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Is It a Ritual or a Smoke?
I'm still learning the proper amount to pack, so I need to still set up a mini station, but I'm getting there as I learn different tobaccos, cuts and what works in the pipes I want to use for a given day/purpose.- arvetus
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Looking Forward to Giving This a Try
^^^ that's exactly what I'm learning. And I did figure out the hot tamp vs. cold tamp. :)- arvetus
- Post #26
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Stem or lip protectors
I use heat shrink on some of my bits on briars. I don't do anything on my cob bits though. I have a Savinelli with a marbled bit that I don't do anything to, just because it's so pretty.- arvetus
- Post #23
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Blending tobaccos
The plants get pretty big, depending on what you're growing...maybe 3-5ft tall and they're pretty big around too. I don't know how well you could grow it in a planter, but they would need plenty of sun. Then after you harvest the leaves, you have to have room to store it and let it cure. A...- arvetus
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Drying aromatics
I dried some MB Vanilla Flake and I think I got it too dry. It smoked good, but I didn't notice as much vanilla as I did on the last time I had some. The tobacco still tasted very good though...I am really loving that blend!- arvetus
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Suggestions for nicotine strong
They're not? Am I committing a faux pas? Anywhoo...although I'm still a beginner with the pipe and haven't gotten into the super dark stuff, I am liking the blends like Autumn Evening, PA, Ole Shenandoah, etc. I don't really notice much of a nic hit. I smoked cigars before deciding to try...- arvetus
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Keepers of the Flame
I'm still very much a beginner and don't even know what I like and don't like yet and I have acquired both syndromes. I have on the way an estate Savinelli with a marbled bit and a nice silver ferrule. I also just got in the mail some PS Luxury Twist Flake and some G&H Brown Vanilla Flake that...- arvetus
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why the char light? And do you?
Sure, why not? My theory is that since the flame tends to burn upward, if you turned the bowl upside down, you could char the tobacco throughout the bowl instead of trying to suck the flame down to char only the top layer. It's a fine theory and you ought to try it out for yourself, and then...- arvetus
- Post #37
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Do You Carry Your Tobacco When You Go out ?
I found some of these that work pretty well. Don't hold as much as a regular tobacco tin, but they hold enough for a few bowls. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H6ZMALI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1- arvetus
- Post #41
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why the char light? And do you?
you could have also told them about the secret "turn the bowl upside down to get a better light" trick. Just don't show them how to do it. It's one of those "you just have to do it" tricks.- arvetus
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why the char light? And do you?
Yes, I admit I was feeling pretty flustered the first few times, but the more videos I watch, the more I see old time pipers constantly relighting. Then I didn't feel so bad. I'm still by all means a n00b, but feeling a bit better about it and gaining some confidence.- arvetus
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Havana Tobacco
Cosmic, I was thinking about that very thing...blending it with something else... I have a couple VaPers on the shelf to try as I work my way though these tins I've bought.- arvetus
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Havana Tobacco
Yeah, I realize that the taste won't be the same just as coffee doesn't taste the same from Ethiopia as it does from Columbia as it does from Hawaii. Or even green beans from my home state of Michigan as they do where I live now in Texas. I was more curious about the leaf as a whole and...- arvetus
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Havana Tobacco
So...I got to talking with a friend of mine today and we discovered we have something in common that we never knew, and I learned that grows Havana tobacco in his vegetable garden. And he gave me a small bundle that I put in a jar. :o :D Anyone ever tried this in a pipe? I think it might...- arvetus
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Mac Baren Vanilla Flake
I just rubbed out some more of this and my fingers smell oh so good!- arvetus
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Two bowls in and I’m a believer!!
I ordered bulk...it's cheaper :) Just jar it- arvetus
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Two bowls in and I’m a believer!!
N00b here and Autumn Evening is one of my favorites so far!- arvetus
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Beginner Revelation Series: #2
I have to pack my "shortstop" cob super light...basically sprinkle some in and then tap the bowl to settle it. I also have to tamp it frequently and the trick for me on that pipe is to lightly draw at the same time as I tamp. It's such a tiny bowl...the bowl diameter is about the same as a...- arvetus
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions