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gervais

Lifer
Sep 4, 2019
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Believe it or not I still have to try it! 😅
I basically just went out and straight panic bought 2 pounds and horked it away before I even could lmao.

Now to be fair, it's not like I don't already know I like other VA flakes haha.. but yes, in the heat of this recent debacle, I am slightly ashamed to admit my insane-ass bought pounds and pounds of tobacco recently that I haven't even tried yet lol

Fortunately when it comes to pipe tobacco I've found it to be like sex and pizza... even when it's bad it's still pretty good 😂😆
Lmao perfect comparison
 

Sig

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 18, 2023
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Western NY
Couldn't agree more! 👍

I think alot of it just has to simply do with the amount of dang HEAT that's created by Virginia's AND Burleys (I think one of the greatest crimes of pipe advice is suggesting burley heavy blends to complete beginners when a well done cavendish heavy blends is usually far more forgiving)

But I think just with all that extra mass of a big bowl it lends itself to just creating too much heat no matter how careful you are.. whereas on the other hand, the far cooler smoking latakia and orientals in good English and Balkans can warm up a bit more and really sing in that larger space.

P.S. WOW I love that 2nd pipe.. I'm a sucker for Dublins and that ones got such an awesome flow and quality rustication to it 👌
Thanks, that is a great pipe, and the only way I could afford a Rad Davis pipe back then. :)
I'm positive he lost money on these "Pipe of the Year" pipes. It is made from great briar and handmade stems. If memory serves me right, it was $110. For a pipe made by a top 10 carver at the time was a no brainer.
 
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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
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Any pipes that I own.
Pretty much the same. 95% of what I now smoke are Virginias and their variants. Since I don't dedicate a specific pipe to a specific blend the lazy approached works well for me. I don't buy into the "this pipe shape is for Virginias while this pipe shape is for English" stuff.
 

Dr. Van Loafer

Can't Leave
Jan 3, 2022
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Man this is gonna churn up some reactions😂
Im going to be honest and say that Vapers in smaller diameter chambers and in stacked bowls perform really well for me and even more so if the pipe is dedicated to it.
Now that’s out of the box I smoke them in any and every type of pipe as well so there’s that too!
Thank you for sharing and guidance!
 
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Dr. Van Loafer

Can't Leave
Jan 3, 2022
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Partial to this lil guy I got from P&C about a decade ago. Their story was they were from a bunch of well aged, unfinished vintage pipes they found in a warehouse somewhere and stamped with their "university deluxe" label to promote their old university blend tobaccos.

Idk if it was just deceptive marketing like most of their shtick 😂 but I like it. I loved it's stately paneled look but assumed it was gonna be larger so.. once I got it and had heard smaller bowls favored VA's that's how it's been consecrated.

(P.S. that's actually a half gallon jar of 2lbs of 507c, not a quart with 1... my hands aren't that tiny 😂)
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Thank you and a vote for smaller bowl!
 
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Dr. Van Loafer

Can't Leave
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My pipe for straight VAs is also my only Pete, an Irish Harp 80s sandblasted bulldog:

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Tiny pipe, got a fairly wide but shallow chamber. Perfect for my preference in keeping VA smokes on the shorter end, lest I end up freight-training the damn thing into a soggy mess.
That is a beautiful pipe, but I also really like the bull dog shape!
 
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