I am jealous! Then again, I’d be very poor if I lived that close to Boswell’s. LOL!
My Experience So Far
- Thread starter Medy
- Start date
Yeah it’s bad especially for a newbie!! I’m like ooh what’s this oooh let me smell that. How much is that pipe? …. Ouch! …lol
Don’t know if anyone else has experienced this. It seems like my sinuses are not bothering me as much anymore and I’m not at stuffed up as I am normally. Since I have started smoking a pipe. Anyone else experiencing this?
I'm a newbie. Been smoking a little over a month now and my sinuses are still bad. Had problems since I was young though and with all the pollen in the air in Louisiana right now it's the bad time of the year for me.
I’ve tried different packing methods and I found I prefer a very light pack, so I just use the gravity method.
I have really enjoyed my journey so far... and I have received a lot of help here on the forum.
I am still trying to get through all of the blends I bought early on... and they seem to get better every time I go back to them. I can't wait to complete my move and get a proper storage space for my pipes and tobaccos. Right now I feel like everything is scattered to the wind.
Welcome to the forum!
Well, it sounds like you are like me... starting a new hobby and buying anything and everything I could get my hands on to try! I did the same thing as I got more into coffee, bourbon, cooking/smoking, drones, wood working, etc.! I bought way more tobacco than I currently have time to experiment with and enjoy.
One of the things I wish I had done earlier, was to pay more attention to properly storing my tobacco. I should have gone straight to canning jars or mylar bags. I experimented with various more expensive recloseable jars with rubber gaskets. They just didn't seal well enough and most of my tobaccos dried out. I have followed several threads here about rehydrating them, but it would certainly have been easier if I had just followed the advice on the forum. No sense in recreating the wheel!
Yeah my journey is just about a month now. Luckily I live only 10 minutes away from a reputable tobacconist. So I’ve been getting a bunch of the house blends. Wanting to branch out into the commercial brands to see what I like out there.
So I tried my first plug the other Day! It was GL Pease Gaslight. The guy at the shop said it was one that he really likes and that I should try it, but he didn’t tell me it was a plug…. lol To my surprise when I opened it and was like what! I was like oh so that’s a plug. So I shaved some off and rubbed it out. It came out with some fine flakes and some bigger pieces. I put the bigger pieces into the bowl first and put the finer stuff around and in it. To a little bit to get going. But I finally got it going. I really liked the taste of it and the way it smoked. To me it didn’t seem to get as hot as my other tobaccos I have tried. It also lasted long than those too. As of right now it is one of my favorites as an English blend.