Questions You Thought Were Too Dumb to Ask (Pipes Edition)

[rx2man]

Even 1 or 2oz quantities should be jarred. I recommend 1/2 pint wide-mouth jars for those. Anything not in a sealed tin ought to go in jars unless you intend to smoke it within the month. Plastic bags are not airtight. Over time they will breathe out moisture, and the plastic itself may affect the flavor.

That is why the bagged stuff is in a cooler with a humi jar in there. That being said there are not that many of them in bags so looks like I need to get myself over to walmart and get some jars.

[Branzig]

Even 1 or 2oz quantities should be jarred. I recommend 1/2 pint wide-mouth jars for those. Anything not in a sealed tin ought to go in jars unless you intend to smoke it within the month. Plastic bags are not airtight. Over time they will breathe out moisture, and the plastic itself may affect the flavor.

Big time agree with this!

I make sure everything, even little samples that I have, is jarred up or in some kind of air tight container. Too much air is pipe tobacco's enemy!

[cbr310]

i have about 4-5 samples in ziplocks. Can I just toss them (ziplock included) into 1 big jar? currently working my way through them.

[cpmcdill]

i have about 4-5 samples in ziplocks. Can I just toss them (ziplock included) into 1 big jar? currently working my way through them.

Sure, I don't see why not. I keep multiple pouch tobaccos in jars together. As long as you intend to use them fairly soon, and they are in the same general family of pipe blends (ie. English/Balkan, Lakeland, VA/VaPer, Aromatic are examples of families), they probably will not mingle too much.

[Branzig]

i have about 4-5 samples in ziplocks. Can I just toss them (ziplock included) into 1 big jar? currently working my way through them.

One of my "catch-all" jars. As @cpmcdill stated, as long as you keep them separated by blend family, no problem at all.

[gigmaster]

The difference? Prestige
Does it smoke better? No. Nothing smokes better than a $10.00 Missouri Meerschaum.
Should you buy it anyway? Absolutely.....

OK I'll go. Seriously, what's the difference between a $25 Grabow or Brog and a $100 savinelli? I'm referring to smokemanship not so much craftsmanship (although at some point those two must cross paths). I have 4 inexpensive pipes (2 baskets, a MM, & a Mr Brog) and every time I think of getting something in the 100+ range I get scared and back out. Is it really worth it?

[gigmaster]

I could get by fine with just one Missouri Meerschaum cob.

Do I want to? Of course not.

I see alot of people on here have a large amount of pipes, I'm sure alot of it is collection but is there a need for multiple pipes or could a guy get away with just 1?

[NWSmoke]

The difference? Prestige
Does it smoke better? No. Nothing smokes better than a $10.00 Missouri Meerschaum.
Should you buy it anyway? Absolutely.....

I appreciate your candor lol. FWIW, I just received delivery of a new MM and Mr Brog. Taking Brog for a test ran now and so far so good.

[LivingDeadGuy]

How do you slow down? Im a turbo smoker and I smoke mainly with tall and stubby pokers, I like my toungue and want to keep it. So what do you do to slow down?

[cpmcdill]

How do you slow down? Im a turbo smoker and I smoke mainly with tall and stubby pokers, I like my toungue and want to keep it. So what do you do to slow down?

Sometimes it's a challenge, especially for ex-cigarette smokers and cigar smokers accustomed to a firm draw. Outside of developing a very mindful and conscientious discipline of paying attention to your puffing tempo, another way to reduce the suction and cool the smoke is to keep your mouth slightly open when drawing on the pipe. Then some of the suction power is given to pulling cooler air through your lips and reducing the hot blast from the pipe stem.