Aromatics are Not for the Pipe-Smoker

[Waning Embers]

Then everyone would be happy and we could all get along.

The only thing that is consistent between pipe smokers is not being agreeable and being argumentative.

 

[NookersTheCat]

The only thing that is consistent between pipe smokers is not being agreeable and being argumentative.

I disagree...

 

[Lyon0oq]

I smoke by myself, outside 99% of the time. No heavy aromatic is ever going to replace "non" aromatics for me, but I do like some of them.
They key is to smoke them very lightly. Once the tobacco is burning, the flavor is gone. You want smoke from the smoldering tobacco near the burning tobacco. This goes for all tobacco, but especially aromatic ive found. Even what most people think is slow, is too fast for most aromatics.

This may or may not be a stupid question, but would you have tips for slower smoking?

 

[Pipeh]

He literally opened his sentence by suggesting aro smokers smoke them for the wife.

Sure.

Making aro smokers sound like a bunch of under-the-thumb patsies.

That sounds a bit of a stretch. Considering other people makes one a patsy how?

 

[The Benedictine]

I don't smoke aromatics since I am a real man. I smoke only 5 brothers out of a pipe made from the jawbone of a donkey.

So you literally blow smoke out your ass?

 

[The Benedictine]

This may or may not be a stupid question, but would you have tips for slower smoking?

Take sips on your pipe and slow your cadence. No stupid questions my friend.

 

[Pipeandapencil]

So you literally blow smoke out your ass?

HAHA! I guess so. But done in a very masculine way, mind you... and never an aeromatic.

 

[The Benedictine]

HAHA! I guess so. But done in a very masculine way, mind you... and never an aeromatic.

Aros have their place though. I enjoy the room note left by a good cherry and vanilla. I also enjoy the elegance of an english.

 

[Sig]

This may or may not be a stupid question, but would you have tips for slower smoking?

Light drags, less often.

 

[karam]

I have come to a realization... aromatics are not for the pipe-smoker, but for the pipe-smoker's wife.

As it's been noted already, you probably can't taste them. Personally I'm very partial to scented Gawith blends, even the current shadow of their former selves. Possibly because a) you can taste the great tobacco beneath the scenting, and b) because they're not boring light sweet Danish blends.

You may come around, then again you may not, whatever makes you enjoy a smoke.

 

[LEP7cv]

I disagree...

 

[Waning Embers]

He literally opened his sentence by suggesting aro smokers smoke them for the wife.

The entire post changed directions into a query. Reading the entire post helps. None of the following posts nor his own suggested any snobbery about aromatic smokers which was what I was referring to if you read my post and the one I was replying to.

If that's what you guys are, fair enough, you won't hear another word from me.

That's the only hateful reply I've seen in the thread.

 

[Pooh-Bah]

I don't smoke aromatics since I am a real man. I smoke only 5 brothers out of a pipe made from the jawbone of a donkey.

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[The Benedictine]

Pics or it didn't happen.

No one wants to see him blow smoke out of his ass.

 

[andrew]

I have yet to try to try some Lakelands. I only have a couple pipes, and I hear they can cause ghosting, so I think that getting a Lakeland also requires me to get a pipe, right? Which one(s) are your favorite?

I know you didn't ask me but some Lakelands I enjoy are bobs chocolate flake, Samuel gawith Kendall creme flake, erinmore flake ( not technically a lakeland) Kendall flake (discontinued) coconut twist (discontinued). Personally best bet is try a bunch, they're love or hate but then they also grow on you, like I hated ipa beer first time now I love it. The gosting is over exaggerated

 

[NookersTheCat]

I know you didn't ask me but some Lakelands I enjoy are bobs chocolate flake, Samuel gawith Kendall creme flake, erinmore flake ( not technically a lakeland) Kendall flake (discontinued) coconut twist (discontinued). Personally best bet is try a bunch, they're love or hate but then they also grow on you, like I hated ipa beer first time now I love it. The gosting is over exaggerated

Didn't know they also axed coconut... :/

 

[Scrapyard Ape]

Pics or it didn't happen.

AI has a difficult time interpreting "donkey jawbone pipe"

 

[Waning Embers]

AI has a difficult time interpreting "donkey jawbone pipe" View attachment 403569

Ah, he has to hold it.

 

[The Benedictine]

Ah, he has to hold it.

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Now that's a man who knows how to use his jaw muscles.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

With seven fingers, holding his pipe is a no brainer.