Tonight, as it is with most nights, I went out into my screened porch and settled in for an evening smoke with a good book. I grabbed both a pipe I hadn't smoked in a while, my Drew Estate Tsuge, and a tobacco that has been in the back of the drawer, Firestorm. I have been smoking heavy Latakia stuff for some time and wanted to change it up. I went through my usual packing and lighting ritual with one notable exception. The tobacco would not stay lit. At all.. No, really... I tried and tried but no matter the combination of flame, tamping, or puffing my pipe would not stay lit at all. Maybe 15 or 20 seconds of smoke at a time. Any more heat and I think I would have surely damaged my pipe. I even unloaded the pipe and tried another blend that has been sitting forever and is quite dry. It was a marginally better result, but still no joy. Our dew point is 67 with the temp falling to about the same and I think the humidity wins this round...
Anybody else have this happen to them? I found it kind of funny actually.
Anybody else have this happen to them? I found it kind of funny actually.