What Are Three One-Liner Lessons for Newbies
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aldecakers advice is what I learned the hard way...
Let it dry out more than you think it should.
Pack it looser than you think you should.
Smoke it slower than you think you should.
Enjoy the benefits.
Not at all unlike one of my golfin buddy's favorite quote...
"Swing easy and live with the Extra Distance" (he's a scratch golfer)
Let it dry out more than you think it should.
Pack it looser than you think you should.
Smoke it slower than you think you should.
Enjoy the benefits.
Not at all unlike one of my golfin buddy's favorite quote...
"Swing easy and live with the Extra Distance" (he's a scratch golfer)
1/ Dry your tobacco more than you think necessary.
2/ Smoke it in a clean pipe.
3/ Avoid Latakia like the plague.
Regards,
Jay.
2/ Smoke it in a clean pipe.
3/ Avoid Latakia like the plague.
Regards,
Jay.
1. Buy a MM Legend or Pride
2. Buy a large tub of SWR. That would be Sir Walter Raleigh.
3. Smoke it. It is not a race.
If, once you've smoked all or most of this tobacco and have learned to enjoy it, THEN explore the horizons.
All I'm saying is that these are almost a foolproof combination and if you can't enjoy them after 14 oz., you probably won't have success with pipe smoking.
In fact, I just sent my 'newbie' brother a tub and 2 prides. He has said he's liking it!
2. Buy a large tub of SWR. That would be Sir Walter Raleigh.
3. Smoke it. It is not a race.
If, once you've smoked all or most of this tobacco and have learned to enjoy it, THEN explore the horizons.
All I'm saying is that these are almost a foolproof combination and if you can't enjoy them after 14 oz., you probably won't have success with pipe smoking.
In fact, I just sent my 'newbie' brother a tub and 2 prides. He has said he's liking it!
newbroom, I'd advise a newbie stick with pouches of OTC's. For example, I like Carter Hall, Prince Albert, Granger, and Five Brothers, but I simply can't taste SWR regular. I don't know about the aro with some Virginia tobacco and liqueur flavoring, but regular is the only tobacco without taste for me. So I'd go with your advice except for quantity: 1 1/2 or 2 oz. max for at least a year. I'm even somewhat skeptical about experienced smokers buying by the half or full pound. Nothing would kill my taste for a blend faster than having a five or eight year supply. Maybe this is just me, but it isn't appetizing. The psychology of having a bit of scarcity to a blend is enticing.
"good if you're a girly-man."
This coming from someone who can't smoke Burley :rofl:
Regards,
Jay.
This coming from someone who can't smoke Burley :rofl:
Regards,
Jay.
Being a newb myself I have little to offer but my advice to anyone else just starting out would be to slow it down.
It sounds girly but "sip" it don't smoke it.
I was having trouble tasting any tobacco and found that I was drawing too fast. As soon as I slowly drew I could taste the subtleties you hear so much about. Tasting is definitely a personal journey as well as a learned art.
Just my 2.
It sounds girly but "sip" it don't smoke it.
I was having trouble tasting any tobacco and found that I was drawing too fast. As soon as I slowly drew I could taste the subtleties you hear so much about. Tasting is definitely a personal journey as well as a learned art.
Just my 2.
Learn how to retrohale (blow smoke through the nose).
I do at least every third or forth draw, and that's where the majority of the subtle flavors are detected.
I do at least every third or forth draw, and that's where the majority of the subtle flavors are detected.
The PC catalog is advertising Dunhill bulk by the pound, so I take it all back about buying quantities. Sooner or later "everyone" smokes a pound of one of these blends. But maybe newbies should still wait a year; a guy or gal could be strictly an aromatic pipe smoker.
Some of these have been said, but:
1. Sip, don't puff. If you just want to make clouds of stuff appear, then vaping is probably more your bag.
2. Don't fear the relight.
3. Cobs and Falcons are great starter pipes.
1. Sip, don't puff. If you just want to make clouds of stuff appear, then vaping is probably more your bag.
2. Don't fear the relight.
3. Cobs and Falcons are great starter pipes.
1. Tobacco doesn't always taste the way it smells so don't limit yourself to aromatics.
2. As a beginner, try not to do other things while you're smoking your pipe.
3. You'll increase your odds of becoming a pipe smoker if you decrease your odds of getting tongue bite.
2. As a beginner, try not to do other things while you're smoking your pipe.
3. You'll increase your odds of becoming a pipe smoker if you decrease your odds of getting tongue bite.
Wonderful tips all around, thank you everyone. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the "smoke more, read less" rule. In today's age, one can spend an incredible amount of time trying to perfect every aspect of pipe smoking (or any other hobby for that matter) by online research/reading.
Trial & error along with good note taking are not to be underestimated. In my nascent piping adventure, I've learned more by doing than I have by watching someone else do it.
Find your joy along the way, not by finishing the task at hand.
Trial & error along with good note taking are not to be underestimated. In my nascent piping adventure, I've learned more by doing than I have by watching someone else do it.
Find your joy along the way, not by finishing the task at hand.
mso489,
I suggested buying a large amount of a traditional blend. ONE blend, and a blend with a proven track record.
For all the differences we taste in our various blends of tobacco, there is one constant (at least one).
Tobacco flavor.
I think a newbie must at least be able to taste something after a tub of tobacco.
It took me about a half a tub of each new codger blend I'd try before I'd appreciate their differences and flavors.
YMMV.
I suggested buying a large amount of a traditional blend. ONE blend, and a blend with a proven track record.
For all the differences we taste in our various blends of tobacco, there is one constant (at least one).
Tobacco flavor.
I think a newbie must at least be able to taste something after a tub of tobacco.
It took me about a half a tub of each new codger blend I'd try before I'd appreciate their differences and flavors.
YMMV.
I agree with the drying, packing, sipping as the best 3 pieces of advice. But since they've already been highlighted I'll try for 3 different ones....
1. You don't have to burn every last strand of tobacco. It's just easier to load another bowl.
2. There's so many different methods to packing, smoking, cellaring, cleaning, etc. Experiment and find what works for you.
3. RELAX, it's trial and error. It's meant to be enjoyed, not stressed over.
1. You don't have to burn every last strand of tobacco. It's just easier to load another bowl.
2. There's so many different methods to packing, smoking, cellaring, cleaning, etc. Experiment and find what works for you.
3. RELAX, it's trial and error. It's meant to be enjoyed, not stressed over.
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