Should I keep the same pattern for pipe dedication?

tarheel1 · Apr 22, 2016

Well I now have a decent amount of pipes. I have 4 unamoked and trying to decide what to dedicate them to. Thus far my bent bulldogs have been dedicated to English or lat blends and my one bent billiard to VA and VA per. Unamoked I have 3 bent billiards and 1 bent bulldog. So the question is . should I keep this pattern, or mix it up a bit? Do I keep my 4 bent billiards VA and VA per, 5 bent bulldogs lat blends, and falcon for aros?

deathmetal · Apr 22, 2016

Lovely. You might need a Burley pipe, and it helps to have one dedicated to Royal Yacht...

tarheel1 · Apr 22, 2016

I don't smoke burley for the most part. It tastes like dirt to me. Closest I have is Grey Havens, and it is still sealed.

deathmetal · Apr 22, 2016

Have you tried Semois? What about Burley mixes like Old Joe Krantz?

tarheel1 · Apr 22, 2016

I have tried ancouple, but for the most part no. When I tried a few and I got the dirt flavor I started to steer away from them. Now this was back in 2007 and not revisited them. Maybe if I can find some samples I might try it again.

cigrmaster · Apr 23, 2016

I would dedicate every pipe to Va and Vapers and screw English altogether. If you want to try a Vabur, I would recommend Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky and Solani Silver Flake. Neither one will give you that dirt flavor as I am also not a fan of that.

hawky454 · Apr 23, 2016

I would mix it up a little...

macaroon · Apr 23, 2016

Unless you have some deeply ingrained mental association between pipe shape and blend type that you just can't shake, I'm with hawky. Variety is the spice of life, and all that. Gives you more options.

mso489 · Apr 23, 2016

tarheel illustrates the point, that burley isn't for everybody. I feel sure this is genetic, the way some people recoil at certain foods. Some find lamb revolting (I like it a lot) and some love beef and chicken liver (I like neither). Some people can't taste burley, and others find it unpleasant, and others like deathmetal and I like it very much. But we're not tasting the same things as people who don't taste burley or don't like it. Back to the subject, I don't find the need to designate pipes. If I'm getting Lat when I smoke Va or Va/Per, and other blends, it doesn't come up in a bad way. But if you're getting an unpleasant mix, definitely designate pipes. Good flavor is essential. tarheel, those are magnificent Ferndowns.

jefff · Apr 23, 2016

I let the pipe tell me. Sometimes that takes longer than others. Since I am primarily a Va, VaPer kinda guy I start with 3 different Va's. The 2 Different Lat blends, then 3 different VaPers.
I usually know after that but sometimes a pipe will fool me. I have an Eltang Cutty that was one of my Lat pipes for a while and it was fine. Last week I used it with St.James Woods and an old tin of Fillmore...It is now a VaPer pipe.
But I think it is one of those rare, in my experience, pipes that can go either way.

snowyowl · Apr 23, 2016

Tarheel1 sez:

I don't smoke burley for the most part. It tastes like dirt to me.

As an English-Lat guy mostly, I treat full-burleys like I would an aromatic.
When I'm looking for a change of pace (or have no idea what I want next), I might reach for an aromatic like Grousemoor or an ancient burley blend like LJPeretti's Cuban Mixture. It then comes as a surprise, in a good way... mostly.
Think of it that way.

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But, that burley doesn't by necessity demand a pipe-dedication like the ghostly Grousemoor or Condor. Although, I'm hearing from this thread, I might want to set aside a stem for my LJP Cuban?!

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