Another Silly Question: Which One Are You Picky About

[anotherbob]

I was just thinking I am pickier about pipes then tobacco. As in if someone gifted me a tin of most anything I'd smoke through it and enjoy it to some degree, however there are many pipes I would not smoke unless they where the only pipe I had. Anyone else like me that way or the other way around?

 

[ashdigger]

I’m picky. Pipes I thought I’d love, have been sold or gifted.

Lessons learned.

Same with tobacco. Trial and error.

 

[peregrinus]

I have way over a hundred pipes but have narrowed my regular smokers down to about 6 or 7. As it turns out these are not necessarily the best looking or most valuable, they are the best tools for my way of smoking.
Same with tobacco, I have dozens of blends but find myself regularly smoking the same 3 or 4 blends.
I don’t feel that I am picky but have narrowed both tobaccos and pipes to the ones that I can depend on to give the experience I am looking for.
I just am no longer interested in futzing around with near misses.

 

[OzPiper]

I’m picky. Pipes I thought I’d love, have been sold or gifted.

Lessons learned.

Same with tobacco. Trial and error.

Agree 100%. If a pipe does not work for me, I'll gift it. I figure it's better for someone else to show it some love than have it sitting unused in the rack.

Same goes for tobacco. I bought a much-praised chocolate blend thinking I'd love it, being a chocoholic, but I had 2 bowls and hated it. Eating and smoking chocolate are completely different, I found.

There are some pipe shapes, and the Hungarian comes to mind, I just cannot, and will not smoke

 

[RainKing]

That’s a tough question. But I think you’re right. I’d smoke through about anything, but I’ll be damned if I don’t think I look cool doing it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Both! I have bought tins of tobacco that I still have stashed in the back of my closet that I gave a good try, but just couldn't. I have a few pipes in drawers like that too.

 

[bullet08]

If it smokes fine, I'll keep. If it smokes like crap, I'll get rid of it or won't smoke it. Tobacco, so far only two blends I won't touch again.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Both, especially the tobacco. Life is too short to compromise the enjoyment of a bowl of tobacco.

 

[krizzose]

Tobacco. For example, I can't stand any floral Lakelands. They won't taste better to me in a pipe I think looks good.

 

[elvishrunes]

I’m sorta with you on that one... There’s lots of good tobacco out there, even drugstore brands. I’ve enjoyed Captain Black and Backwoods. As long as it’s a good English, or aro, burley, ect I like it, but I’d prefer not to smoke out of shape or pipe I don’t like... Now some tobacco is sh%@#$ of course.

 

[anotherbob]

Agree 100%. If a pipe does not work for me, I'll gift it. I figure it's better for someone else to show it some love than have it sitting unused in the rack.

Same goes for tobacco. I bought a much-praised chocolate blend thinking I'd love it, being a chocoholic, but I had 2 bowls and hated it. Eating and smoking chocolate are completely different, I found.

There are some pipe shapes, and the Hungarian comes to mind, I just cannot, and will not smoke

if it was Bob's Chocolate flake I agree. Not sure what all the hub bub about that one is. It isn't bad but I could happily never smoke it again.

 

[anotherbob]

just to make sure I am being clear. There are more pipes I don't like then tobaccos. I am pretty easy with tobacco except one or two my worst experience has been I'd rather smoke something else. Where with pipes there are plenty I'd never touch.

 

[cigrmaster]

I am picky about both my pipes and tobacco. I only smoke a very clean pipe and I keep my tobacco at a constant temp and humidity. I actually consider myself a bit of a slob when I have a female living with me.
All through my years, I kept my tennis racquets all three strung all the time and with certain types of strings and different tensions . My golf clubs were a custom set of Titleist Tour Blades and Vokey Oil Can Wedges and they were cleaned by the kid working the cart area. I always tipped him 5 bucks for cleaning them, most didn't tip at all. I kept my basket ball in good shape , my street hockey sticks. Any sports stuff I took care of because as a kid if I didn't my old man would be all over my ass.biggest pipes.
My tobacco is all over my house and my pipes are in a couple of cabinets and a round 6 holder for my biggest pipes. My pipe cabinet both have tinted glass so the stems don't get a mess. One cabinet holds 36, the other 15. Now that I am a cripple I just look at my stuff wishing I could play again.

 

[Old School 3319]

My pipe always the same but I go thru phases with tobaccos

 

[Fiddlepiper]

I reckon I could be happier with one pipe rather than one tobacco. I like the fact I don’t have to pick though!

 

[sablebrush52]

I'm probably pickier about tobaccos. Most pipes I've had smoked fine. Most tobaccos I've tried I didn't like.

 

[saltedplug]

At first I collected tobacco. But then I sold much of it to afford cigars, I believe for about $3500.00. Of course it didn't last. I didn't know anything about Padrons, so I bought 8 dual torpedos for an exorbitant amount of money from Thompson, which as you know was a mistake. I placed the order online and within minutes they called me to sell me more.

Anyway, when I figured out that all the cool dudes were really into pipes, I got really into pipes.