," or their, "Black House," a try. Both of them are solid, all-day smokes, without a noticeable nicotine hit.

pipebaum81 · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome welcome welcome! I was very much in your shoes, new to English, in the recent past. Frog Morton on the Bayou was recommended to me and it was my first "Non-Aro" I experience. It still is one of my top three to smoke. Great flavor but also very smooth. The three different tins I have burned through have all been ready to smoke cool. Happy hunting....

j/B

fnord · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome to the forum, pally. I've been hanging out here for several years now and there's rarely a day goes by I don't pick up something new.
If you like aromatics and also enjoy some of the Englishes, why don't you fire up a bowl of any one of the Frog Morton blends and Samuel Gawith's Squadron Leader or Skiff. They're known as crossover blends, bridging the void between aros & stouter English smokes, and more than a few of us have gone down that path.
Just be careful you don't over-buy when you find something you like. The journey is the reward here and what tastes spectacular today can be outpaced, if not lapped, by another blend several months later.
Welcome!
Fnord

shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

Thanks for the info I have heard a lot of great things about the frog Morton and also fnord good call on overbuy. I'm pretty excited any good places to buy I know pipes and cigars has a great selection and tobacco pipes as well.

condorlover1 · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome to the forum chum. You will have a lot of fun here, as for learning stuff, well thats probably true as well!

iamn8 · Feb 10, 2015

Shane,

I've been giving a great deal of thought to what've said and have come to a few conclusions which I'd like to share. First of all, these "conclussions" I've come to aren't so much conclussions as they are the end of a train of thought in which I've drawn certain inferences. Secondly, who says "inferences" in a pipe forum? Look, if you're going to spend any amount of time here and actually have it be "time well spent" vs "a colossal waste of life's most valuable resource" there are a few things you must not only understand, but appreciate. When I first began frequenting these forums, it was equal parts curiosity and time suck. I needed a hobby that wouldn't only be unhealthy in the conventional sense, but unhealthy all the way around. Okay... What was I saying... Ah yes things you should know.... First of all, ignore me. If you've actually read this far I'm concerned for you. Ignore everything I've said. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it :wink:

Welcome.

N8

sparrowhawk · Feb 10, 2015

What's wrong with "inferences" in a pipe forum? I write and talk like that all the time!

Shane, welcome to the asylum. As for aromatics, try Sutliff's Private Stock; they have the all-time winners in the aromatic tobacco sweepstakes, such as Molto Dolce (when you open the tin, you're not sure whether to smoke it or eat it), Mountain Pass, many others. PM has an ad for them on the opening page: click on it and it will give you a "test" as to what tobacco you should try, and for some reason the result is always Molto Dolce. I don't even want to think about how many tins I've smoked of this particular blend, and I'm sure many will agree this is the among the sweetest aromatics available.

Watch out for iamn8. He's a baaaad influence. :twisted:

iamn8 · Feb 10, 2015

Inferences? That's what you gleaned from my lil time waste / welcome? bad influence?! for the record, anything that doesn't kill you makes you stranger. : puffy

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shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

I don't think reading anything is a waste of time as long as you have a pipe and some good tobacco to puff on.. Just saying iamn8

iamn8 · Feb 10, 2015

Awww come on?! If we can't agree that what I wrote was a waste of time and that the sky is blue, what basis then do we have for a common ground?!

smeigs · Feb 10, 2015

welcome aboard. I agree with the frog morton blends. If you are starting to get into the English world, you can't go wrong with any of the Frog Morton's.

mso489 · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome, Shane. Glad to have you on Forums. It sounds like you belong here for sure. As you participate,

you'll get a world of suggestions, reviews, comments, complaints, tributes, etc., on an unending series of

tobaccos and blends. So many good ones, depending on your tastes. I like to take it slow. If I jumped on

every recommendation, I'd have vastly more tobacco than I smoke. Do you like non-aromatic burley? Have

you tried any non-aromatic burley blends? Anyway, welcome.

shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

Yes mso 489 I do have a 2oz jar of Cornell and diehls haunted bookshop it's not a bad smoke and has a good nicotine hit. I smoke that usually after work. I mainly smoke aromatics when around other people and since most aros are mild I can smoke them more consecutively. The other side with things that have a big hit I'm totally relaxing on my couch and taken it nice and slow. Hence I need to find more blends to relax and take it nice and slow with.

shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

Well iamn8 I thinking pipe tobacco smoking would be common ground? I did see that dunhill you are selling on eBay very nice sir. I have actually never owned a dunhill before.

woodsroad · Feb 10, 2015

Nice to meet you, Shane. We're a pretty ~~fiendly~~ friendly bunch, with the exception of...nah, you'll find out about him soon enough.
Got questions? Ask away. I gain most of my knowledge from reading the newbie pipe smoker threads, where the new folks aren't afraid of looking silly asking the questions that the old timers have been wondering about for years.

shanelktown · Feb 10, 2015

Thanks everyone should be a good time.

ivapewithfire · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome shanelktown.
Just remember; if you aren't having a good time, you aren't doing it right.

anthonyrosenthal74 · Feb 10, 2015

Welcome to pipe and tobacco heaven

kane · Feb 10, 2015

Hey Shane,

welcome. I am fairly new here myself, but the short time that I've been here I have learned a heck of a lot from these fine folks. I am sure you will discover a lot and enjoy your time with this forum.

You probably know about it, but this is a good resource, too, for scoping out new tobaccos:

Tobacco Reviews
Cheers!

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