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As I lit up my last bowl of Coconut Creme tonight and watched a little tv, the aroma of coconut and cocoa was tickling my nose. My mind started to wander and I found myself thinking of a conversation I had overheard in a smoking room about a year ago. Two gentlemen, both of many years, were sitting across the room from me discussing general topics such as sports, weather, and the occasional joke about wives or ex-wives when I came in and sat down. I packed a bowl of Dan’s Sweet Vanilla Honeydew and did a slight charring light. While I was tamping down the top ash, both men acknowledged me with the standard head nod and continued their conversation. So I lit the bowl up, got a good center fire going and reached down into my backpack and pulled out my latest edition of Foreign Affairs magazine and started reading.
After a few minutes of reading and enjoying my quiet smoke, I noticed that the conversation between the two gentlemen had picked up a little volume to it. I started listening to what the men were saying but never looked up from my magazine. Now I know that this is rude and I shouldn’t have been listening in, but hell, I was just checking to see if there may be a reason to exit the building immediately. You never know what might happen.
As I was listening to the conversation, it donned on me what they were talking about. The point of their conversation had become the difference between aromatic and english tobacco and the kind of men that smoked each. The bad thing about this conversation was they were trying to make it loud enough for me to hear. They were poking fun at me for smoking an aromatic tobacco but did not want to confront me head on with it. Then I realized that when I had stepped in the room, I had picked up a note of english in the air. Now this didnt phase me one bit due to the fact that my Grandfather and Uncle both smoked english at least two times a day. Now being a gentleman and knowing not to disrespect my elders, I kindly waited the storm out and never acknowledged the fact that I had even heard the first word. I could have been spiteful and made a butt out of myself, but sometimes the battle is not worth the war.
I understand there are differences amonst people all over the world. I also understand that we live with these differences everyday, but I absolutely refuse to see a fellow man or woman of the briar in a different light because of what they fill their bowl with. I have always welcomed fellow pipe smokers with a smile and a handshake and even a bowl full if needed. I feel that if you have the common interest of pipe smoking, that is a starting point to a great friendship. We pipesters are a small but proud group, and if we start separating from within, we will start losing what we are really bonded together with. Ladies and Gentlemen, what we have is a fellowship, one that has stood the test of time and survived. We are brought together by a love of the briar and it would be foolish to segregate due to what is put in our bowls.
Thanks for reading my rant.
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Kevin said:
That’s well said, Ray, and 100% correct.
As long as you’re smoking pipe tobacco, then you are a member of the “club”.
Just because I smoke English, doesn’t mean you have to. And just because you Aromatics doesn’t mean I have to. (This is hypothetical, as I smoke both.)
We embrace all pipe smokers here at PipesMagazine.com. This is something we have discussed in the past here, but it is always worth reminding people that already know, and educating those that don’t. There still are some “pipe snobs” out there.
June 1st, 2010 at 7:28 am
pstlpkr said:
I’m a pipe snob.
I think that anyone wants to smoke, they should smoke a pipe.
As for the tobacco I prefer… the answer is yes.
My wife on the other hand prefers ARO’s, but she doesn’t smoke.
Ray you are spot on.
Smoke what you like and compliment others on what they are smoking.
It’s all good.
June 1st, 2010 at 10:38 am
classicgeek said:
Pipesnobbery begone!
After five years of only aro’s, my wife bought me a tin of English for the first time last month. Admittedly it was a “mild” blend: Frog Morton on the Town, but my initial reaction was surprise at how little difference there was between it and the various aro’s I’d been smoking. Obviously, there are differences in room note and taste, but not such that you would go to war over it. Sweet vs. savory would be about the best I could put it. Some people like sweets and some don’t, and taste and smell are subjective anyways.
Perhaps your fellows were equating aromatics with cheap drugstore aromatics which are using flavorings and chemicals to cover the inadequacies of the tobacco.
I’m likely to continue smoking mostly aromatics, with the odd English thrown in there. But they will all be quality tobaccos.
Incidentally, whose was the Coconut Creme blend? Sounds interesting.
Simon
June 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
rlrideoutjr said:
The Coconut Creme comes from a local Pipe, Cigar and Wine shop. I buy it in bulk. I am not sure who blends it, but if you would like to try some. Send me your info and I will get some to you.
June 1st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
classicgeek said:
I’d take you up on that, but I’m on the other side of the socialist border.
It seems most shops take blends from big names like Lane, Altadis, McClelland, etc. and rename them. I was educated on this not too long ago, so now I know that my local tobacconist does this with McClelland blends. TobaccoReviews lists five different blends with Coconut in their description.
Anyhow, I’ll keep my eyes open and maybe ask my tobacconist.
June 1st, 2010 at 5:23 pm
cortezattic said:
Ah HA! So that was YOU whose tutti-frutti derailed the pleasant little chat we were having over a bowl of real tobacco! (LOL)
June 1st, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Bob said:
Nice post!
I agree that everyone should smoke what they enjoy and enjoy what they smoke. Whether it be an English, Aromatic, Virginia, Virginia/Perique, etc. it shouldn’t matter as long as they are smoking a pipe with pipe tobacco.
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:20 am
westsidewilly said:
Right on, Jack!
I am always amazed at those who in one breath talk about how “open” and “inviting” the “brotherhood of the briar” is, and then in the next breath make snide comments about aromatic smokers. Pretty much makes me not want to hang out with those folks, and not want to attend the pipe shows. If all I’m going to hear is derision and ridicule, why bother?
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:11 pm
rlrideoutjr said:
AHHHHH you got me! Yeah it was me, but I tend to ruin most things…LOL…Just ask both my EX-WIVES! lol
June 7th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
rlrideoutjr said:
You are right, and that is probably what has happened here. I will ask Bill at the shop this friday when I go down for a smoke. I will get back to you and let you know.
June 7th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
john said:
Hi all, I think everything has been said. Let others pipe smokers smoke what they enjoy as a best and respect them…
By the way I like english mixtures, like aromatics everything depends on my mood, weather a taste:-)
June 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
birmingham0irish said:
While I don’t prefer aromatics, I don’t have any disdain for those that do. I used to have the same reaction from some aromatic and Virginia smokers when I was mainly into Balkan blends. (I started from the Full Balkan/Heavy Latakia end of the spectrum and evenually discovered Virginia Flake). Some would politely inquire as to what mixture I was smoking. Others would inform me that I smelled like a peat fire/burning rope. One thought I had set a plastic ashtray on fire (?!?). The good thing about it was, I kept puffing, the snobs turned green and left, and after that, it was my feckin’ lounge!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:44 am