Jobey Shellmoor Pipes

[mattia76]

Has anyone around here smoked these before? I've had one for a while that looks as old as the hills, but haven't got around to smoking it.

 

[unclearthur]

I have a few. Overall good smokers.

 

[pstlpkr]

I have one....

It's in the middle; the light colored pipe with the flat bottom "sitter".

It is Jobey "Sunburst".

I used to hate it... but, since my time (well spent) on Pipesmagazine.com I have come to appreciate it.

 

[oldmaus]

What caused the new "appreciation" Lawrence?

 

[pstlpkr]

@Oldmaus,
As it so happens I'm smoking Haddo's Delight in it right now; a VaPer w/Cavendish and Burley.
At first I didn't like the screw in stem, or the stinger, and it always bit like a junk-yard dog.

So, I set it aside.

I became a member of this site and realized that there was more to smoking a pipe than just stuffin' and puffin'.

It was then that I began to realize and identify some of the mistakes I had made while smoking it. I learned that I couldn't treat it like my Bjarne Free Form and smoke it hard. So, I removed the stinger (something that I didn't know I could do), and changed my smoking philosophy toward this pipe.
It requires a light draw and a VaPer or an English blend. I do however smoke 1Q in it from time to time. It is a light and delicate pipe, not a large frame free form.
I had to simply use a different mindset when smoking it. It still isn't one of my very favorites, but with some attention it does produce a good smoke.
Live and learn....

 

[obelus]

I wish I could be that adaptable. But I'm not so it's always the pipe or the tobacco's fault when something goes wrong.

 

[oldmaus]

Thanks for the clarification and instruction Lawrence.