I often smoke the same blend for weeks or months at a time and have primarily only been smoking the same two blends for nearly half a year.
Pipe and Tobacco Myths
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Dry tobacco is good. Never can dry too much..
OK. I agree drying to a point is good. But bone dry tobacco suck donkey dick. Got a tin and the seal was broken. The vendor was very cooperative and sent me a new tin. They said to enjoy the tin that had broken seal. Why not? I figured the seal would have broken while getting to me. Open the tin and it looked dry. I had bad experience with bone dry tobacco before, so I was gonna dump it. Then decided, why not? Load a pipe and went outside. It was too harsh for my taste. Probably the seal was broken long before getting to me. Thought about pouring some whiskey in it and let it sit. Not sure if I want to waste whiskey.
OK. I agree drying to a point is good. But bone dry tobacco suck donkey dick. Got a tin and the seal was broken. The vendor was very cooperative and sent me a new tin. They said to enjoy the tin that had broken seal. Why not? I figured the seal would have broken while getting to me. Open the tin and it looked dry. I had bad experience with bone dry tobacco before, so I was gonna dump it. Then decided, why not? Load a pipe and went outside. It was too harsh for my taste. Probably the seal was broken long before getting to me. Thought about pouring some whiskey in it and let it sit. Not sure if I want to waste whiskey.
Fresh bone dry is great though. Left for long periods it does ruin but just as it gets to that point is perfect.
I've lived with a myth before I started pipe smoking that I have debunked for myself in my very short time as a pipe smoker; pipe smoking is hard, has a very steep learning curve, you will get bitten.
Pipe smoking isn't hard and does in my opinion not have a steep learning curve, its how much you learn from every experience you have, if your stubbornly proceed with what ever you do "wrong" it will never work. Analyse the factors around everything that went "wrong", adjust your process and reset. I've not been bitten yet, but I also don't like straight Virginia blends, which also is a myth on its own.
I really LOL'ed at some remarks by the way.
Pipe smoking isn't hard and does in my opinion not have a steep learning curve, its how much you learn from every experience you have, if your stubbornly proceed with what ever you do "wrong" it will never work. Analyse the factors around everything that went "wrong", adjust your process and reset. I've not been bitten yet, but I also don't like straight Virginia blends, which also is a myth on its own.
I really LOL'ed at some remarks by the way.
I have one preferred blend. Yes, I am happy smoking it. I have others as well, but if I could smoke only that one blend, life would not in any way be diminished.
One myth I have hard over and over is that if you smoke a pipe, your testicles will shrink, dry up and fall off and you will become impotent. Of course, since its my wife who has been saying it, I've ignored it.
Oh, the old “if a man makes a statement and there’s no woman around to hear it, is he is still wrong?” conundrum.
Not so long ago an image like that would have been purely satire. Now those who produce such things are incapable of recognizing the utter stupidity of it.
Indeed. I was once told that Mountain Dew caused sterility. It's the main soda I've drank since the '70s and have three kids.?
Only if you smoke in the garage, the shed, or outdoors in all kinds of inclement weather. Your balls will actually grow more robust if you smoke in the house. Man up!
Well, that certainly implies that those who "are not allowed" to smoke in the house have, I mean don't ha— .... er... well... never mind. Puff on, fellers.
That's a nice way of putting it, thanks, will adopt!
In terms of myths, I haven't seen it mentioned yet so here's mine: bringing a reamer in the same room with a pipe will cause a black hole to spawn at the location of the pipe and destroy the solar system. That is, unless the person bringing it has 20 years' experience in pipe restoration and has written at least 3 books about it. I regularly ream all cake out, and flush with water. The first smoke on nearly bare wood is always caviar.
Finally reading through this thread and stumbled across this gem. This is the content that keeps me coming back. Bravo.
How about the myth that Balkan Sobranie is good and worth the money?
Or that a pipe has to rested, and cleaned meticulously, or it’s not worth smoking?
I guess I should have prefaced my part with "Cigar guys in cigar shops" not just any "Cigar Guys."
Balkan Sobranie was a famous blend that gave us the term Balkans for a whole genre. But the stuff they sell in the stores now... I wouldn't even pay half of regular retail for that stuff, much less scalper prices people are paying.
Briars resting is more of an opinion than myth. But, yeh, when people push their opinions off on you, it becomes a myth.
You forgot Strawberry Hill.
Well, maybe.... but the resale of your house may well take a hit.
I don't even understand this. Just repaint, and shampoo the carpets... I'd challenge anyone to smell pipe tobacco smoke beyond that.
And, why own a thing you can't use. Just owning a house that you limit your life around because one day you may sell it is worse than being a renter, IMO.