New to the forum! I actually just started my first topic before this one, my apologies for not following protocol.
J. Sheridan
24 years old
I'm from the NW suburbs of Chicago and have been a pipe smoker only since last November. However, I have smoked cigars for a couple of years now.
Originally when I tried a pipe I was annoyed with the technicality and preciseness that packing and smoking needed, so I kept with cigars for their ease (and still today) for their flavor. However, I gave them another go when my younger brother wanted to try a pipe. After more research and practice, I fell in love with the complexity of pipes, as well as the art of keeping and maintaining the pipe itself. And (if I'm being honest) the price difference between pipe tobacco and cigars.
My first pipe was a Yorkshire Natural, and my first tobacco was Frog Morton (may it rest in peace). I now have a Peterson Churchwarden (birthday gift from my bothers), and am looking for a good military mount pipe to take with me on the go. I actually seem to be cursed somehow because EMP was the second tobacco I tried (may it rest in peace). I gravitate towards english blends (which I've heard can be a 'dirty' term for describing latakia and virginias), but am trying to expand my palate.
I prefer my pipes (and cigars) with black coffee, but scotch is a nice second. I tend to smoke my pipe either at breakfast, to begin the day, or near the end to wind down.
My biggest troubles are building cake and smoking to the bottom. I've been trying to do both for a couple of months now, and while I've built a small amount of cake near the top of my pipes, the bottom still sits bare. I smoked 1/3 and 1/2 bowls for a few weeks without result, so I'm not positive what I'm doing wrong. I smoke cool bowls, dried my tobacco out to (what I can understand from posts and videos) is the right dryness, tried multiple styles of packing and slow puffing as well as feeling out the pipe and draw. Maybe I'm just not a natural pipe smoker, but I'll be damned if I don't enjoy that beginning 2/3 bowl most days, God bless it.
Other interests include reading, writing, playing music (guitar and mandolin), cooking and walks.
Pleased to meet you all! God bless!
J. S.
J. Sheridan
24 years old
I'm from the NW suburbs of Chicago and have been a pipe smoker only since last November. However, I have smoked cigars for a couple of years now.
Originally when I tried a pipe I was annoyed with the technicality and preciseness that packing and smoking needed, so I kept with cigars for their ease (and still today) for their flavor. However, I gave them another go when my younger brother wanted to try a pipe. After more research and practice, I fell in love with the complexity of pipes, as well as the art of keeping and maintaining the pipe itself. And (if I'm being honest) the price difference between pipe tobacco and cigars.
My first pipe was a Yorkshire Natural, and my first tobacco was Frog Morton (may it rest in peace). I now have a Peterson Churchwarden (birthday gift from my bothers), and am looking for a good military mount pipe to take with me on the go. I actually seem to be cursed somehow because EMP was the second tobacco I tried (may it rest in peace). I gravitate towards english blends (which I've heard can be a 'dirty' term for describing latakia and virginias), but am trying to expand my palate.
I prefer my pipes (and cigars) with black coffee, but scotch is a nice second. I tend to smoke my pipe either at breakfast, to begin the day, or near the end to wind down.
My biggest troubles are building cake and smoking to the bottom. I've been trying to do both for a couple of months now, and while I've built a small amount of cake near the top of my pipes, the bottom still sits bare. I smoked 1/3 and 1/2 bowls for a few weeks without result, so I'm not positive what I'm doing wrong. I smoke cool bowls, dried my tobacco out to (what I can understand from posts and videos) is the right dryness, tried multiple styles of packing and slow puffing as well as feeling out the pipe and draw. Maybe I'm just not a natural pipe smoker, but I'll be damned if I don't enjoy that beginning 2/3 bowl most days, God bless it.
Other interests include reading, writing, playing music (guitar and mandolin), cooking and walks.
Pleased to meet you all! God bless!
J. S.
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