so I've noticed there is no thread i could find that deals with this tasty subject so who here indugles

I am a pipe smoker myself. I prefer a nice dark cavendish. Gotta love that smell and relaxation.

Pipe smoker here.
A real workhorse of a Peterson is my regular bowl.
Settled into a Chartwell blend years ago.

Pipe for SURE!!! Rebuilding my collection.

Finnr

Cigars here, short or long and thick get it done for me. Honduran, Domicican, Cuban when I am out of the country are faves! Don Thomas, Special Collection! Yummy! One of these days I gotta make me a good ashtray, and a good cutter.... Maybe I should learn folding knives first!

I myself dable in both I love a good cigar now and again bu i find my selfsmoking the pipe almost every day

Cigar smoker here with the occasional pipe.

I smoke mainly Cubans; favorites are Upmann Magnum 46, St. Luis Rey Serie A & Montecristo Especialles No. 2. But, I mainly smoke lower end stuff like Jose Piedras.

I partake in the pipe on occasion. I prefer the Mountain Mist blend from one of our local shops. I got my first meerschaum pipe a while back and it is starting to color nicely. It’s nothing fancy, no face carvings or anything like that just strait simple lines but I like it.

Do any of you other occasional pipe smokers get pipe bite in the mornings?

Do any of you other occasional pipe smokers get pipe bite in the mornings?

Only if I drop a lit one in bed.

Finnr

I quit about 5 years ago. No more pipes, cigars, cigarets. I will probably get hit by a truck and die healthy but squashed.

I used to smoke a pipe. Sometimes indulge in cigarettes or cheap cigars...if I ever developed a taste for fine smokes I'd go broke.

I like to smoke Drum and definately have a weakness for kreteks.

I haven't smoked in 10 months because of my wife's comments about the stink. If she had made an ultimatum I would still be smoking, but since she asked nicely....

once in a blue moon ill drop in and get me a paragas or some such

I smoked briar pipes with a cavandish blend and Dutch masters cigars. Been 10 years now since I have smelled a good pipe or cigar.

This just in! I've bought a pack of kreteks and can no longer be considered a non-smoker....the Djarums of today don't have the kick of the ones I smoked as a boy but they're better than the mainstream offerings.

Life is GOOD!!!!!!!!!! Today I got my order from smokingpipes.com ! Several small amounts of a few bulk blends to see which i will order in quantity . OH JOY!!! So far the Peter Stokkebye oriental supreme is leading the pack!!

Finnr

Pipe smoker and enthusiast here. Cigars occasionally, but it's pretty rare.

I forged up a colonial style pipe lighter a while back and keep it hanging on the front of the forge for use.

--TMIB

I use a pipe sparingly, mostly in the shop. I figure if I am inhaling coal dust and smoke, a little smoldering Cavendish is not going to matter much.

We stop in here evey year around Christmas: The Gatlinburlier Pipe, Pipe Tobacco, Cigar and Chewing Tobacco Store.

Don

Quit the cigarettes last August, and switched back to my pipe. That's just more relaxing!! :D

I use a good old corn cob pipe with some ennins in it, and also dip the good old cope..

You know I been thinking of taking up smoking.
This clinches it!

Just kidding - I'm going out for a smoke.

I smoked a pipe about 20 or so years ago, then switched to cigarettes for some ungodly reason. Switched back to a pipes about three years ago because of the price of cigarettes in Vermont (Marlboros are up to $6.53 per pack!!!). I smoke my pipe several times a day, mostly Middleton's Cherry or Apple cavandish or Vintage Black&Tan.

What's a "Colonial Pipe Lighter", TMIB? Can't recall hearing of/seeing one. Got a pic so I can steal....er...borrow the design?

David

Is it just me, or is the second half of a cigar not nearly as good as the first?

Is it just me, or is the second half of a cigar not nearly as good as the first?

Probably the cigar.

Some of the larger ring sizes find me slowing down towards the final third and it dosen't burn properly and causes it to ruin the flavor.

I have been told that one should smoke only the first half of the cigar and pitch the second. The theory being that the entire cigar acts as a filter and the second half has all the crud in it and the taste gets progressivley worse. After more than fourty years of smoking pretty good cigars (I used to work in a pipe and tobacco shop so I could experiment with a lot of different ones) I discovered that this theory is the product of people who want to sell more cigars. My personal experience is that if the cigar is a good one and properly lit three fourths or more can be smoked with pleasure as long as it isn't smoked too fast. Also my experience is that all other things being equal the longer and larger the ring size, the better the cigar will smoke.

Bill

I gave up smokin 10 years ago but round Christmas time i still like a cigar,whatever i can get my hands on.