Quote Originally Posted by Old Smokey View Post
I am having trouble getting into the routine and process that comes with pipe smoking. Lighting, tamping, relighting, etc is just something that I can't seem to get used to. Yeah, I am a lazy SOB. But I will continue when the mood hits me. I have a lot of pipe tobaccos I have yet to try, so I haven't found anything that knocked my socks off. I may try again later today and will post it if I do. It's been a while.

Hey Steve, what cuts of tobacco have you been trying.
Obviously plugs and flakes have more of a learning curve than ribbon cuts do.
For ribbon cuts, I found this video to be extremely helpful. I was getting frustrated as well, and this turned it around for me.