I Fail to See the Point

[madox07]

I keep on seeing people on Facebook forums inserting a cigars in their pipes. I quite fail to see the point ... besides the fact that you need to search high and low for a pipe that fits a particular cigar gauge, what's the difference, I imagine the cigar wouldn't taste much different. I kind of reminds me of Broz Tito, the Yugoslav dictator ... I never understood why he smoked the way he did, I guess it kind of got him a signature look.

 

[tozert]

I love a good cigar. When it's really good, I'll smoke the last bit in a specially dedicated pipe. I mostly smoke petites, and have a very small chambered pipe that I use exclusively for that purpose. Saw my Dad do it once, and thought it was a brilliant idea. Been doing it ever since. Saying all that, I wouldn't smoke a whole cigar plugged into a pipe.

 

[shayde]

@tozert What’s the purpose of doing it though?

 

[Chasing Embers]

What’s the purpose of doing it though?

To keep from wasting the last of a cigar. Plus there are cheroot pipes.

 

[shayde]

Now that you say that, I feel like an idiot :rofl:

 

[Chasing Embers]

Nearly a century ago, there was a prepacked tobacco in the shape of a cigar nub made to just drop into your pipe and light it.

 

[odobenus]

That's neat, Duane. Reminds me of paper cartridges for muzzleloaders and cap-and-ball pistols. For the man in a hurry. Or someone who prefers not to think about all the preparation, variables and ritual.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Or someone who prefers not to think about all the preparation, variables and ritual.

I just pack, light, and go.

 

[mikethompson]

preparation, variables and ritual

That there is the best part of pipe smoking to me.

 

[raevans]

I quite fail to see the point

Simple, for me, it's because I'm a cheap SOB. I hate to waste tobacco. So when I smoke a cigar, the last inch or so goes into a cob. I smoke 50 ring cigars and they fit perfectly into the cob.

 

[husky]

prepacked tobacco in the shape of a cigar nub

Reminds me of paper cartridges for muzzleloaders and cap-and-ball pistols.

Now thats an accident waiting to happen...

 

[mso489]

Tito. Shudder.

 

[condorlover1]

Weezell has quite a collection of miniature 'cutty' pipes designed for smoking cigars - some of them being my failed Ebay purchases when I thought I had bid on a meerschaum 'cutty' pipe and found that I had instead purchased a cheroot holder. He will probably chime in in a minute since he uses them for smoking cigars. It was pretty common to have a cigarette holder like Tito used in the early part of the 20th century and you see them on Ebay quite often.

 

[redglow]

When I was a cigar smoker and enjoying a great cigar, I would occasionally finish it off in one of my pipes. It was a great way to enjoy the entire cigar.

 

[pitchfork]

I only do it when I have a half-finished cigar that I end up smoking later in a pipe.

 

[hugodrax]

I fail to see the point of failing to see the point.

 

[warren]

Can't chew the cigar when using a pipe. For me ... that's a bad thing.

 

[danimalia]

Can't chew the cigar when using a pipe. For me ... that's a bad thing.

I'm not a chomper, really, but I absolutely agree that leaf on mouth is an important part of the cigar experience for me. And usually, when I get to the point that a cigar becomes uncomfortable to hold, the cigar is usually becoming a bit unpleasant with accumulated tars and saliva. I couldn't really see myself smoking a cigar in a pipe, but I would like to try those Semois bouchons if I ever get a chance.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Can't chew the cigar when using a pipe. For me ... that's a bad thing.

Exactly.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I would like to try those Semois bouchons if I ever get a chance.

Ditto, I have heard good things about them. Never thought of putting a nub into a pipe, I always just hit it like a joint roach. They get pretty damn hot and acrid by then most of the time anyway. Maybe a pipe changes that?