New to Pipe but not new to fine tobacco

[bpinkstaff]

Welcome from Rockton Illinois!

 

[agardner]

Welcome, I also started with cigars. My recommendation would be to start with a few bulk blends, I'd recommend a bulk English and a bulk VaPer or Virginia. If you have a local B&M you can go there for some starter bulks if not then there's plenty of websites. Peter Stokkebye is my favorite brand for bulks. For years the standard advice has been to start with aromatics but from my experience cigar smokers don't care for those as much as non aros unless they're into stuff like Acids

I meant to reply to you but forgot in the hustle and bustle of the end of the year.

I appreciate your candid recommendation. I quite agree that aromatics probably wouldn’t be good for a cigar smoker. I have read of their similarities to acid, and that just isn’t my style. I will look into bulk blends for sure. I assume bulk blends should be my go to smoke.

If I’m going to be honest, I smoke occasionally and it’s not an every day past time. Even with cigars. I find keeping cigars in a humidor and taking care of them is the best part of the hobby. Then enjoying a good smoke after a while of caring for the cigar is like reaping the fruit of the seeds I planted.

With the pipe I’m hoping to have something a bit more relaxed with maintaining the soil, so to speak. As a Soldier cleaning the pipe is no big deal— but keeping stock of too much tobacco may find burdensome if I’m not smoking a great amount. I prefer social smoking, If that makes sense. Or what I have started to do now is smoke a bowl while reading my current book or doing my Bible study.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. I’ll check into some other tobacco.

 

[WirelessSmoke]

Welcome to the forum from New England!

 

[Zamora]

I meant to reply to you but forgot in the hustle and bustle of the end of the year.

I appreciate your candid recommendation. I quite agree that aromatics probably wouldn’t be good for a cigar smoker. I have read of their similarities to acid, and that just isn’t my style. I will look into bulk blends for sure. I assume bulk blends should be my go to smoke.

If I’m going to be honest, I smoke occasionally and it’s not an every day past time. Even with cigars. I find keeping cigars in a humidor and taking care of them is the best part of the hobby. Then enjoying a good smoke after a while of caring for the cigar is like reaping the fruit of the seeds I planted.

With the pipe I’m hoping to have something a bit more relaxed with maintaining the soil, so to speak. As a Soldier cleaning the pipe is no big deal— but keeping stock of too much tobacco may find burdensome if I’m not smoking a great amount. I prefer social smoking, If that makes sense. Or what I have started to do now is smoke a bowl while reading my current book or doing my Bible study.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. I’ll check into some other tobacco.

Yeah I think Acids are the best comparison to aros. My brother mostly smokes cigars, he absolutely hates Acid but when he briefly dabbled in pipes he just had Captain Black and now he thinks all pipe tobacco is that way. I can't convince him to try other stuff. I wouldn't say that bulk blends "should" be your go to smoke but they're an affordable way to see what kinds of blends you like, many companies like C&D offer some blends in both bulk and tin options.

I don't smoke daily either, I probably would if I had an adequate air filter and could inside but I don't so I'm limited to when it's not too cold for comfort.