what is your latest pipe purchase

[Brimy]

Well being you are used to cigars, maybe it won't bother you but yes, smoke it slow. It's harsh and nasty if you push it.
I dry my twist tobaccos to almost bone dry and leave them in chunks - the largest chunks that will support a halfway decent burn.

How long do you leave it to dry? Is it like a "dry box" of a cigar where you leave it for a day or two?

[Emperor Zurg]

How long do you leave it to dry? Is it like a "dry box" of a cigar where you leave it for a day or two?

No, it doesn't take that long. It depends on the moisture level, ambient humidity, temp and all that but anywhere from half an hour to a couple hours. Last night I set a bowls worth out on a paper plate and set that on the wood stove duct - a place that is warm but not hot. It was dry in about 20 minutes. If it's cool and rainy outside it might take hours or may never dry unless you warm it up a bit. You just feel it from time to time and when it feels like dry leaves it's probably good, If it feels like brittle leaves that's a little too dry. You want dry leaves but not so brittle dry that they turn to dust as you try to load your pipe.