Hi everyone, this is my first post, up until now I've been just lurking around the site and reading and learning from different sources on the net and reading up on history, styles, smoking do's and do not's. Well I guess I'll start with my first few pipes I picked up at antique store's some old 50's 60's Dr. Grabow's and a really great Kaywoodie cool sip. I picked up some Carter Hall and Prince Albert locally, liked the Carter Hall burned great in my antique store finds nice for mowing the lawn.
My first pipe however was a no name MT by AT ???? pipe that I got ripped for at my tobacco shop . That pipe was paramount in my introduction to tongue bite and the fact that all pipes are not created equal, nor do they smoke equal. While enduring the constant tongue bite of some aromatics/burly's and my own puffing to hard to keep the burn going I found out about packing and how my pipes reacted to the actual tobacco packing in each of the different pipes not to mention sipping as opposed to puffing or doing heavy hauls off the pipe.
So suffering through not being able to drink fizzy drinks my first week of smoking a pipe things started getting better, and I found a more and more relaxing experience. There is hope! ::. So fast forward about a week of researching experimenting and the such and I found myself burning through entire bowls without any issues.
Today was a exciting day for me because I just received my first "decent" pipe in the mail. Not to say the others were not good, I just did not know the difference. My Erik Nording partially rusticated pipe showed up along with some Frog Morton, Frog Morton Cellar, Three Nuns, and some trial stuff. :P. So I popped open the Three Nuns and fired it up... meh not amazing, it was good but not knock your socks off. So while letting my EN cool down I broke out my Meerschaum... which let me tell you is old, not the nicest to look at, but smokes cool, and beautiful with almost anything you stick in it and popped in some Frog Morton which I thought smelled like Fox and Hound which I can't stand. So I was kinda put off, but dang was it a totally different experience, beautifully soft and blended nicely on my tongue, smelled nice blowing out my nose and tasted great sipping. Well I took a break and came back awhile later and cannon balled (packing tobacco at the top of a conical bowl to leave an air space at the bottom) some Frog Morton Cellar in my Erik Nording and it smoked for close to an hour with no gurgle and 1 hit with lighter. I love it, it is now my top favorite up along with Dunhill Nightcap, which is my go to chill out smoke. Well I hope this help's anyone who reads this and doesnt end up sounding like a bunch of gobblie goop. Good smoking everyone! ::
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My first pipe however was a no name MT by AT ???? pipe that I got ripped for at my tobacco shop . That pipe was paramount in my introduction to tongue bite and the fact that all pipes are not created equal, nor do they smoke equal. While enduring the constant tongue bite of some aromatics/burly's and my own puffing to hard to keep the burn going I found out about packing and how my pipes reacted to the actual tobacco packing in each of the different pipes not to mention sipping as opposed to puffing or doing heavy hauls off the pipe.
So suffering through not being able to drink fizzy drinks my first week of smoking a pipe things started getting better, and I found a more and more relaxing experience. There is hope! ::. So fast forward about a week of researching experimenting and the such and I found myself burning through entire bowls without any issues.
Today was a exciting day for me because I just received my first "decent" pipe in the mail. Not to say the others were not good, I just did not know the difference. My Erik Nording partially rusticated pipe showed up along with some Frog Morton, Frog Morton Cellar, Three Nuns, and some trial stuff. :P. So I popped open the Three Nuns and fired it up... meh not amazing, it was good but not knock your socks off. So while letting my EN cool down I broke out my Meerschaum... which let me tell you is old, not the nicest to look at, but smokes cool, and beautiful with almost anything you stick in it and popped in some Frog Morton which I thought smelled like Fox and Hound which I can't stand. So I was kinda put off, but dang was it a totally different experience, beautifully soft and blended nicely on my tongue, smelled nice blowing out my nose and tasted great sipping. Well I took a break and came back awhile later and cannon balled (packing tobacco at the top of a conical bowl to leave an air space at the bottom) some Frog Morton Cellar in my Erik Nording and it smoked for close to an hour with no gurgle and 1 hit with lighter. I love it, it is now my top favorite up along with Dunhill Nightcap, which is my go to chill out smoke. Well I hope this help's anyone who reads this and doesnt end up sounding like a bunch of gobblie goop. Good smoking everyone! ::
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