Any pipe smokers here?

[OriginalCrash]

Totally random. But I'm pretty new to it and just got done with a bowl, so I thought I'd ask...

Brian

P.S. And that's tobacco pipe in case there's any doubt...

[rollerberg2000]

Former pipe smoker. I inherited this rack and bowl from my dad, there are some '60s Grabow's in there and some handmade pipes I bought in the early '80s when I thought it was cool. Captain Black was the "stuff" back then, I don't even know if they make it anymore. This post might inspire me to fire one up again for old times sake!

[OriginalCrash]

Yeah, I've been an occasional (like probably 3 or 4 a year tops) cigar smoker, but my cousin put together a sort of pipe smoking starter kit for me for my birthday, so I've been getting into it. Unlike the cigars, though, that I just bought every once in a while, now I have some pipe tobacco at home on hand all the time... So I'll just have to make sure I keep it an occasional treat and not do it all the time.

Brian

[funkalicious101]

I would like to start.

[Scarlet Fire]

Nice try, DEA. You won't get me that easily.

[popinfresh]

I used to quite a bit. I can't remember what I got but it was a pretty descent pipe, used to smoke either some vanilla or rum flavoured tobacco.
I wish I brought it over here, now that i've seen this thread.

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by OriginalCrash

P.S. And that's tobacco pipe in case there's any doubt...

Damn

[wazzel]

Once in a while. I have a small collection of three pipes. I had four, but broke one on my last trip offshore.

[popinfresh]

Originally Posted by Sartori

Damn

DEA remember?

[CamMcIntyre]

I smoke occasionally. The last time a thread like this came up someone posted a link to www.smokersforums.uk . I'm now a member there too. They have a lot of great info.

Thus far, I've enjoyed smoking cob pipes the best. I have less than 15 pipes total [including all of my cobs]. I haven't smoked in awhile-I've been dealing with some health issues.

[acubass]

Do you inhale? or is it like a cigar?

[SnoMan]

Cam, did you mean http://www.smokersforums.co.uk/ ?

I just quit smoking cigarettes. I think I may dust my old pipes off for when I'm at band practice and other times when I may feel a stronger urge to have a smoke.

[lousybassplayer]

Originally Posted by joeybyron

Do you inhale? or is it like a cigar?

This is a good question. I happen to occasionally smoke a pipe, a cheap clay thing I got in Iraq and a cob pipe I found in my buddy's barn when I was a kid. BE that as it may I never did know for sure. I kind of just puffed on it and inhaled enough to blow smoke through my nose, but not like a cigarette. Am I doing it wrong? Not that I care. I am a dipper for the most part, but I smoke occasionally. I found the pipe to be a little less tough on the lungs than cigarettes, doesn't take as long as a cigar, but very satisfactory after a good meal or while drinking.

Oh yeah, and for the Duck Dunn effect you really can't not occasionally smoke a pipe while playing.

[Chebass88]

I was for several years. I still have all of them, on top of my desk at home. I prefer a large, half-bent pipe, with an aromatic tobacco.

Pipes:
Peterson self-standing with silver, Peterson Church Warden, Savanelli, Charlton, Numerous unnamed pipes (most fairly decent)

Tobaccos: I have quite a bit at home; my favorite blends are MacBaren's Scottish Blend or DTM's Blue Note. I also have a nice collection of new tins (I feel the need to support a local tobacconist whenever I see one while I am on travel).

What is the market like for used pipes? I don't use them, but perhaps someone could. I also need to take some photos of my pipes.

ian

[OriginalCrash]

Well, I'm too new to it to recognize most of the names mentioned here (beside Savinelli). Boda Pipes near Greenville is where my favorite tobacco blend so far comes from... Bob's Wacky Backy, I believe. As for the market, I have no idea, but if anyone here is interested in selling some old pipes or tobacco, I certainly wouldn't mind hearing what they want for 'em.

Brian

[OriginalCrash]

Do you inhale? or is it like a cigar?

Well, to each his own, I guess, but ordinarily it's more like smoking a cigar. You draw the smoke in but don't inhale. Advantages over a cigar, though, are you can choose how much you want to smoke (half bowl, full, etc.) and you've got more choice as far as various tobacco blends... not just whatever the cigar is made from (not that there's anything wrong with a good cigar... like a Padron 1964 Anniversary... mmm). That and there's just something about keeping a pipe and smoking it over the years as it ages (like an old bass, maybe?).

Brian

[lousybassplayer]

Agreed. I am a cigar guy too, but something about the non-disposable aspect of a pipe that runs so counter to modern society appeals to me as well. That's prob why I never cared for left handed cigarettes as much as pipes back in those days either.

[TheVoiceless]

I have always have wanted to smoke a pipe as apposed to cigarettes. Their is defiantly a "coolness" that goes with it. Plus the choices of flavor. And the smell is pleasant in my opinion.

[OriginalCrash]

On a semi-unrelated note, there's a guy at my church with an old pickup truck that he's spent many, many years smoking a pipe in... The smell inside that cab is IN CREDIBLE... so much so that I made it two words.

Brian

[lousybassplayer]

funny, i bought a 76 C-10 from a guy who had smoked cherry pipe tobacco (just that cheapy gas station stuff) in it sine h bought it new and the same thing. I loved it! It was better than new car smell any day. As a matter of fact that was why I started smoking a pipe.