I set the pipe mud in the Pete POY 2020 and smoked half a bowl of the Sutliff “Barbados Plantation” (still not a fan), and half a bowl of the Panama Jack “Key Lime”.
@RockyMountainBriar How long do you allow your pipe mud to set up before firing up? Personally, I have found a minimum of 4 days to a week depending on the amount of mud needed to be used. But that's just me, how about you...
@KA9FFJ I usually let pipe mud set until it is light gray and hard. This time I felt like just going for it. I made a fairly heavy paste and only applied it in the heel, not anywhere on a side. I then added a few drops of Everclear to the heel and touched it off. I did that a few times to dry it out and then I set it with a torch lighter. I need to be super careful doing that, one wrong move and the rim on a 2020 POY Natural would have been toast. I live on the edge I loaded 1/2 bowl with the Barbados Plantation that I had dried down (it's still too moist by the way, it just won't dry down < 12%). All of the Sutliff tinned tobaccos I have seem like they have PG galore? After smoking the BP, the heel/mud was looking good, so I went for the second 1/2 bowl of Key Lime. The pipe mud in the heel was still pretty dry after that smoke too. Now I will let it set until the mud dries hard.
@motie2 Oh, I didn't smoke them in the same bowl. I smoked 1/2 bowl of the BP, then I loaded 1/2 bowl of Key Lime and smoked it. I'm kinda partial to Mojito's, they use lime
It may be just me, but I have always had not so pleasant experiences with my tobacco immediately after mudding. I find it tends to muddle (no pun intended) the taste and I find it usually takes 2 or 3 bowls before the tobacco starts tasting like it should. But once that point is reached, tobacco tastes seem to go back to normal. Just a personal obversation for what it's worth...
@KA9FFJ You know, it’s funny. I was thinking the same thing about the pipe-mud affecting (I think I have the correct one, I’m not an English major by any stretch of the imagination) the first few smokes in the pipes I have worked over in the past when I let the mud dry solid. This time the mud was still a bit moist and I was waiting for an “off” flavor but I did not notice any at all through either half-bowl🤔. I have either lost my taste buds, the Sutliff tobacco was so bad I didn’t notice and the Key Lime was not affected (again, not sure of correct word) or it just was not there. Maybe “treating” it with the Everclear and burning it off a few times got rid of any “off” flavors before the smoke?
Smoking the little Briar Bird Dublin with some Vauen No. 9 “Himalayan Blend”. Pretty tasty, but it’s not wanting to stay lit. I probably should have let it dry a touch. Finally got it going 👍🏻
Smoked my first bowl of W.O. Larsen's Indigo yesterday. It was a pleasant smoke but I'm going to have to smoke more of it to get a better sense of its flavor and aroma. First bowl was in a meerschaum.
Half and Half in a Dr Grabow Grand Duke billiard. The first time I tried Half and Half back in the 70's it bit me like a rattle snake. Either the tobacco has gotten better or I've learned a little about smoking a pipe.
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How long do you allow your pipe mud to set up before firing up?
Personally, I have found a minimum of 4 days to a week depending on the amount of mud needed to be used.
But that's just me, how about you...
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I usually let pipe mud set until it is light gray and hard. This time I felt like just going for it. I made a fairly heavy paste and only applied it in the heel, not anywhere on a side. I then added a few drops of Everclear to the heel and touched it off. I did that a few times to dry it out and then I set it with a torch lighter. I need to be super careful doing that, one wrong move and the rim on a 2020 POY Natural would have been toast. I live on the edge
I loaded 1/2 bowl with the Barbados Plantation that I had dried down (it's still too moist by the way, it just won't dry down < 12%). All of the Sutliff tinned tobaccos I have seem like they have PG galore? After smoking the BP, the heel/mud was looking good, so I went for the second 1/2 bowl of Key Lime. The pipe mud in the heel was still pretty dry after that smoke too. Now I will let it set until the mud dries hard.
Oh, I didn't smoke them in the same bowl. I smoked 1/2 bowl of the BP, then I loaded 1/2 bowl of Key Lime and smoked it.
I'm kinda partial to Mojito's, they use lime
What are your impressions of the Double Pressed Latakia? I've thought about ordering some but it's a bit pricey.
You know, it’s funny. I was thinking the same thing about the pipe-mud affecting (I think I have the correct one, I’m not an English major by any stretch of the imagination) the first few smokes in the pipes I have worked over in the past when I let the mud dry solid. This time the mud was still a bit moist and I was waiting for an “off” flavor but I did not notice any at all through either half-bowl🤔. I have either lost my taste buds, the Sutliff tobacco was so bad I didn’t notice and the Key Lime was not affected (again, not sure of correct word) or it just was not there. Maybe “treating” it with the Everclear and burning it off a few times got rid of any “off” flavors before the smoke?
Is VBC your favorite vanilla blend? It's mine, beating out Sutliff Vanilla Custard.....
Elegant lines...
First bowl was in a meerschaum.