Does The Black Frigate already have a saucy cabin boy, or is the position open? ...asking for a friend.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now...
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Honestly there isn’t much I would change. Every step has been a worthwhile part of the journey with pipes. Yeah I wish my palate was more open earlier but looking back there are so few smokes I didn’t enjoy at the time that it’s a matter of missing what I didn’t know about. If I have a pipe regret it’s not cellaring earlier but then again what I liked in the past didn’t really need to be cellared. So I am making up for lost time now. Tobacco wise, my foray into cigs is the only thing I regret.
like when I found out how much ladies like cuddles, actually probably best that took a while to figure out.
If I knew early on that I had an allergy to Red Virginia tobacco, I would have saved layers of flesh on my tongue and lots of money. I am just thankful I found out in 2012 which allowed me to cellar fast and deep.
that three step method probably worked back in the day when it was social acceptable to arm with wrestle babies. You know when people actually knew the strength of a baby.
Answering the original question. I wish I actually knew what blends I love back at the start. I've always loved my pipes and always smoked them weekly or never when I was broke (which was most of the time). But the first blend I loved disappeared so fast and was over ten years after starting to smoke. Also how Good a Zippo pipe lighter actually is.
I remember the 5lb bags of McClelland VA’s were $150 & free shipping.
Same. The farmer next door taught me, and he only smoked Prince Albert out of Grabows. I really enjoyed the process of finding new tobaccos, more complicated packing methods, and then simplifying all of it back down all on my own. All necessary, all enjoyable.
End the thread, this one is a winner!I wished I never bought anything from Pipes and Cigars . com
I wish I had cellared more Durbar when I knew both that it was my favourite and that the Dunhill blends were on their way out.
In last few days, I found out the reason behind false and true light. Still working it out. But, if you char the tobacco evenly or mostly even, true light can burn the tobacco evenly all the way down. Or at least until the moisture kills the ember.
Yup, this is me to a T.
Me Brain: "Hmmm, $400 is a lot for a pipe."
Me Heart: "Yeah, but that's like a month of ciggys..."
Me Brain: "Damn, that's super cheap then!"
It took us a while to realize, but one of my mates have an allergy to Red Virginias too. You should've heard our debates at our tastings before we figured that out ?
+1 Getting a pipe insert for my Zippo really changed my smoking habits.
I worked out that, for me, the char light is a pile of crap. Sometimes I do it, but that's only because the initial light didn't take, or I didn't pay attention and the pipe went out quickly.
If your tobacco is moist, it will rise a bit in the chamber, and you may indeed need to do two lights. But all my lights are true lights. Except when I screw up.
That's what I used to do. Go with one light. Somd times it was a great smoke, some times something was missing. At least for me. So, been looking at the ember for awhile. Noticed if all the top was lit, smoke was thicker and flavor was fuller. Some times I was covering the top with ember with first lighg, some times not. But if I do second light after distributing the charred tobacco around, it's certain I'll cover the top with ember.
But why is it a winner, lol?! As someone who only started really ordering from the different on-line retailers about a year ago, my one or two experiences with them have been uneventful. I'm sure there is a story here, I'm just not clear on what it is.
I regret not taking up the pipe earlier in life so I would have been able to try all the McClelland brands and stock up on ones I enjoyed.
Pipes and Cigars has a real bad reputation for being one of the more disorganised and feckless online retailers. Things will often take days to ship, or not ship at all. If you're really lucky, you'll get your order and then they'll send a free-of-charge duplicate a week later. Their customer service also leaves much to be desired as emails will often go completely unanswered.
All in all, with so many other great options, Pipesandcigars will never get my money.
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