I just assumed you wouldn’t want to in a new Cob, since it will be absorbed easier into the Cob, and better to smoke a few bowls first to char/carbonize the chamber slightly... hmm ?
Briar Dedication for Lakeland Blends
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I just assumed you wouldn’t want to in a new Cob, since it will be absorbed easier into the Cob, and better to smoke a few bowls first to char/carbonize the chamber slightly... hmm ?
Yep that’s a fair call. Wasn’t so much worried about ghosting the cob with the blend, but assumed that the blend might be subtle and wanted to get as much flavour out of any nuances as possible.
I have an old Brigham billiard dedicated to most of the Lakeland’s mentioned. I have not detected any adverse flavors yet. However, I only smoke that pipe once every two or three months. If I ramp up my Lakeland consumption, I will most likely add two more pipes.
How I dedicate pipes are in the following:
Some briars for lakelands.
Some briars for burley/Virginias.
Some briars for light aromatics.
Two briars for heavy cherry aromatics.
Some cobs and briars for English.
1 briar for latakia.
1 briar for perique.
I keep them in order with pipe stands.
Some briars for lakelands.
Some briars for burley/Virginias.
Some briars for light aromatics.
Two briars for heavy cherry aromatics.
Some cobs and briars for English.
1 briar for latakia.
1 briar for perique.
I keep them in order with pipe stands.
Thanks for the comments, everyone! As with most things pipes, it appears that there are as many answers to my question as there are members of this forum, and none of them are wrong! I am glad to get a variety of perspectives, as well as to find out what worked for all of you.
Cobs and ClaysNah, I’m not wasting my time with cheap pipes anymore.
Cheap as in crappy, not meaning Good inexpensive.
So no more cheap crappy for me.
The only good inexpensive pipes I’ll be smoking from are Cobs.
MM Cobs and Clays are fine.
My reply was in reference to a Chinese Pipe I did a post on, that some are aware of.
I'm with him. Not sure my taste/smell buds are that sensitive nowadays.