The Pipe Smoker Wars

[nathaniel]

If a civil war were to break out among the Pipe Smoking Community, what would be the cause?
English vs Balkan?
Briar vs Cob vs Meerschaum?
Water Flush vs Salt soak?
Smooth vs Sandblasted?
Inhale vs retrohale vs french inhale vs sissies?


I understand aros can be controversial as well, but lets be honest... No aro-only smoker can throw a punch anyway.

For me? I may be willing to shed blood just to never hear of another lover or collector of those abhorrent abominations known as Falcon Pipes.

 

[verporchting]

Make smoke, not war.

 

[FurCoat]

Water flushers vs non water flushers
The gloves come off on those threads

 

[Casual]

Dilettantes vs. Addicts.

 

[brian64]

Dilettantes vs. Addicts.

The winner. Or put another way, Smokers vs Hobbyists.

Water flushers vs non water flushers

Close second.

 

[kurtbob]

Well, it would be “civil” indeed…..except verbally ?

 

[ashdigger]

Estate vs Only New Unsmoked and Wrapped in a Condom.

 

[Grangerous]

Cherry Blends vs all that’s decent and holy.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

War is stupid.

 

[FurCoat]

Cake vs no cake

 

[SmokeClouds]

Water flushers vs non water flushers. Throwing pipe cleaners at each other.
Luckily that we are above such trivial things.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Water flushers vs non water flushers
The gloves come off on those threads

I don't need any stinking gloves when flushing my pipes!

(Because I use damp paper towels)!

 

[Ctbill]

How about pipes as “tools” vs pipes as “decorations and statements”?
Falcons smoke great btw…as do cobs, and Dunhills… ?

 

[olkofri]

Make smoke, not war.

War makes lots of smoke.

 

[olkofri]

Aristomatics vs. pleblatakeians.

 

[sablebrush52]

If a civil war were to break out among the Pipe Smoking Community, what would be the cause?

Stupidity, like most civil wars.

Fortunately over the past decade a lot of superstitions, like Dunhills being the best pipes ever made, have fallen by the wayside. We smoke in a more enlightened community. Even water flushing has gained adherents as more and more people discovered that their pipes didn't grow branches and leaves as a result.

True, the cob contingent can be as adamant as ever that the cob, favored implement in outhouses all across the world, is superior to any other form of smoking implement. But we also have a greater sympathy for their mental affliction and rather than fire barbs at them, we're more likely to offer them a nice shiny pebble to play with.

We don't make fun of goopers like we used to and we no longer see C&D as the worst brand available, though sometimes it's the only brand available. Esoterica is no longer the parnassus of the tobacco world, just an interesting, if hard to find, option.

Yes, there are people who would sell their children's organs for a Danish high grade, but at least they will think about it for 30 seconds instead of simply sending Junior to the abattoir without a second thought.

Progress is incremental, but it is still progress.

 

[Brendan]

Crispy dried tobacco vs Straight from the tin ?

Pipers vs Pipe Smokers ?

Hobby vs Habit ?

Polish Made stuff vs Anything else that will take a match ?

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

If a civil war were to break out among the Pipe Smoking Community, what would be the cause?
English vs Balkan?
Briar vs Cob vs Meerschaum?
Water Flush vs Salt soak?
Smooth vs Sandblasted?
Inhale vs retrohale vs french inhale vs sissies?


I understand aros can be controversial as well, but lets be honest... No aro-only smoker can throw a punch anyway.

For me? I may be willing to shed blood just to never hear of another lover or collector of those abhorrent abominations known as Falcon Pipes.

 

[jpberg]

Pipers who learn from utube versus adults.

 

[AcesAndEights]

Pipers who learn from utube versus adults.

Hey! I like ol’ Muttonchop Piper!