Pipe Shape: Match the Tobacco?

[burleybreath]

I have a tendency to smoke "English" blends in Dunhill Shell billiards. It has nothing to do with tobacco taste or performance of the pipe, but is an associational thing, if that's a word. English this, English that--get it? You don't? Well, that's probably because you still retain a remnant of sanity regarding this weighty topic, whereas I lost my pipesmokerly marbles years ago.

 

[Chasing Embers]

English this, English that--get it? You don't?

I've been prone to Danish blends in Ben Wades and Holms. ?

 

[Ahi Ka]

English this, English that. Danish this, Danish that….

obviously it wouldn’t necessarily apply anymore, but was there a point in history in which the tobacco blending style of a particular region matched the development of that region’s pipe styles?

 

[OzPiper]

I have a tendency to smoke "English" blends in Dunhill Shell billiards. It has nothing to do with tobacco taste or performance of the pipe, but is an associational thing, if that's a word. English this, English that--get it?

I've been prone to Danish blends in Ben Wades and Holms. ?

Totally get that ?
Although my 2 Ben Wades are from the era when the Brits made their own goods rather selling the farm and sending production offshore. ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

was there a point in history in which the tobacco blending style of a particular region matched the development of that region’s pipe styles?

Early 1900s USA, cobs and burley.

 

[Beers 'N Briars]

I have a tendency to smoke "English" blends in Dunhill Shell billiards. It has nothing to do with tobacco taste or performance of the pipe, but is an associational thing, if that's a word. English this, English that--get it? You don't? Well, that's probably because you still retain a remnant of sanity regarding this weighty topic, whereas I lost my pipesmokerly marbles years ago.

I’m mostly a VaPer and VA guy, but when I smoke an English blend, it is in my Sasieni Coventry I reserve especially for its kinfolk.

 

[bullet08]

I'm pretty sure by now few members already have mentioned it but.. Shape has nothing to do with it. Chamber dimension does. And chamber is bore out using a tool controlled by hand, chance of two being exactly identical is rather rare. So two pipes of different shapes might have similar chamber dimensions, but probably won't smoke the same.

 

[krizzose]

My entirely subjective impression of my own smoking experience is that I get the best burn of folded and stuffed flakes in pipe bowls that are < .80”. Emphasis on “…entirely subjective…”. Experiment and find what works for you.

 

[Salvaje]

I've been prone to Danish blends in Ben Wades and Holms. ?

I’ve got a few Ben Wades (Danish not English) stashed away that still need restoring. Getting there.

 

[Salvaje]

Totally get that ?
Although my 2 Ben Wades are from the era when the Brits made their own goods rather selling the farm and sending production offshore. ?

I have quite a few Danish Ben Wades. I don’t have any UK BW’s.