Thinking on dedicating pipes
LostMason
Apprentice
I now have a enough pipes that I would feel comfortable dedicating them to
specific tobacco types.I have an idea how I would like to proceed but would
like a bit of input from more expierienced pipers.I would like to classify the types
by moistness.In other words,I want my 3/4 bent pipes for the driest,and then
seperate my straight pipes among the others.So which type English.VaPer,or VaBur
would you consider the driest?
specific tobacco types.I have an idea how I would like to proceed but would
like a bit of input from more expierienced pipers.I would like to classify the types
by moistness.In other words,I want my 3/4 bent pipes for the driest,and then
seperate my straight pipes among the others.So which type English.VaPer,or VaBur
would you consider the driest?
Comments
I regularly smoke three VaBurs, but one is a crumble cake, one is a plug, and one is cross cut. Each one smokes very differently (cake is the most moist, then plug, then driest is the cut).
Bowl shape, width, depth is also important to consider. I smoke the plug in the narrowest bowl for even burn, then the crumble, then the cut. But everyone's smoking "style" is a little different.
I think your idea of saving bent stems for dryer tobaccos is a good one, especially if you clench your pipes.
heavy ended. I hadn't considered different cuts,but that makes sense.
So it seems the idea will require more investigative work than I originally
thought.I don't want to dedicate to a specific blend,I don't have that many
pipes.But was hoping to at least seperate out the dryer type to savor in my
bent pipes.I would rather enjoy the taste and moment than deal with gurgle.
For me, some blends just like certain pipes. So while I do have my "Latakia pipes," my "VA/VaPer/Burley pipes," a few "Lakeland pipes," and fewer "Aromatic pipes," there's no real rhyme or reason as to why something lands where it does.
I don't worry about dedicating certain pipes to certain blends, whatever pipe and whatever blend I decide to smoke that particular day I do it, the only
exception is that I only smoke one aromatic, that's Autumn Evening, so I have 4 pipes in my collection dedicated to that one blend, otherwise I smoke only VA, VAPER blends so my other pipes are for those blends only.
If you have enough pipes to work with, I highly suggest it. I've yet to deal with a ghosting problem in any of my pipes because of it.