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  1. AKinser79

    New Member

    Welcome from Central Florida.
  2. AKinser79

    Hello from Seattle

    Welcome to the forum from Central Florida.
  3. AKinser79

    Hello from Michigan

    Welcome from Central Florida. I have a clay pipe. I also smoke it on occasion too. I primarily do so when I'm sampling tobaccos though, or at least that was its main purpose, if I find a pipe centered tobacconist in my area it may have that job again. If not I might use it when working on a...
  4. AKinser79

    Hello from Ohio!

    Welcome from Florida.
  5. AKinser79

    Amphora English Blend

    Must be why I thought it was new. Because it more or less is. I really slowed down on my tobacco acquisition after 08 as I had to really mind my budget during the recession and the pandemic, I was smoking tobacco that I had squirreled away. I have the Burley and the Virginia also. I didn't...
  6. AKinser79

    Spork?

    The only spork I'm aware of is an eating utensil. It being multi-purpose is subject to debate though. Having used one it did neither the job of a fork or a spoon very well.
  7. AKinser79

    Amphora English Blend

    This may be a newer blend. I remember Amphora from years ago, it was an OTC aromatic that I could find in most grocery and drug stores down here in Florida. I tried it back then and didn't really care for it so my expectations were somewhat low when I saw a pouch of this at my local B&M. I...
  8. AKinser79

    Smoking To Ash.

    I don't know about smoking to ash, but once a bowl starts getting to where I can't keep an ember going I call it finished. I often don't have much dottle though. Usually just random pieces of tobacco that didn't get to smolder. Then again, I try to be able to sit down, and enjoy a pipe the...
  9. AKinser79

    Relights and Packing Methods

    @JLD66 I try to keep mine filled I just sometimes forget. Today was one of those days I did. I prefer using a tamper actually. I have used the finger method though.
  10. AKinser79

    Relights and Packing Methods

    Interestingly today on my way home from work I had a fantastic bowl that I only had to light once. My zippo ran low on fluid and I couldn't find my emergency lighter in my backpack. I said to myself. Well I'll smoke it as long as it's lit and go to the tobacconist on the way home. Long red...
  11. AKinser79

    Relights and Packing Methods

    Oh they know I smoke at work too. There isn't cologne that can cover up the stank of chicken blood, Kinser Sweat and Prince Albert (let alone latakia--been mixing in a little Amphora English Blend with the PA, very nice). We're just not supposed to take smoke breaks outside of our scheduled 30...
  12. AKinser79

    Relights and Packing Methods

    Indeed. The Cobbit Wizard and the General are my largest pipes. I have a large Canadian style briar too. But I find these pipes harder to clench so I gravitate toward smaller bowls. (also I sometimes sneak out at work for a smoke break, I mean take out the trash, and it is far easier to go...
  13. AKinser79

    Problems with Meerschaum

    Very true. When I was learning to smoke a pipe 26 years ago there were no forums or youtube. Heck there was barely an internet. A lot of what I learned back then (and have kept with me--because it works) I learned either from talking to tobacconists (back then B&M pipe shops were a bit more...
  14. AKinser79

    Relights and Packing Methods

    Just my two cents here. 1. I haven't noticed a correlation with the layer numbers used when packing a bowl to give any indication as to the number of relights needed to smoke the entire bowl. I pack as I do. I don't know what method you'd call it. I put tobacco in, tamp with my fingers till...
  15. AKinser79

    Staying Hydrated! What is Your Ideal RH for Non—Aromatics?

    I would be interested in such a survey. I would also want to see if local climate has any impact on the need (real or perceived) for moisture control techniques. Over the years I've heard of various people using various methods to control the moisture level of their pipe tobaccos: from...
  16. AKinser79

    Staying Hydrated! What is Your Ideal RH for Non—Aromatics?

    I do not attempt to rehydrate "dried up" tobacco. I live in a very humid climate down here in Florida and find that I prefer my tobaccos to be a bit on the dry side. No matter how dry you think it is (down here) the ambient humidity and the combustion will release plenty of water vapor...
  17. AKinser79

    To Coat or Not to Coat

    Well I'm not old. A codger maybe but not old. I've heard of the coating process myself. I've not done it. Never would do it either. In my pipes the only things that go into them are tobacco, pipe cleaners (maybe if they are really filthy a little white lightning), pipe tools and fire. I find...
  18. AKinser79

    Hello from Indiana

    From a utilitarian standpoint: spot on. As I said previously I have had both cheap and expensive pipes. So I'm not completely utilitarian--is anyone really. I often simply cannot justify to myself the purchase of 150 dollar pipe when I know it doesn't really smoke any better than a 30 dollar...
  19. AKinser79

    Slimming Down -- Culling the Collection

    As someone who smokes mostly corncob pipes I usually cull them when the bowl, or shank starts to fail and they no longer function.
  20. AKinser79

    Hello from Indiana

    I'm with you there, man. My pipe/tobacco budget is more geared toward trying tobaccos than buying pipes also. To me, a pipe is a tool used to enjoy tobacco. And having had both cheap and expensive pipes I can say that in my opinion there is no appreciable difference other than the aesthetics...
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