This Ain't Tobacco. I'm Done.
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I won't speculate as to what's going on, but I open a tin of this and a tin of that, made last month, fresh from the vendor, don't dry it out, properly load my pipe, properly light it, and have a lovely smoke to the bottom of the bowl.
Once upon a (very long) time when I was grass-green, I seldom had a good smoke. For many years now I almost never have anything but...even when smoking a pipe that cost less than $1,000 with an un-polished airway filled with tobacco I haven't cellared for a decade. Go figure.
Once upon a (very long) time when I was grass-green, I seldom had a good smoke. For many years now I almost never have anything but...even when smoking a pipe that cost less than $1,000 with an un-polished airway filled with tobacco I haven't cellared for a decade. Go figure.
I was thinking the same thing. Phew, thankfully he mentioned that he was gonna sell this crappy miserable unsmokable tobacco to the Canadian members. You guys keep your eyes peeled for the sweet dealsWait, you're going to put a cellar full of non-tobacco up for sale, and expect people to buy it?
Stop with the logic !Wait, you're going to put a cellar full of non-tobacco up for sale, and expect people to buy it?
Emote with the flow ... 
I would suggest thoroughly cleaning your pipes and trying again.
I fail to see how this is possible. But great marketing tactic either way.
This is for the benefit of the Canadian members. Please, I implore you, don't try to talk him out of his decision. Read the last paragraph again of the op.
Ignore these guys - pipe tobacco sucks nowadays! The rest of us Canucks, in our inestimable charity, will take your cellar off your hands to ease your burden. Won’t even charge you a disposal fee 
So on August 14, 2023 this was your take on, for example, Lakeland tobaccos:
"They're very different than what you have tried, so far. They're Love or Hate tobaccos. I love them. I found the aromas to be strange but didn't let that stop me. Which is good as I enjoyed them in my pipes. I keep stashing them up when I can..."
Six weeks later, nobody makes tobacco that will burn anymore.
Hey - if I guess your name can I cross the bridge?
"They're very different than what you have tried, so far. They're Love or Hate tobaccos. I love them. I found the aromas to be strange but didn't let that stop me. Which is good as I enjoyed them in my pipes. I keep stashing them up when I can..."
Six weeks later, nobody makes tobacco that will burn anymore.
Hey - if I guess your name can I cross the bridge?
Easy now, folks.
I believe that Justine Trudeau says enjoyment is now racist. Or privileged. Or something else equally as bad that transgresses the unwritten law. Lucky the OP hasn't had his head nailed to the floor yet!
I believe that Justine Trudeau says enjoyment is now racist. Or privileged. Or something else equally as bad that transgresses the unwritten law. Lucky the OP hasn't had his head nailed to the floor yet!
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A question: If you have a cellar you're willing to announce, one might presume that the tins are both plentiful and at least mildly aged; If you've been smoking for 35 years but only detest the productions and you possess a cellar, then it begs the question... couldn't you subsist on the aged blends you already have and just pop in every so often to see if anything's changed in the meantime?
It’s sad and we need to be empathetic for our fellow pipe smokers.
There are certainly some blends out there that can be more challenging to deal with it.
For a lot of these blends we have PG - Propylene Glycol to thank for some extremely moist blends that are hard to dry out and keep lit.
Some casings could also present a problem, but combined with PG might also lead to overly moist as well.
So you have to simply experiment to figure out which blends are easier to deal with, by buying and sampling, or reading about other’s experiences.
But thankfully there are blenders out there like Mr. Pease that do not use PG in their blends.
@Davy if you ever come back around, you never found a G.L. Pease blend you didn’t like? GLP blends certainly harken back to the good old days of real tobacco.
I smoke GLP blends, because I too like you want real tobacco that’s also easy to smoke, and PG free. While I’m certainly no GLP pro, every GLP blend I’ve smoked, dries out easily, and smokes easy.
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Some additives, casing, toppings etc., have also been used in pipe tobacco for decades, it’s nothing new. If anything, with government regulation and technology it’s better. I remember when I first started smoking in the early 80s and trying Captain Black for the first time back then, that stuff was so moist, I don’t think it ever dried out. I saw tobacco then crappier than by today’s standards.
Have you ever smoked anything from Uhle’s or L.J.Peretti?
Peretti hasn’t managed to stay in business from 1870, by selling bad tobacco.
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There are certainly some blends out there that can be more challenging to deal with it.
For a lot of these blends we have PG - Propylene Glycol to thank for some extremely moist blends that are hard to dry out and keep lit.
Some casings could also present a problem, but combined with PG might also lead to overly moist as well.
So you have to simply experiment to figure out which blends are easier to deal with, by buying and sampling, or reading about other’s experiences.
But thankfully there are blenders out there like Mr. Pease that do not use PG in their blends.
@Davy if you ever come back around, you never found a G.L. Pease blend you didn’t like? GLP blends certainly harken back to the good old days of real tobacco.
I smoke GLP blends, because I too like you want real tobacco that’s also easy to smoke, and PG free. While I’m certainly no GLP pro, every GLP blend I’ve smoked, dries out easily, and smokes easy.
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Some additives, casing, toppings etc., have also been used in pipe tobacco for decades, it’s nothing new. If anything, with government regulation and technology it’s better. I remember when I first started smoking in the early 80s and trying Captain Black for the first time back then, that stuff was so moist, I don’t think it ever dried out. I saw tobacco then crappier than by today’s standards.
Have you ever smoked anything from Uhle’s or L.J.Peretti?
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Most pipe smokers, I believe, are perfectly accepting of PG, pay it no mind. But, this site doesn't represent a particularly large percentage of pipe smokers world wide. Large manufacturers only sell what makes for a profit on their investment. Smoking connoisseurs, of which there are many here, are often concerned with PG content but, they are not among the target audience of most purveyors of blends. So, the "sophisticated" smoker must adjust, and sometimes search high and low for acceptable blends, relying on "boutique" blenders often and, sadly, acceptable blends are often unavailable. I have the same problem finding acceptable steaks in a supermarket. Supermarkets are not the place to find tasty beef. So, I pay a premium as some pipe smokers do for an acceptable product.
I brought up PG, simply because it keeps the blends moist as we all know, but depending on how much was added, it can keep them very moist and difficult to dry out, depending also on ambient conditions, and needing a very long time to dry.
There's no need to give up on pipes after a few bad experiences. Like several others have said, has anything changed in your preparation?
Wait a minute let's hear him out.
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