Volcano Smoke

Chasing Embers · Mar 28, 2015

In a recent thread started by sparrowhawk, he acquired an amazing Moretti volcano, and I got one by Don Carlos. I've seen several discussions about shape and tobacco combinations that maximize the smoking experience, but don't recollect any talks of what smokes good in a volcano. In my Bruce Weaver volcano, I all but exclusively have been smoking C&D's Black Frigate (an English), and in the Don Carlos, I have smoked two bowls of Peterson's St. Patrick's Day 2015 (an aromatic). Both yeild great results, and I was wandering what others enjoy in their volcanos.

bernie2 · Mar 29, 2015

I have to say that a bowl of Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream tastes pretty good in one of Marco's volcano's:

That being said the Bagpiper's dream tasted pretty good in my stanwell last night and my savenelli the night before. 8)

sparrowhawk · Mar 29, 2015

Beautiful volcano, bernie. Technically, chasing, I don't have the Moretti volcano yet; I have to wait until my monies are renewed before paying off that pipe. I've been undergoing severe PAD these past two weeks, what with two new pipes on layaway, a third on its way from Italy that I'm told I won't see until April 3. And after all my resolutions not to buy anything but the minimum at our pipe club's weekend road trip, I end up leaving with a new Dracula Peterson and two fine MacBaren tins. And here I thought this was going to be an inexpensive hobby. Thaks for the tip on Bagpiper's Dream, bernie, I will check it out when I get that magnificent volcano.

Chasing Embers · Mar 29, 2015

Only the cost of the tobacco compared to cigarettes make this inexpensive. Pipes to us are like jewelery to our lady friends. Expensive, and addictive.

shanelktown · Mar 29, 2015

I just picked up a Mario grandi briar sandblasted volcano freehand off the slebay for 59.00 I will be sure to add to this thread now that I own a volcano lol.

seadogontheland · Mar 29, 2015

I have been smoking Hermit's Private Stock in my Design Berlin, sandblasted volcano and it smokes wonderfully. I tried some of this in a smallish Stanwell Rhodesian and it was an ok smoke, but nothing like how the flavor profile opened impressively with that volcano.

sparrowhawk · Mar 29, 2015

You guys are driving me nuts waiting for that Moretti volcano to arrive! Chasing, btw, you are absolutely right. I paid dearly for this volcano, but it is a pearl at great price.

Oh, here's the new Peterson from the weekend club road trip:

mso489 · Mar 30, 2015

I bet almost any good blend or single-leaf will expand to full glory in a volcano. I might not go for Va and Va/Per as often, but any non-aromatic or quality aromatic with some tobacco forward should be great. Most of these have ample bowls to unfold the components of a complex blend or the nuance of a good single-leaf. I bet some of the mild English blends would really reveal themselves and lose their inhibitions in a volcano.

Chasing Embers · Mar 30, 2015

mso489 you are very correct! Black Frigate, a rum/english blend explodes in my Weaver volcano, whereas it is just good in other pipes I have tried it in. So impressive was this blend/pipe combination that that is the only thing that I smoke in that pipe.

sparrowhawk · Mar 30, 2015

This is interesting. I never thought about the physical attributes of a tobacco leaf, i.e., being single leafed. I hope trying 5100 Red Cake will make for a good blend to start the volcano off. I think one of my Sutliff blends are flavored with rum, but perhaps I should try this Black Frigate. Who makes this, chasing? My regular other blend is Trout Stream, which I absolutely have to try in the volcano.

bernie2 · Mar 30, 2015

I wonder how many people dedicate a pipe to a single type of Tobacco. I realize that ghosting from your previous tobaccos changes the flavor a bit. I will say that my favorite time to smoke Lane 1-Q is when it follows a bowl of a strong blackberry blend that I also enjoy.
I received 13 different 1oz samples from Boswell's last night (their two sample packs are a great deal by the way). I also just ordered "The Shire Cobbit" and a 10-pack of smokable second cobs from Missouri Meerscham Co. Maybe I'll try the whole dedicated pipe thing for a while and see if that makes a difference.

sparrowhawk · Mar 30, 2015

Of all the Cobbits available, I like The Shire best. The pointed heel plus the long stem make it a unique cob.

gtclark · Mar 30, 2015

I missed the original thread, but I am compelled to say Sparrowhawk's volcano is absolutely stunning! Please post more pictures when it arrives!

Chasing Embers · Mar 30, 2015

Black Frigate is made by Cornell and Diehl. Good stuff!

Chasing Embers · Mar 30, 2015

@ gtclark Here's where this all started.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/volcanos-1

sparrowhawk · Mar 31, 2015

gtclark asked for some more photos of the volcano I won. Here are a few:

sparrowhawk · Mar 31, 2015

Whoops, double post. Let's try that again:

Chasing Embers · Mar 31, 2015

I have the same rustication on my magnum. It's one of Marco's specialties, and makes the pipe feel like volcanic rock.

sparrowhawk · Apr 1, 2015

Exactly why I like this pipe so much. "Volcano" is more than just a general description here; the pipe really does look like a volcano. And the staining is amazing; how Marco got that effect on the bottom and rim out of black stain is remarkable. I'm trying to figure out how he did it for a sculpture I'm working on, which, in the end, is supposed to resemble carved rock.

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