Do many of you read pipe/tobacco literature? If so, how many times have you come across someone saying that such and such tobacco burned down to a perfect white ash, by implication, meaning that somehow it was an excellent tobacco?
I have read that proverbial statement many times, and have smoked some blends that seemed to do that from time to time, but not consistantly. It always left me wondering that maybe I was missing something, or just hadn't found that perfect tobacco.
I recently ordered a Vauen pipe, and have been smoking it pretty consistanly since I recieved it. I had a problem with the 9mm filter it came with, so I substituted a Savinelli 6mm filter. It gave what I consider an almost perfect draw, as well as controlled any gurgling, so no pipe cleaners are required.
But besides that, I have noticed that no matter what blend I smoke in it, the tobacco burns to a perfect white ash. Every time.
So far I have smoked Middleton's Cherry, Spilman Mixture, C&D's Two Friends, Blockade Runner, and Pennington Gap, and they all smoke down to that perfect white ash, which they don't seem to do in my other pipes.
That makes me wonder if it really has more to do with the combustion rate from a perfect draw, more that a particular tobacco itself.
Just an observation more than a question. I thought I would pass it on. Any experience either way?
I have read that proverbial statement many times, and have smoked some blends that seemed to do that from time to time, but not consistantly. It always left me wondering that maybe I was missing something, or just hadn't found that perfect tobacco.
I recently ordered a Vauen pipe, and have been smoking it pretty consistanly since I recieved it. I had a problem with the 9mm filter it came with, so I substituted a Savinelli 6mm filter. It gave what I consider an almost perfect draw, as well as controlled any gurgling, so no pipe cleaners are required.
But besides that, I have noticed that no matter what blend I smoke in it, the tobacco burns to a perfect white ash. Every time.
So far I have smoked Middleton's Cherry, Spilman Mixture, C&D's Two Friends, Blockade Runner, and Pennington Gap, and they all smoke down to that perfect white ash, which they don't seem to do in my other pipes.
That makes me wonder if it really has more to do with the combustion rate from a perfect draw, more that a particular tobacco itself.
Just an observation more than a question. I thought I would pass it on. Any experience either way?
