What Did Mark Twain Put In His Pipe?

[teamhavoc28]

I've been trying to google it to death about mark twain's choice of pipe tobacco. His tastes for cigars and pipes are well known. My question is what type of tobacco did he regularly smoke in his pipe? Do any members here have any light to shed on his consumption.

 

[unclearthur]

Either the folks at the Mark Twain Museum or at Peterson may be able to help you out.

 

[marmal4de]

Definitely post what they have to say teamhavoc

 

[ohin3]

not sure what Mark Twain smoked but would be interesting to find out. Also always wanted to know what Bertrand Russell smoked.

 

[teamhavoc28]

Thanks arthur! I'll email them later tonight or in the morning. Just think it would be great to find a blend that he smoked ( or something similar).

 

[igloo]

Judging by accounts of his cigars I would say the cheapest thing he could find .

 

[stacen]

ditto on the bertrand russel Ohin3 !!!

 

[ichbinmuede]

Something cheap and cube cut. From what I've read he kept his tobacco in a long and thing sack, took the stem off his cob and tossed it in the bag and shook it. When he wanted to smoke he just took his cob out and put the stem back in.
I'd definitely like to know something similar to what he smoked.
Also, like it has been said already...

ditto on the bertrand russel Ohin3 !!!

 

[expatpipe]

Taken from here
In 1890, famed British poet and writer, Rudyard Kipling, visited Missouri's Mark Twain at his Elmira, N.Y. summer domicile. Kipling complemented the Hannibal native on his epicurean tastes and continental style, but chided Twain for putting fine, Turkish tobacco into a lowly American corncob pipe. "Ah, yes," Twain replied, eyes twinkling, "I see your point. But the tobacco will not go to waste." Samuel Langhorn Clemens paused for effect, "this, sir, is not a corncob pipe. It is a 'Missouri Meerschaum.' " Twain made his statement to Kipling neither as a jest nor a retort. Simply a fact.

 

[pipevilleworld]

I also understand that Mark Twain would smoke close to 40 cigars a day; any of you folks smoke THAT often?

 

[cortezattic]

Mark Twain quotations on tobacco has a pic with a printed testimonial that you may be able to read if you enlarge the image.

 

[pipevilleworld]

... wonderful link, cortezattic. Twain is one my favorite authors too.

 

[igloo]

Cortez Iam glad you and Twain were friends and you remembered .

 

[pstlpkr]

:rofl:

 

[menckenite]

I also understand that Mark Twain would smoke close to 40 cigars a day; any of you folks smoke THAT often?

I really doubt that. Let's assume he only slept for four hours a day. That's 20 hours a day to smoke 40 cigars. Can anyone here smoke 2 cigars in one hour?

 

[pipevilleworld]

Yeah... I'm pretty sure he was exaggerating... it was part of a piece he wrote in a letter after he began to get sickly.

 

[pipevilleworld]

I'm reading that it was closer to, and still rumored, 22 cigars a day so... started at the age of 8 or 9 too!

 

[jasongone]

i always agreed with the Twain statement to never refrain from smoking when awake and to never smoke while sleeping. i am somewhat of a heavy smoke eater, and am pretty much always smoking something unless i am somewhere where i am told i can not smoke. but even that doesn't stop me quite often.

i think the actual number of cigars would depend greatly on the size of the cigar.

 

[htmn246]

If any one is near Virgina City Nevada check at the Mark Twain museum there it is in his old newspaper office.

 

[shimrra]

lol i have been to his house, its in ct