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  1. chuckp

    Suggestions for my first English

    I thought I would try ordering an ounce of a couple of different English blends. Been smoking nothing but BCA (really like that stuff) but thought I would try an English. Keeping lower nicotine in mind....suggestions?
  2. chuckp

    Uneven burn of the tobacco

    I can never get an even burn of the tobacco from top to the bottom of the bowl. There will be a portion of the tobacco that decides to smoke and will burn about clear to the botton....then, I have to dump that ash, try to gently tamp the remaining tobacco flat and start over. Is this normal am...
  3. chuckp

    First Briar

    I purchased an inexpensive ($32) Dr.Grabow briar pipe over the weekend. I almost immediately noticed a difference in the taste of the tobacco. With the cob I was using (the Diplomat), I was experiencing a disagreeable after taste that I initially thought was the tobacco. With the first smoke...
  4. chuckp

    Best Tin Note

    I know it's not nearly punchy enough for the non-aromatic folks, but..........I have tried multiple aromatic blends since I've started and I have yet to find one that has a more pleasant tin note than BCA, the first one I tried (Captain Black Dark is equally as pleasant). And that goes for the...
  5. chuckp

    Cobb bowl geometry

    I just finished reading a pretty good article on bowl geometry and how it affects the flavor of the smoke: http://www.apassionforpipes.com/neills-blog/2010/10/31/how-and-why-chamber-geometry-impacts-tobacco-flavor.html I'm using a Cobb now, and have the bent Diplomat and bent Country Gentleman...
  6. chuckp

    Early Observations

    Well, I've been smoking a pipe now for about two weeks and thought I would share some things I like and some things I don't like. This, coming from someone who has never smoked before at all...I'm 52 years old. I started with CB Gold, which I did not care for, it just seemed like cigarette...
  7. chuckp

    Well, it "looks" like I'm a seasoned pipe smoker...

    But far from it...... I just uploaded my avatar with my MM and smoking Captain Black Dark......my Lane BCA is supposed to arrive today. And no, I did not get the cap to go with the pipe, I wear these all the time. The one thing I've noticed in the few days I've been smoking........I spend more...
  8. chuckp

    Tobacco "Strength"

    http://www.smokingpipes.com/tobacco/by-maker/cornell-diehl/bulk/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=134996 When looking at different tobaccos on this site, what is meant by it's "strength"? I understand taste and room note but how am I to interpret its strength?
  9. chuckp

    Lane's BCA

    Well for my first tobacco to ever smoke I have ordered Lane BCA, a black cavendish.....has anyone ever smoked this tobacco? I don't know if it's a good beginner or not but I'll find out.
  10. chuckp

    Filters

    How do you folks feel about them? I'm very new to smoking....period! So, I have no need for nicotine, but want to experience the aromas of some fine pipe tobaccos...sounds like a crazy thing to start at 52, given such a dislike of cigarettes and cigars so much. I want to stay away from...
  11. chuckp

    Tobacco Genre

    Full disclosure.........I'm a complete novice. Hate cigarette smoke, dislike cigar smoke, but strangely enough, I find pipe tobacco very pleasing to my nose. So what the hell, going to give it a shot, never smoked before at all. It even sounds crazy to me. So I'm wondering if a tobacco...
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