@mfresa The "rule of thought" I most commonly hear about clay pipes is that they give you the most unadulterated taste and aroma of pipe tobacco - even more than a good meerschaum pipe. That's why clay pipes are considered the best for sampling new blends.
The way it was explained to me is that briar and other types of wood pipes can (not always, but can) impart a flavor to the smoke. Once a cake builds up in a pipe, you may also pick up notes from the cake of previously smoked pipe tobacco. That's why ghosting is a big issue for some pipe smokers and why some people dedicate pipes to latakia or Lakeland blends.
Another, more physical difference, is that the bowl of a clay pipe gets extremely hot while being smoked. So hot, that if you are not wearing gloves, you can burn your fingers.
@Zouave I really like it and Im not a huge virginia, vaper fan at least not yet. I'm still trying to expand my pallet. It has a smooth richer taste for a vaper. Take in account I am still a noob
The CB “Royal” smelled so darn tasty while I was transferring the tobacco from pouch to Mason jar that I had to have some😋. I almost dug in with a spoon. Smoking it in a Peterson SH “Professor”. I have some dragons guarding it.
Smoking some C&D “Espresso” in the Brigham Klondike.
Still smoking hot, even with this normally cool burning tobacco. The exterior finish or something? is making it smoke like a Brylon pipe. The only other pipe’s I have that smoke this hot that I can think of is the Vector with the weird exterior finish and the old Electra with a charred bowl that I lined with the chalk/egg white mixture. That stuff acts like ceramic by the way, tough stuff.
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The "rule of thought" I most commonly hear about clay pipes is that they give you the most unadulterated taste and aroma of pipe tobacco - even more than a good meerschaum pipe. That's why clay pipes are considered the best for sampling new blends.
The way it was explained to me is that briar and other types of wood pipes can (not always, but can) impart a flavor to the smoke. Once a cake builds up in a pipe, you may also pick up notes from the cake of previously smoked pipe tobacco. That's why ghosting is a big issue for some pipe smokers and why some people dedicate pipes to latakia or Lakeland blends.
Another, more physical difference, is that the bowl of a clay pipe gets extremely hot while being smoked. So hot, that if you are not wearing gloves, you can burn your fingers.
Someone must have mistakenly hit the off topic button.
Ahh... LL7 ...
For a vanilla blend, LL7 or VBC?
Have you tried LL7 yet?
I highly recommend it.
Yes, I have. I was just wondering how @KA9FFJ found LL7 vs Lane VBC.
I prefer the VBC, straight or as part of a frankenblend.
Awesome picture of a pipe wearing a hat. Couldn’t be better if you had planned it.😃
@RockyMountainBriar
It took me awhile of saving and waiting to get a nice one, but it paid off.
I don’t know if the heavy clear coating of (whatever) on this pipe is the cause, but it smokes hotter than a two dollar pistol.
Wow, three of my favorites for sure. Just to back up that claim, I have 7 pounds of Vanilla Custard cellared alone. Happy smoking......
Still smoking hot, even with this normally cool burning tobacco. The exterior finish or something? is making it smoke like a Brylon pipe. The only other pipe’s I have that smoke this hot that I can think of is the Vector with the weird exterior finish and the old Electra with a charred bowl that I lined with the chalk/egg white mixture. That stuff acts like ceramic by the way, tough stuff.
Love that pipe!