What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

[RudyN]

I had some Boswell Titus in a Rustic Peterson Mark Twain.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Do any of you use vanilla pipe tobacco?

 

[Trenchfriend]

I grabbed a cuban H. Upmann Half Corona at my next main station.

My very first cuban tobacco!
Very good taste. I would say, better than all the similar price-level DomRep, I had before.

BUT!
I hated this extra small format in my fingers and will never again get such an extra short Corona!! I mean, what's the point of that?? That just doesn't feel right in your fingers.

 

[MichaelRhB]

Same as always. C&D Crooner in a Nuttens Bing. Smoking it now.

 

[Mm25]

Do any of you use vanilla pipe tobacco?

Not really, so I can’t add much.

 

[RudyN]

Today it was some Boswell Northwoods in a Peterson 2022 Halloween Pipe.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I will get a nice pipe with some vanilla tobacco the next days. In the next bigger cities mainstation's tobacco shop, they got some nice stuff!

 

[Trenchfriend]

What "pipe angle" would you recommend me for beginning?

 

[Mm25]

What "pipe angle" would you recommend me for beginning?

By angle, do you mean amount of bend? Pipes are very personal, get what you like best, there is no wrong answer.

 

[RudyN]

I had some of an English Blend from a local B&M in a 1999 Peterson St. Patrick's Day Pipe.

 

[Trenchfriend]

By angle, do you mean amount of bend? Pipes are very personal, get what you like best, there is no wrong answer.

I will see, which one in the mainstation's store fits best in my fingers.

 

[Garrett]

Sobremesa Cervantes Fino - great cigar. Here's a link to pics and a review by Halfwheel:

https://halfwheel.com/sobremesa-cervantes-fino-3/287920/

 

[Trenchfriend]

Grabbed the two pipes from Pa, which were rarely used. These two pipes from GDR era were probably last time used in the 70s.

1. "Howal Bruyere"
60s/70s
("Holzwaren Liebenstein"/VEB Pfeifen und Holzerzeugnisse Bad Liebenstein (Schweina), former C. S. Reich, Schweina)

2. ARK "Bruyere Extra"
60s/70s
(former A.R. Kühn, Schweina)

1937 catalogue

 

[Trenchfriend]

Ha, only our smalltown's gas stations have some pipe tobacco! Our grocery stores don't.

I grabbed Prestige Regular Mixture, Golden Blend's No. 2 and Holger Danske Golden Harmony.

 

[RudyN]

Had some Boswell Military Force in a Rustic Peterson XL02 Spigot.

 

[RudyN]

Today I had some Boswell Titus in a Boswell 3/4 Bent Freehand Pipe.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Today, I had my two pipes going, for the very first time. Was a tricky start, but after a while, I got it running!

While struggeling, I came to the idea, that the moist feeling tobacco from the small bags could be TOO moist, so I gave a new portion 5 minutes to dry up a little and another portion 10 minutes. It seemed to help slightly!

And I experimented with the tobacco portion. It seemed, that the bigger portions work better than the smaller. In the final try, I risked putting the absolute maximum load in and this worked very well!

But next time, I will let the tobacco dry up even longer than 10 minutes, this will surely bring some advantage.

But altogether, not a bad start for me.

 

[Mm25]

Today, I had my two pipes going, for the very first time. Was a tricky start, but after a while, I got it running!

While struggeling, I came to the idea, that the moist feeling tobacco from the small bags could be TOO moist, so I gave a new portion 5 minutes to dry up a little and another portion 10 minutes. It seemed to help slightly!

And I experimented with the tobacco portion. It seemed, that the bigger portions work better than the smaller. In the final try, I risked putting the absolute maximum load in and this worked very well!

But next time, I will let the tobacco dry up even longer than 10 minutes, this will surely bring some advantage.

But altogether, not a bad start for me.

Enjoy.
Pipe smoking is a skill. But so enjoyable when it all comes together.

 

[RudyN]

Some Boswell Titus in a Rustic Peterson 2022 Christmas Pipe. A Sherlock Holmes Watson.

 

[earl]

I see lovers of Peterson pipes in this thread as am I. Tonight had C&D Oriental Silk in a rusticated Peterson Rathbone. Other pipes, other tobaccos earlier in the day.