Hi, I'm New to Pipes

[Roller2911]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob

Still waiting for my pipe to come and brought amphora special reserve no 2 to try for my first, any suggestions on other tobacco to try.

 

[sandollars]

Good choice. Give that a try for a few pipefuls and you will get a feel if you want to delve deeper into Aromatics or maybe try a non aromatic. There's a lifetime of choices out there.

I wished I had just started with 1 blend in the beginning. I could have save a bit of money.

Be sure to dry out your tobacco and go slow. Sip it like a fine wine!

Enjoy!

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome to the long strange trip.

 

[whsergent]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob

Still waiting for my pipe to come and brought amphora special reserve no 2 to try for my first, any suggestions on other tobacco to try.

Are you a cigarette smoker or were you once?

 

[alaskanpiper]

Welcome to the forum from Knik River, Alaska! Try various blends, aromatics, virginias, english blends, virginia-periques, etc. to get an idea of what you like and begin picking out different flavors. Plenty of good cheap bulks available in 1oz portions to try at smokingpipes.com and the like. If you find some you might want to try, look them up on tobaccoreviews.com first for reviews and ratings! Also look up some youtube videos on how to load/light/smoke a pipe. It will be odd at first, maybe tough to keep lit, might bite your tongue, etc. Persevere! It’s worth it once everything clicks. Welcome again and good luck!

 

[wordheavy]

I say work with what you got and concentrate on your technique. No sense in buying a bunch of what others like, before you understand your own taste. Once you've given it a good try; you can let us know what you liked or didn't like about the tobacco you've been smoking, and the recommendations will pour in like a flood.

 

[sandollars]

I say work with what you got and concentrate on your technique. No sense in buying a bunch of what others like, before you understand your own taste. Once you've given it a good try; you can let us know what you liked or didn't like about the tobacco you've been smoking, and the recommendations will pour in like a flood.

Words I wished I had heeded in the not too distant past....

 

[sandollars]

Piper, That pic looks so beautiful.... COLD but beautiful! Really cold though.... But beautiful LOL!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Piper, That pic looks so beautiful.... COLD but beautiful! Really cold though.... But beautiful LOL!

Thats the creek by our house that runs down to the Knik River. Things have finally warmed up again! It was nearly 30 today! Warm enough to go for walks again. My daughter was very happy about it...

 

[sandollars]

Now THAT pic is just Beautiful. What a sweetie!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Now THAT pic is just Beautiful. What a sweetie!

Haha, that she is!

 

[jttnk]

The ears on the hood are great!

 

[alaskanpiper]

The ears on the hood are great!

Haha she likes ear stuff. We have elephant towels, bear hoodies, zebra onesies, you name it haha.

 

[indoeuro]

I say work with what you got and concentrate on your technique. No sense in buying a bunch of what others like, before you understand your own taste. Once you've given it a good try; you can let us know what you liked or didn't like about the tobacco you've been smoking, and the recommendations will pour in like a flood.

Fantastic advice.

 

[tobefrank]

Welcome on board for the journey. What pipe did you buy?

 

[Casual]

I read the reviews, but it doesn’t help before you’ve tried a bunch of blends. I thought I would like Va/Pers from the descriptions, and dislike burleys. Almost one year in, it’s the exact opposite. Maybe it’ll be different in another year.

Treat it as a journey, not just of discovery, but also where you end a different person than when you started.

 

[hauntedmyst]

I agree with the try a lot of blend approach, even the ones that don't initially smell good to you. Soon you will find a type or types you like, then you explore them. The question isn't what tobaccos should I try, it's more, which ones are considered so universally awful I shouldn't try them.

 

[Thepipehunter]

Try buying an ounce or two of various bulk tobaccos. Pick up some English, Virginias, Burley, and Aromatics. See what blend types you like and don't like. I think Cornel and Deihl, and Peter Stokkebye produce great bulk blends. And always remember not to shoot a blend down just because you don't like it at first. Over time as your pallet changes you and can pick up on more subtle flavors, you may revisit a blend and decide you like it.

 

[badbriar]

Important thing to remember - sip - don't puff like a freight train. Will prevent tongue bite or scorched tongue.
Also, look at Peterson P-Lip bits.

 

[diamondback]

In honesty, were I to travel back in time and advise myself, I’d tell me to buy a pound of Haunted Bookshop, dry it out good, don’t pack my pipe too tightly, and sip it very slowly.

When you have that down, I’d tell me, buy up all the Esoterica, McClelland Frogs and 5100 you can and just sit on it until 2020 - ?

But seriously, there’s a lot to be said for exploring for what you’ll like and, as quixotic as it may sound, master smoking one blend until you’ve got that down.

ETA: I hate autocorrect. In fact I’m going to turn it off!