I was waiting on a pizza the other day, (no delivery out where we live) and I decided to go to a discount tobacco store a couple of doors down. This one was fairly new, and I had only been in there once right after they opened about 2 years ago. Here in the south, these stores usually cater to cigarette and small cigar smokers so there's usually nothing I find too interesting in them. I was really surprised to see all the tobacco products they carried here though. They had all kinds of little cigars and cigarettes for sure, but they also had a lot of snuff, a ton of loose tobacco in various bags, quite a few different pouch tobaccos, some MM hardwood pipes, an old rack with new Kaywoodies, Yello Boles, Medicos, and some cobs of the cheap variety. Man this place was stocked to the gills with tobacco stuff, vape stuff, and what not. Right away I saw they had Prince Albert tobacco, something I hadn't seen in the local shops in some time. I used to smoke this when we first moved here about 14 years ago, and I kept telling myself I should get some more someday. But I never seemed to see it around here anymore, and I always forget to add it to any tobacco order I make.
This was like rediscovering an old friend, I totally forgot how nice this was to smoke! I know a lot of guys think it's like smoking nothing, but it was so easy to smoke and it just gave me a comfortable feeling, nothing complicated or thought provoking, just sit back and relax and smoke and read my book. I'll probably be buying more as soon as this is gone. I had an old PA tin so I stuck the pouch in there just for kicks too.
I was smoking the Prince Albert in a recent cob I bought, the bent Mark Twain pipe. My one complaint with cobs is I don't like the plastic stems too much. If I clench the pipe for any length of time they get chewed up pretty quickly, and they just feel cheesy too. I know a lot of you like the Forever stems, but they are a little expensive. I know I'll probably get one someday, but when I ordered the Mark Twain cob, I decided to get the replacement stem for the free hand cob to use with it. It was less than $8 and is made of vulcanite too. Ok, this is a rather crude stem as you receive it, it needed a lot of finishing to make it look and feel good in the mouth, and also to fit the pipe better. So I ended up spending about an hour sanding and polishing it to a decent fit and shine, and then relaxed the bend in it a little as it seemed too much of a bend for the shape of the pipe. The results were very satisfying though, the looks fit the pipe and it's very comfortable to smoke.
Ah yes, just another day in the wonderful world of pipe smoking.... ::
This was like rediscovering an old friend, I totally forgot how nice this was to smoke! I know a lot of guys think it's like smoking nothing, but it was so easy to smoke and it just gave me a comfortable feeling, nothing complicated or thought provoking, just sit back and relax and smoke and read my book. I'll probably be buying more as soon as this is gone. I had an old PA tin so I stuck the pouch in there just for kicks too.
I was smoking the Prince Albert in a recent cob I bought, the bent Mark Twain pipe. My one complaint with cobs is I don't like the plastic stems too much. If I clench the pipe for any length of time they get chewed up pretty quickly, and they just feel cheesy too. I know a lot of you like the Forever stems, but they are a little expensive. I know I'll probably get one someday, but when I ordered the Mark Twain cob, I decided to get the replacement stem for the free hand cob to use with it. It was less than $8 and is made of vulcanite too. Ok, this is a rather crude stem as you receive it, it needed a lot of finishing to make it look and feel good in the mouth, and also to fit the pipe better. So I ended up spending about an hour sanding and polishing it to a decent fit and shine, and then relaxed the bend in it a little as it seemed too much of a bend for the shape of the pipe. The results were very satisfying though, the looks fit the pipe and it's very comfortable to smoke.
Ah yes, just another day in the wonderful world of pipe smoking.... ::