Hello Everyone,
My name is Louie and I was an avid member to this site for a couple months until running into some serious problems. Long story short, financial and cyber issues caused me to have to re-join with a new login name. In any event, I never stopped smoking my pipes and expanding my tobacco inventory.
I want to start by saying that months ago, a man had messaged me saying that he was going to send me some tobacco samples he had. When I had received them was the same time all my troubles had struck. So if any of you read this and remember sending tobacco samples to a home in Chicago, I just want to thank you with my whole heart. That was an example of the kind of pure gentlemen that is in this world, and to this day I am still enjoying the tobacco you had sent me. Please message me if you are that man, you deserve a proper thank you.
I want to end this post with a question. I have quickly realized that cheap tobacco has got to be a main reason people get turned off to pipe smoking. I now invest in nicer aromatic, English, and Virginia blends alike. Since switching I have noticed a difference in my enjoyment and smoking quality.
That being said, I still am having some trouble with gurgling that then turns into spit flying up the stem and ruining my precious smoking. I have noticed that the slower I smoke, and the more patient I am in packing, my smokes are a lot better with less gurgling. I'm not sure if my observations are correct.
But my question is this, if you cannot run a pipe cleaner all the way through the stem into the bowl, is the pipe deemed for trouble? I have three pipes, a Kaywoodie, so no pipe cleaner will go through that twist system. A pipe from pipes and cigars web site starter pack, and a bent pipe from a local B&M. Both of those pipes have holes in the shank and stem that do not match up, so pipe cleaners will not go through them. These three pipes are the source of my troubles I have listed. The reason this question arose was because I had just picked up two corn cobs, and they both smoked wonderfully today, smoked all the way to the bottom of the bowl with re lights that were not so frequent that it distracted the experience. Corn cobs can have the pipe cleaner run through, and in turn I got a better smoke.
If the pipe cleaner trick is a true test of a good pipe, I feel that my collection is quite useless. I also would rather learn this now, that way I can invest in a nice pipe and thus have a better smoking experience. I saw a beautiful pipe at my local B&M with a beautiful finish and torus shell looking bit, and a cleaner went all the way through no problem, but it was $70. I have no problem spending that much, only if it would be the solution to my problems. But I would rather learn on cheaper pipes before investing.
Thank you for putting up with my long post, and I look forward to reading the responses. I hope everyone is having a wonderful night.
Thank you,
Louie
My name is Louie and I was an avid member to this site for a couple months until running into some serious problems. Long story short, financial and cyber issues caused me to have to re-join with a new login name. In any event, I never stopped smoking my pipes and expanding my tobacco inventory.
I want to start by saying that months ago, a man had messaged me saying that he was going to send me some tobacco samples he had. When I had received them was the same time all my troubles had struck. So if any of you read this and remember sending tobacco samples to a home in Chicago, I just want to thank you with my whole heart. That was an example of the kind of pure gentlemen that is in this world, and to this day I am still enjoying the tobacco you had sent me. Please message me if you are that man, you deserve a proper thank you.
I want to end this post with a question. I have quickly realized that cheap tobacco has got to be a main reason people get turned off to pipe smoking. I now invest in nicer aromatic, English, and Virginia blends alike. Since switching I have noticed a difference in my enjoyment and smoking quality.
That being said, I still am having some trouble with gurgling that then turns into spit flying up the stem and ruining my precious smoking. I have noticed that the slower I smoke, and the more patient I am in packing, my smokes are a lot better with less gurgling. I'm not sure if my observations are correct.
But my question is this, if you cannot run a pipe cleaner all the way through the stem into the bowl, is the pipe deemed for trouble? I have three pipes, a Kaywoodie, so no pipe cleaner will go through that twist system. A pipe from pipes and cigars web site starter pack, and a bent pipe from a local B&M. Both of those pipes have holes in the shank and stem that do not match up, so pipe cleaners will not go through them. These three pipes are the source of my troubles I have listed. The reason this question arose was because I had just picked up two corn cobs, and they both smoked wonderfully today, smoked all the way to the bottom of the bowl with re lights that were not so frequent that it distracted the experience. Corn cobs can have the pipe cleaner run through, and in turn I got a better smoke.
If the pipe cleaner trick is a true test of a good pipe, I feel that my collection is quite useless. I also would rather learn this now, that way I can invest in a nice pipe and thus have a better smoking experience. I saw a beautiful pipe at my local B&M with a beautiful finish and torus shell looking bit, and a cleaner went all the way through no problem, but it was $70. I have no problem spending that much, only if it would be the solution to my problems. But I would rather learn on cheaper pipes before investing.
Thank you for putting up with my long post, and I look forward to reading the responses. I hope everyone is having a wonderful night.
Thank you,
Louie