Specific Recommendations

[Brimy]

I'm looking for low to no bite, flavorful, good room note. Doesn't have to be an aromatic (not crazy about the additives).

[Cool Breeze]

I have found that Vapers like Dunhill Navy Rolls and Escudo have a pleasant (to me) room note.
Kind of a bready yeasty aroma.
However, they can nip at your tongue if you chief on it too hard.

Have you tried the drugstore blends like Carter Hall and Prince Albert?
They smell rather pleasant and I don't think they would bite if you tried to get them to.

[Emperor Zurg]

Good room note is the problem. I choose tobaccos based on flavor and lack of bite. Usually the ones with a nice room note have no flavor so I tend to avoid them. Only one I could think of to recommend would be Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake. I believe that one has a fairly decent room note. You could also try G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake but IMO that one tastes like soap unless you age it, semi sealed for months in end.

[Brimy]

I have found that Vapers like Dunhill Navy Rolls and Escudo have a pleasant (to me) room note.
Kind of a bready yeasty aroma.
However, they can nip at your tongue if you chief on it too hard.

Have you tried the drugstore blends like Carter Hall and Prince Albert?
They smell rather pleasant and I don't think they would bite if you tried to get them to.

I have smoked some Pete Stokkebye flake (I forget which one) and some Captain Black (gold packaging) but that's about it. And it's been a little while since I messed with the pipe. Just looking to indulge again.
Someone mentioned G&H Sweet Rum Twist and that it was cigaresque (for lack of a better expression). I have 2oz coming.

[Brimy]

Good room note is the problem. I choose tobaccos based on flavor and lack of bite. Usually the ones with a nice room note have no flavor so I tend to avoid them. Only one I could think of to recommend would be Sam Gawith Chocolate Flake. I believe that one has a fairly decent room note. You could also try G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake but IMO that one tastes like soap unless you age it, semi sealed for months in end.

Looking at it, those would be my main concerns as well. Room note would just be a plus.

[Emperor Zurg]

Someone mentioned G&H Sweet Rum Twist and that it was cigaresque (for lack of a better expression). I have 2oz coming.

SRT is nice and cigary and has plenty of vitamin N. I had to get used to the N dose slowly, made me sick at first. It's also got a nice rum flavor and a sweetness to it but that is not really very noticable unless you smoke it alongside Happy Bogie or something similar. G&H Black Cherry Twist is the same way. Anyway, cut a few coins, cube cut those up and then dry the SRT well. IMO, rubbed out its harsh. It's also harsh if you don't dry it well. It doesn't like to burn either but I enjoy the blend enough to endure the many relights. Doesn't help the burn that you need to puff it really slow too. Puff it fast and guess what... it's harsh :D It's a learning curve with these twists but worth it if you ask me.

Not a good room note on any of these twists that I know of. They all reek like cigars.

[Brimy]

SRT is nice and cigary and has plenty of vitamin N. I had to get used to the N dose slowly, made me sick at first. It's also got a nice rum flavor and a sweetness to it but that is not really very noticable unless you smoke it alongside Happy Bogie or something similar. G&H Black Cherry Twist is the same way. Anyway, cut a few coins, cube cut those up and then dry the SRT well. IMO, rubbed out its harsh. It's also harsh if you don't dry it well. It doesn't like to burn either but I enjoy the blend enough to endure the many relights. Doesn't help the burn that you need to puff it really slow too. Puff it fast and guess what... it's harsh :D It's a learning curve with these twists but worth it if you ask me.

Not a good room note on any of these twists that I know of. They all reek like cigars.

Well, cigary I can live with. I guess I'll have to do as you suggest and play with that learning curve. Haven't done any twist before, so now the research begins because all I know is flake, coins & ribbons. As I'm sure you know the 1st 2 get rubbed.
Am about to pull the trigger on the SG Chocolate Flake that you mentioned & some Dunhill Aperitif which sounds appetizing on TR.

[Emperor Zurg]

The first two don't always get rubbed. I rub out the milder flavored ones like Virginia flakes (similar to FVF & Bullseye flake) but the stronger blends (think G&H dark flake and ropes & twists) I try to keep intact as much as possible - that usually means fold n stuff or cube cut for those. SG chocolate flake I like 'crunched out' where I just smash the flake up some with my fingers but leave lots of chunks and some finer ribbons. I like G&H Louisiana flake 'crunched out' as well.

[Brimy]

Emperor Zurg
Thanks for schooling this pipe noob! Lots to learn.

[BryGuySC]

Also try the following, both mouth and wife approved. (Yes. I like vapers and red virginia, and burley bites me pretty good.)
Hearth & Home AJ's Vaper
Hearth & Home Anniversary Kake
Hearth & Home Louisiana Red
Esoterica Dunbar
Rattray's Marlin Flake

Smokier tobacco:
F&K Lancer's Slices
Esoterica Margate
Hearth & Home 10 to Midnight

[Bruck]

Brian - unforch for our discussion here, "bite" doesn't always affect everyone the same. Also, technique has something to do with it - smoking slowly (cooly) usually helps. Also, it helps to dry the tobacco out, moreso than you might think necessary. & in general, the non-aros usually bite me less than the goopy aros. & another thing - as you smoke a pipe more, your tongue and hard palate get less sensitive.

[Emperor Zurg]

I've found that the best way to get bitten like a rattlesnake is to try an smoke the wet dregs in the bottom of your pipe. Best to dump and try again if you get wetness in the heel.

[Brimy]

Back to that learning curve!
I'll just have to see as I figure it out. But thankful for the knowledge/experience that you guys are sharing.
Now I know why I stick around this place. ;)

[BryGuySC]

"bite" doesn't always affect everyone the same.

VERY good point.
Definitely try as many different kinds and blends of tobacco as you can.
When I first started, there were so many burley blends that sounded exactly like what I was looking for. But Virginias and Vapers ended up being what worked and tasted best to me.

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[Brimy]

VERY good point.
Definitely try as many different kinds and blends of tobacco as you can.
When I first started, there were so many burley blends that sounded exactly like what I was looking for. But Virginias and Vapers ended up being what worked and tasted best to me.

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The Virginia's & VaPers "sound" like they are going to be in my wheelhouse, but I'm definitely going to take your exclaimed suggestion and try them all!

[BryGuySC]

Brimy, What have you tried so far? Anything you already like?

[Brimy]

Brimy, What have you tried so far? Anything you already like?

Pete Stokkebye Luxury Flake is really the only one I can say that I liked.
Otherwise I've tried some Captain Black so I really have nothing to compare. When I mention tha Virginians & VaPers may be in my wheelhouse, I'm going off reading that they most "resemble" a cigar smoking experience.

I just ordered some SG Chocolate Flake, GH Sweet Rum Twist & Dunhill Aperitif.

[Bruck]

PS Luxury Flake is quite nice!

When I first started piping in earnest a few years ago, I tried a number of different things, mostly aros, & nothing really moved me until I had a VA flake (sorry, can't remember which brand it was). But what really rang my bell was the English blends. The first one I tried was Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake, & it's still one of my all-time favorites. Another good one is Esoterica Penzance which unfortunately is nigh impossible to find, but (don't tell the other guys here :)) I have a ton of it - if you PM me your address I'll send you some.

[Brimy]

Cool Breeze
Thanks for the sampling!

Between you & BryGuySC I have to go get some Mason jars for all this tobacco and what's to come!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181020/9009e26e10ed77898796b54d427290f3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181020/48b8b83e43cce92ed7bfaa9375c5221c.jpg

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[BryGuySC]

Great minds think alike!

[El Whedo]

Yer all set up now Brian. Take yer time and slowly work yer way through through those wonderful samples. Then come back and tell us what ya think, and which ya like best. THEN you will get a Gazillion suggestions from us all.

BTW... English style tobacco's WILL ghost pipes. (If ya open a sample and it smells like a campfire it's an English.) You might consider getting a corn cob pipe to try them out. A Missouri Meerschaum (cob pipe) can be bought at wallgreens, etc, for a few dollars and are actually really good pipes with their unique smoking properties, even if they look a bit low-brow.

[Cool Breeze]

Great minds think alike!

Yep.
When I saw your post I figured it was going to the same place.
Click click boom. :)

[Brimy]

Yer all set up now Brian. Take yer time and slowly work yer way through through those wonderful samples. Then come back and tell us what ya think, and which ya like best. THEN you will get a Gazillion suggestions from us all.

BTW... English style tobacco's WILL ghost pipes. (If ya open a sample and it smells like a campfire it's an English.) You might consider getting a corn cob pipe to try them out. A Missouri Meerschaum (cob pipe) can be bought at wallgreens, etc, for a few dollars and are actually really good pipes with their unique smoking properties, even if they look a bit low-brow.

You are absolutely right that I'm set to get a good idea with the samples so graciously provided.
And thank you for the tip about the English tobacco's. I have a cob and I think a briar, but I'll go ahead & pick up a couple more cobs.
Plus I've been looking at some pipes to start to build a rotation/collection...

...my goodness!! Pipes can be EXPENSIVE!!

[El Whedo]

Pipes don't have to be expensive. Cobs, as ya know, are very cheap yet smoke beautifully. I have several of the Ropp "Vintage" line of pipes and they were 70-80$ each. I like their horn stems, and the bowls were carved in the 50's, I believe. Huge boxes of them were found in storage and the Ropp factory has been hand carving stems for them slowly and letting smokingpipes.com sell them.

edit: the reason the old bowls are important is that there is very little access today to really good briar.

[Brimy]

El Whedo
Thx for the info on the Ropp's

And you're absolutely right, I read somewhere that good briar is hard to come by now of days.

[Brimy]

Mark (@el whedo),
You are so right! I guess I just didn't look hard enough. Savinelli, Brigham, Peterson all have pipes < $100!
Saw a few Vintage that will be joining me over the next few months.

[Haebar]

Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic and Lane Ready Rubbed

[Cool Breeze]

I have 6 or 7 Savinellis and they are all fantastic. Most are lower end entry level stuff. One is a Punto Oro. They are all great smokers.

I have 3 Petersons. In my limited experience, they have been hit or miss. The only one I'm truly attached to is a pre-Republic model. Go figure.

I have a 1 Nording that is a really good smoker.

Lots of great pipes in the $100 and under range.

[Brimy]

Lots of great pipes in the $100 and under range.

Yeah, after doing some more looking, I see that there are a good deal of reasonably priced pipes. I can only hope that I pick some good smokers.

[Haebar]

Brian, the Morgan Bones pipes are a good value at only $39 each: https://www.morganpipes.com/store/p61/Bones_Pipes.html

[Brimy]

Haebar
Thx Tab!

[Cool Breeze]

I'm planning on trying those Morgan pipes myself.

[Emperor Zurg]

Brian, the Morgan Bones pipes are a good value at only $39 each: https://www.morganpipes.com/store/p61/Bones_Pipes.html

Darn you Tab! You ought to know better than to post links to pipe pr0n.
Now I'm all lusting over a new pipe... which I need like I need a hole in the head...

[Haebar]

Darn you Tab! You ought to know better than to post links to pipe pr0n.
Now I'm all lusting over a new pipe... which I need like I need a hole in the head...

I'm impressed with them; a real value for the money! Here's some I got recently:
https://i.postimg.cc/qvfpPM3z/Morgan-Bones-Pipes-001.jpg

[Emperor Zurg]

i'm impressed with them; a real value for the money! Here's some i got recently:

aaaauuuuggghhhhh!