I get plenty of flavor just puffing. I get even more retrohaling. It might just be more/less sensitive palates. (Even when I had Covid with strong flu like symptoms, I never lost the ability to taste). My friend tells me he can’t pick out any flavors even after smoking a pipe for close to a...
Very nice. I bought a vintage horn stemmed in the beginning of this month and I love it. The stem is super comfortable, and it smokes great. I also love how small the pipe is, while still having a decent sized bowl.
I used to have a smooth 614, but traded it in. The pipe smoked great, I just didn’t reach for it as much for the same reason I don’t reach for my Peterson system pipes (I’m not a fan of cleaning them).
Maybe I just have very dull nasal passages, but I’ve never felt any harshness when retrohaling. Even tobaccos that feel very harsh on the tongue and roof of my mouth have never bothered me in anyway when retrohaling.
I just recently got my first brass armored zippo. I quickly noticed that the chimney hasn’t become black yet like all of my chrome zippos have almost instantly.
Is this unique to the brass zippos or am too quick to jump the gun.
Big n Burley in a Ropp. This is big n burley is from a new batch I just bought. I can confirm it’s much better with age, however even with the rough edges it’s still thoroughly enjoyable.