Amazing! Would Both the Orientals be fine to smoke in the same pipe, knowing one is so mild and the other much stronger.

And if i could only pick up 1 Virginia, what would you prefer more. :-)


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both would be fine in the same pipe.

which of the two VAs? i'd take Union Square...
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Great now you did it! You are sure to get banned now....:-)


ATL
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Hahaha he's the man :-)

helped me a ton too. My blowfish arrived today, and DAMNIT i still need to get some oriental/virginia and va.p to see what the hell i wanna smoke in it!


Ah =[ this sucks haha


* If i place a hefty order of mixed tobacco would anyone else be interested in some? I highly doubt i can go through it all *
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I might. :-) Let me know what your willing to share, and how much you want for some.
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Any of these interest ya :-)

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n other sites, like CS (or Puff), i went by the username IHT (Greg), you may have seen my name every once in a while.

as far as suggestions for McClellands goes, Savvy is dead on with his praise of their Grand Oriental Series. I have enjoyed Smyrna #1 when i've had it, it's on the milder side. another one to consider is their Oriental #14, which is on the stronger side and contains latakia.

other tobaccos i'd recommend are:
GLP Union Square - a Virginia with plenty of flavor
McClelland 5100 - a sweet Virginia sold in bulk only
and for when you want to get kicked in the jimmy with nicotine...
GH&Co Dark Flake unscented or
GH&Co Brown Twist Sliced (or sliced Brown Twist, depending on who you buy it from) - which are both sold in bulk only.

for a VA/Per, there's a couple that have a good amount of oomph/in your face flavors
GLP Fillmore - this one took me about 3 tins of smoking before i was able to pick up on the subtle sweetness of the virginias, as the perique was so dominant for me
A&C Petersen Escudo - my favorite, but seems to be out of stock most everywhere.
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:-) surprised i wasn't.
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http://www.smokingpipes.com/tobacco/...roduct_id=782n its in stock :-)
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Just got my order in!

- Margate
-Escudo Navy De Luxe
-No.14 Oriental
-Smyrna #1
-Union Square.


After my first puff of the No.14 I knew i could dedicate my new blowfish Jirsa to Oriental.
But a quick question, Does anyone know off hand what type of Tobacco Category would these be classified as?

-Margate
-Boswell Northwood
-McClellands Blackwoods Flake

And how long till I'm able to smoke a full bowl in this new pipe haha, Can barely keep the whole bowl lit haha
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Pretty much answered my own questions on the blends , Had to do some research :-)
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Margate is excellent, one of my favorite esoterica blends. Nice ribbon cut english :-)
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Awesome! Any tip on smoking the ribbon i believe looks like sheets of Tobac. and the Disks in the De Luxe?


Any specific way on how to pack these, or do you just crumble them up like any other tobac.
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just crumble them up... or, do what most do, fold em up in the palm of your hand, then rub your palms together and the tobacco breaks apart into ribbons.
that's what we call "rubbing it out". :-)
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On the Boswell web page, Northwood is classified as "an English blend."



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In fact, I had some Escudo just this morning and folded a couple of disc and stuffed em' in my Boswell billiard:-)



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Sounds good! So just folding can do the job, Interesting:-)

haha I'm sure, But thanks for the info! I'm set for awhile i hope for Tobacc haha, But i'll be needed more pipes i can already tell:-)
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Ribbon is just loose cut, just stuff it in. If you have discs like escudo, either stuff and stack if the bowl is wide enough or fold em and stuff it in. Flakes I just rub out like Greg says and crumble cakes I crumble up :-)
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as mark said, it can do the job. some ppl do it that way. i have had difficulty in keeping it lit the few times i've tried it.
unlike cigars, where you clip one end, draw smoke from the other and you're done, pipes can be prepared in different ways. it's up to the smoker to decide through trial and error to see what they like doing the best.

to me, the filling of the pipe is the most important thing you're going to do. it takes some practice, but once you get the hang of it, it's second nature.
the entire ritualistic movements will all become instinctive over time.

you'll hear ppl talk about the frank method, the air pocket method, cubing flakes, fold 'n stuff, 3 tier method, etc. then you see some old phuck that sticks his pipe in a pouch, takes his thumb, and in a matter of 10 seconds, his bowl is filled and he lights it up...

there have been times when i've gone on business trips for 2+ weeks where i can't smoke. i get home and it takes me about a week to get back into the swing of packing a pipe pretty good. right now, i don't do any "method" at all, i just fill it up how i fill it, light and go. i'm not in a contest, so i don't really care how many re-lights i have, as long as the tobacco smokes well, i'm good to go.
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thank YOU! IHT!


Smoking some of the No.1 sMYRna right now
Think I am leaning towards the no.14 more, With alot of lighter tobaccos i taste a bit if i exhale through the nose, but beyond that its like Hot air.. no flavor. Sense i've been smoking the pipe i havent really smoked much for cigars in a week or so, Does my pallet just need to stick with the Pipe before i can appreciate the lighter milder blends?
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this is the same thing that happened to me when i switched from cigars back to pipes. couldn't taste the milder tobaccos at all, was missing all kinds of flavors that were there, my palate was just so use to being bombarded with flavors in my face from cigars.

the Smyrna #1 isn't as "in your face" as #14 (no latakia).
Oriental #14 was a fav of mine when i started back with pipes. i could taste it, it had some ooomph to it. a couple months or less later, i started to get some flavors from the milder blends. now that im more experienced, i think it could've been 2 things. first, my taste buds were numb from the cigars, or second, the tobaccos themselves were muted due to not having any time to air out and dry up a bit (just like overhumidified cigars = muted flavors).
so, give it some time, in another month or two, you'll be picking up the little flavors you were missing before in the milder blends. they're there, they just aren' there to come smack the taste out of your mouth (figuratively and literally).
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