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>how to get started
Purchase a corn cob pipe (or a cheap briar pipe) and a pouch of Half and Half or Captain Black tobacco from a smoke shop or online. You will need a lighter or match, and something to tamp it with--a large nail works well if you don't have a pipe tool. Fill the pipe with tobacco, pack it down halfway, top it off, pack it down to 3/4, top it off again, pack gently and enjoy. Smoke slower than you think you need to, the tobacco tastes best when it is burning cool. Tamp and re-light as needed. If you still have trouble, try different methods on YouTube until you find one that works for you.

>smoking a pipe will give you cancer
Originally the Surgeon General found that pipe and cigar smokers, following a careful study of the statistics (at a time when most adults smoked, so they had a good sample size), had insignificant death rate increases. Nowadays, tobacco is being legislated against while hard drugs are being legalized. Put two and two together. Tobacco is just another good thing under attack by the government.

All tobacco users welcome. Stoners will be taken to Singapore and caned.

I love pipe tobacco. I used to go out with a hammock and lay in it smoking Stokkebye 24 Nougat and sipping beer or bourbon. I had a large collection of tobaccos kept in mason jars. Threw it all out when moving. Wish I hadn't. Didn't realize it would cost hundreds to replace everything. Some of the tobacco is no longer in production.

I saw a recent article that claimed 80 to 90 percent of cigarette smokers will never get lung cancer. Google AI says only 15% of cigarette smokers get lung cancer. Pipe and cigar smokers basically don't get any cancer. It's very rare. I hate the FDA so much, they made it illegal for pipe shops to make their own house blends and prevented tobacco producers from doing their annual Christmas blends. If you make any new blend it has to be studied by the FDA for safety and it costs tens of thousands of dollars.

I wouldn't recommend Captain Black, it has a chemical smell and flavor. Half and Half is really good. pipesandcigars.com is my go to for tobacco purchases because my state lost it's last pipe shop. I recommend Lane 1-Q for a vanilla flavor over Captain Black. I also recommend Cult Blood Red Moon for a strong cherry flavor. Peterson Sunset Breeze is topped with amaretto and is really good.

If you want something without a flavor topping I recommend Peterson Elizabethan Mixture. It's just straight tobacco that wont bowl you over. If you want something stronger I'd go for an English blend like Peterson Nightcap.

If you want to be adventurous you can flavor your own tobacco using liquor, you can get all kinds of flavors this way.

how many pipes do you guys have?
i got 18 so far, and probably a couple more lost somewhere

>>2827097 (OP)
>Tobacco is just another good thing under attack by the government.
This board is a fucking joke

>>2827112
I guess I'm a pretty simple person. The first time I started smoking a pipe for a couple years, I had 2 pipes and then a 3rd mostly decorative one, and of those 2 pipes I mostly only smoked one of them. This time, I also have 3 pipes, but only 2 that I really smoke, and I don't smoke any of the original pipes really. So 6, but basically 2.

>>2827113
Well, it is under attack. They tax the fuck out of us and made all kinds of retarded laws about growing your own tobacco.

>>2827113
I can tell that you would enjoy watching me fuck your woman.

>>2827113
Alcohol is probably just as harmful if not more harmful than tobacco. Quick google search: "In the United States, alcohol-related deaths have been increasing in recent years. In 2020, an estimated 178,000 deaths were attributed to excessive alcohol use, representing about 1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 20-64."

That's huge. Tobacco deaths each year are about 480,000 but those numbers are highly inflated. If you can get by a car and died but were a smoker you get counted as a smoking death.

>>2827112
Currently only 2. A corn cob and a super ugly orange briar shaped like a pumpkin, I bought it because it looks hilarious. I had an old school clay pipe but I dropped it and it broke.

>>2827113
>nicotine found to help against Covid and the spike protein
>shortly after, countries around the world introduce legislation for harsh restrictions or outright bans, all at the same time
>somehow tobacco is not under attack
Methinks thine intellection be the only joke here, sirrah.

>>2827232
You know it runs deep when even Walmart stop selling tobacco.

>>2827112
Two briars, a cob, and a kiseru

>>2827112
I have five smokable pipes atm. A Dunhill Tanshell, a Stanwell billiard, and three Petersons, a 314, a 14b, and a large rusticated bulldog. I also have a couple of my dad's pipes that need some work.

>>2827112
About a dozen. Mostly briars cheap and nice; a couple cobs; two meerschaums; a gourd calabash; and one old German-style churchwarden.
I have enough for a nice rotation and don't feel like buying any more, except for maybe a morta. Meerschaum is kind of a bother, having to make sure it doesn't cake.
Pic related is one of my meers. The carver took it.

>>2827232
>>2827233
>it was known since the late 1800s that humans have addictive personalities on average
>in the past they were addicted to high-calorie foods which wasn't a problem since +90% of people were farmers doing manual labor, they were also addicted to tobacco and alcohol
>let's add sugar to all the food, let's add 50 chemicals to cigarettes before phasing them out a few decades later, and let's make alcohol as inconvenient to drink with your coworkers as possible (e.g. drunk driving laws, a sober work culture for the first time in history...etc)
>result: obesity up, cancer up because people replaced tobacco with mysterious vape juice made in China and IQ down because people replaced alcohol with cannabis
This was an eugenics program to create docile tax cattle, unfortunately we're starting to have massive power outages even in the first world (e.g. Spain) because we're literally too retarded to learn mathematics and maintain civilization. Their experiment will result in a massive global revolution if they don't find a way to replace the bottom 80% of the population with AI soon.

>>2827289
How's the gourd calabash? I've always fancied one for the sheer swag of it. I also tend to prefer big pipes I can have a long smoke with.

>>2827184
>That's huge. Tobacco deaths each year are about 480,000 but those numbers are highly inflated. If you can get by a car and died but were a smoker you get counted as a smoking death.
Absolute fucking copium lmao

>Alcohol is probably just as harmful if not more harmful than tobacco. Quick google search: "In the United States, alcohol-related deaths have been increasing in recent years. In 2020, an estimated 178,000 deaths were attributed to excessive alcohol use, representing about 1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 20-64."
You do realize that the only reason Alcohol is still legal is because there was nearly a second civil war over it when it got banned and the government failed to control it.

>>2827232
Of course you retards are anti-vaxxers. Who would have thought LMAO
>>2827176
Nice NTR fetish, weirdo.

>>2827354
I can’t believe there’s still retards out there who haven’t woken up to the reality of these kill shots. Even Plebbitors are starting to accept it now. It’s sort of a very low watermark for critical thinking, that somehow you’re too stunted to reach. Go ahead, call the doctor, might as well get all the shots while you’re at it

>>2827349
Mine’s a rusticated Pioneer. Pic related.
You’ll never get a cooler smoke. Tongue bite is impossible.
There is a slight taste imparted—slight. It’s not “pure” like meer. Though I think it’s pretty good at getting the pure flavors out like a meerschaum: I just get a slight taste of the gourd.
Obviously every pipe is different but mine lasts about as long as my Savinelli 8606.
It’s no more maintenance intensive than a meer. You’re not supposed to try to remove any buildup from the gourd part (you can damage it if you try). Just wipe the meerschaum bowl after every smoke and keep the stem clean. Also every now and then you need to wax the cork, otherwise the bowl will lose its seal with the pipe.
Ergonomics-wise it’s pretty comfy to hold. Lightweight for being so huge and very curvy. I like to hold it with two fingers at the bottom “hump” of the “U”.
Sort of impractical for being /out/doors though. It’s too precious to risk dropping.

>>2827354
Wow anon, I'm sure you'll really convince the guys here to stop smoking, and not just look like a retarded asshole as you insult everything they're interested in!
Really taking a page from the left, huh?

its very simple, but i needed a stand for my clay pipe, so i made one as nothing else really fit it

Just made an offering to The Lord George Washington. I burnt pipe tobacco soaked in high-rye whiskey. Happy 4th!!!

>>2827113
You are prime cattle

>>2827113
Get a load of this faggot.

>>2827104
>If you want something without a flavor topping I recommend Peterson Elizabethan Mixture
This was my intro into non-aromatic tobacco, and I am very grateful for it. It’s still my favorite VAPer. Just a great toasty natural tobacco taste.

>>2827364
That pipe looks like something Sherlock would rock. Did you make the support?

I wish pipes came with a hard case like pic related. You can tell that modern pipes are for indoors, they're more like works of art rather than practical everyday smoking.

>>2827593
my meerschaum has a case, what would be the point for a briar, much much less a corncob?

>>2827594
I don't know, just to pocket it with a bowl packed.

>>2827595
Twist a pipe cleaner into a spiral, starting from the centre. In the centre, make sure a small piece is pointing out so you can fold it over. It's now a pipe cap with a handle so you can remove it from the bowl of your pipe.

What's everyone smoking tonight? I cracked open a jar of Marlin Flake I bought last year. I didn't really love it at first, but it's beginning to grow on me.

>>2827571
>Old Grand Dad Bonded
Holy fucking based

>>2827662
Just Peterson connoisseur's choice, it became my go to tobacco.

>>2827586
No, the picture's from the guy I bought it from.
>>2827593
>>2827595
Just get a windcap. $2 and you can do that.
Briars don't need cases. Drop 'em and they're fine.

>>2827662
Smoked a Parodi King. Dried up while I was at the raceway so come firework time it was terrible to smoke. Tomorrow I'll make up with some Bandidos, maybe, or Autumn Evening.

>>2827702
Oh, I thought you did something like this.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TytYRdS_Tys

>>2827594
Not getting ash or tar into your bag or pocket, in case you didn't get everything out after cleaning the bowl.
>t. keeps pipe into jacket's breast pocket

>>2827104
>I saw a recent article that claimed 80 to 90 percent of cigarette smokers will never get lung cancer. Google AI says only 15% of cigarette smokers get lung cancer.
This is because they die of cardiovascular issues. Pumping yourself full of nicotine 24/7 is really bad for your heart. But a daily pipe won't kill you just like a daily drink won't hurt your liver. Lung cancer is a fluke and you're probably more likely to get it from living in some shithole polluted city like Shanghai or Mexico City than from smoking cigarettes.

>>2827594
>>2827712
also to not get stuff IN the pipe too, like hair, lint, dirt, etc
plus, if you're leaving your house while its humid outside, the case will stop it from getting moisture condensed on it & ruining the finish, along with UV protection too

>>2827715
Lung cancer is from all the extra shit you get in cigarettes.
Let's not forget, cigarettes were mede from actual industrial waste with crushed tobacco blended in so cigar factories could sell their waste.
No shit you're going to get cancer from smoking that on the six breaks you take every work day.

>>2827715
>cardiovascular issues
Sounds to me like obesity.

>>2827715
When I'm too exhausted or lazy to bust out the pipe I smoke 1-2 kreteks same I would a pipe, they last longer than regular cigarettes but not an eternity like a cigar.

>>2827571
My grandad used to soak tobacco in dark rum.

>people actually believe inhaling smoke is good for your lungs
Average age of this /in/side board must be sub 18.

>>2827779

These threads convinced me to try pipe smoking around a year ago, having never smoked before. It was fun, I liked trying all the different types and I think pipes look cool. But you can't smoke anywhere legally here and it kind of irritates my throat so I haven't done it lately.

>>2827779
Humans spent thousands of years keeping warm by burning wood inside their homes, I'm not saying that it's healthy just that it's not dangerous. You can get the positive effects of smoking without inhaling, first you can absorb nicotine through your mouth/tongue and second you can get the de-stressing effect without literally pulling the smoke in your lungs. Essentially you minimize the risk for some huge benefits.

Speaking of pipes, have any of you tried a hookah pipe?

>>2827837
they are pleasant but would be a huge pain in the ass to use by yourself

>>2827252
What tobacco do you smoke in the kiseru? The real tobacco you're supposed to use is thin like hay, isn't it? Do you buy kiseru tobacco?

>>2827837
Back when all of my friends turned 18 we went to hookah bars occasionally for a while. It was cool because it was new I guess, and something to do. I didn't really like any of the flavors though, and I'm not a fan of particularly aromatic blends because they all tend to remind me of hookah smoke, where it's basically flavored air and not really "tobacco". I've never smoked actual tobacco from a hookah though, just the super goopy popular flavored stuff.

>>2828139
Yeah, I stockpiled a bunch of kiseru tobacco a few years back. I'm mainly a cigar smoker and when I do smoke a pipe it's usually one of the briars or a cob, so my stash hasn't been depleted yet.

>>2828139
This question has popped up in these threads before. You want the finest cut you can find. The closest I've found is something like Tabac Manil's Le Petit Robin

>>2827796
>can't smoke legally anywhere
Are you in New Zealand or South Korea ? That's the only two places I can think of with a full ban on tobacco in public spaces (and IIRC it's going to be graduan in NZ to phase out smoking starting with the upcoming generation of births)

>>2827097 (OP)
>inhaling rancid tobacco smoke into your lungs while in pristine mountain air

Do addicts really?

>>2828249
>Assuming pipe tobacco is inhaled.
I love watching silly goobers cough.

>>2828249
if your pipe tobacco tastes rancid, you shouldn't be smoking it

>>2828249
I'm official triggered now, thanks a lot.

>>2828249
There's nothing more natural than the scent of tobacco.

>>2828327
he hates the smell of campfires, so its not like tobacco is any better to him

is it wrong that I enjoy smoking my pipe hard and fast?

>>2828347
it just means clays & meers fit you best

>>2828347
No. Not at all.
I remember watching a video by that smug Shane Ireland on SmokingPipes, and he said that smoking slowly and coolly is the Best way to smoke. No, that’s just His Favorite way to smoke. When you smoke hot or cool, you’re going to get different flavors out of the tobacco, therefore there is no “Best” way generally speaking. If you like to smoke hard and fast, there’s nothing wrong with it. But as that other guy said, you’ll have a better time with clays and meers.

Smoking some C&D Winchester, watching the thunderstorm. Smoking my pipe upside down, rain he damned. Been a rough couple days, I needed this

I think I need to stop taking Zyn. About a year ago I started taking Zyn once a day when I got off of work. I like the effect it has, but I’ve found I don’t enjoy my pipe anywhere near as much now. I miss that relaxing feeling of sitting outside, having a cup of coffee, and smoking a nice bowl of flavorful tobacco. I just don’t get that satisfaction anymore, and I’m like 90% certain it’s because I get nicotine from Zyn now.

>>2828347
>>2828438
This. You’ll see a lot of people, especially with Virginia flakes, saying that the best way to smoke it is soft and slow. Personally, when I smoke slow and soft, I hardly get any flavor. I don’t like puffing so hard and fast that I burn my tongue, but I’m not going to wait 15-20 seconds between puffs, having to relight every 3 puffs.

>>2827097 (OP)
How do you guys carry your pipe and your tobacco while /out/?
Light weight solutions, preferably.

Also, have you guys ever tried pipes from aliexpress, are they good?

>>2828484
i always just carried by pipe in my pocket with my tobacco in a pouch; its not good practice though, since my pipe could slip out
i think i'm gonna make a lanyard for my pipe to keep it from just escaping

for aliexpress, i wouldn't trust it; its not that chinese pipes are bad, but its that shit quality pipes are bad, and aliexpress isn't exactly top quality

>>2828484
>aliexpress pipes
Just get a cob instead

>>2828485
https://corncobpipe.com/product/legend-corn-cob-pipe/
$10 and it'll smoke better than pipes that cost 5 times as much. I wouldn't trust anything from China. At best it will just fall apart, or they could decide to make it out of toxic wood and lead paint.

>>2828498
>>2828485
Meant for
>>2828484

>>2828484
i use the case an old pair of fishing sunglasses came in, you know, one of those kind of "bump proof" foam like ones, works fine, holeds 1 pipe, tobacco, tool, lighter and cleaners

>>2828484
A small plastic pill case for the tobacco (enough for a few bowls), then put the pipe, pill case and lighter in a string pouch like pic related and tie it to my backpack. Tampers aren't needed, just use a small branch.

>>2828478
That is absolutely why your pipe is less enjoyable. t. former vapist
>>2828484
I use picrel. It has a compartment for pipe, a lined compartment for tobacco, and a pocket for tools.
>>2828498
Based Missouri Meerschaum smoker.

Anyone have any suggestions for an alternative to Sutliff's sobranie clone?

So much rain lately, I'm not enough of a mud goblin to go /out/ when it's like this so I just smoke my pipe on the balcony.

*tips Fedora*

>>2829249
Nope lol. It was my favorite too, anon. I got a couple pounds of it as soon as I heard Sutliff was closing. Well, supposedly the match was just the bulk version of WhiteKnight and used slightly lower grade tobacco, but I doubt WhiteKnight still uses Sutliff tobacco, unless Russ Ouellette stalked up on Sutliff blending tobacco beforehand.

If you want something in the same genre (though 100% not the same, nor as good, as the Sobranie Match), Arango Balkan Supreme is a really good bulk Balkan blend. It’s spicier and zestier than the Sobranie Match and less sweet and smoky.

>>2829590
I guess i'm just going to have to start stocking up on White Knight and hope the death of Sutliff didn't change it too much. There are other Balkans that I enjoy, but none of them have that same flavor that you get from White Knight/Sobranie Match.

Just took the plunge and bought myself a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman pipe, as well as a Whitluck's waxed canvas pouch. I wanted a MM Shire cobbit pipe but for some reason the shipping is insanely expensive, so I looked into more MM's pipes and decided to go with the Country Gentleman which is really similar albeit with a shorter bit and looks equally as cool.
It's my first ever pipe and I really can't wait to try it out while /out/. I don't even know shit about tobacco and its kinds since all I've ever smoked is cigarettes, but I'm excited about this really cool little gadget. Any suggestions?

>>2829956
If you're coming from cigarettes you should give Burleys and VaPers a try. Don't inhale pipe smoke, it's absorbed through mucus membranes in your throat, mouth, and nose if you retrohale. Try to keep a slow steady pace with your puffs, you'll only taste hot ash and quickly burn through your cob if you smoke it too fast and hot.

what is a properly going pipe supposed to taste like?
how do I know if I'm doing it right?

>>2829956
The go-to suggestion is Captain Black, but imo it's very aromatic to the point that personally I don't like it that much. I've been enjoying MATCH Carter Hall lately, which is very cheap, actually tastes like tobacco, and also has some little sweet chocolatey notes in it. I would say it's a pretty "standard" pipe tobacco to start on, for both a prior smoker and someone who has no experience, because if you haven't smoked before, it will give you an experience that is lightly flavored while still tasting like tobacco, and if you have smoked before, you'll get actual tobacco with a little flavor. I liked MATCH Prince Albert more, but that seems to no longer be available. Besides, that, maybe just order a few 1oz samplers if you can afford it or things that sound good or that you think you might like. I myself really like Perique and Burley, but I've been laying off the heavier blends while it's 100 degrees outside.

You should eventually try to figure out how much you like Virginia, Burley, Perique, and Latakia (and Deertongue) so that you can approximate whether or not you might like a blend based on its components.

>>2830021
What it tastes like really depends on the tobacco. If everything seems like its lit, you're doing it right. If everything is mostly staying lit, you're doing it right, though this can also vary depending on the tobacco. If the pipe bowl is getting warm to the touch, you're doing it right, but maybe consider slowing down; non-aromatic tobaccos, I tend to smoke a bit hot but I find that a pipe will never get as hot with a non-aromatic as it will with an aromatic, and I tend to smoke aromatics a bit cooler because if you smoke them faster everything turns into hot air rather than flavor, so you kinda need to smoke them cool, but the pipe still might get hot even while smoking them cool depending on the pipe. If you are smoking an aromatic and all you taste is "warm air", you're smoking too fast.

>>2830021
Depends on the tobacco, you'll find the widest range of flavors in pipes compared to cigarettes or cigars.
If you need to relight your pipe too often the tobacco is too wet, if it crumbles to dust it's too dry, if it burns your tongue and moisture builds up in the stem you're smoking too fast.
>smoking too fast
Breath method.
>Too wet
Put on a paper towel for an hour or nuke it in a microwave for 10 seconds before packing.
>Too dry
Steam a jar and add the tobacco, add a apple slice, Bovida packs.

>>2830028
>too dry
I've always just used a paper towel dampened with distilled water. I use a large bottle cap (Like from a milk jug) to make sure it doesn't come into direct contact with the tobacco and seal it up in the jar for a few days.

Posted in here several weeks ago about my taste buds getting burned out on dark-fired blends and occasional strong cigars over the winter. Due to the oppressive heat and work schedule (8-10 hours a day without AC) I haven't smoked anything for going on three weeks now. This seems to have reset my palate, because I'm smoking Elizabethan now and it's so nice.
I find a little break from smoking now and then during the year really helps me appreciate all my favorite blends more than ever.

>>2830132
i try to have something acidic after smoking, to even out the basicness & avoid bite, works well enough

>>2830028
>Breath method
W-what's that?

>>2830135
In the "breath method", to put it very plainly, you basically just stick the pipe in your mouth, you do not purposely draw from the stem, and you just let your idle breathing pull smoke into your mouth, and if you do this, kinda naturally the smoke will also be pushed back out through the pipe stem (slowly, not to blow everything everywhere or upset the tobacco at all). Mechanically what is happening, and you can choose to smoke this way if you want, is that basically your tongue is acting as a diaphragm and is creating a vacuum that "smokes" the pipe for you without you needing to actually draw from the stem. You then very, very, very gently "massage" the smoke back out through the pipe, mouth closed, and you do this slowly, and this is the "breath method" or smoking. The benefits of it is that you probably wont really need to worry about relights until maybe the very end of the bowl, and also generally going this slowly allows you to taste the tobacco better.

Personally i mix a bag og captain black with nicotiana rustica ordered whole leaf mix to preferred taste. Tastes good and doubles as an insect reppelent being 9× higher in nicotene.

Anyone here try dokha? It's supposed to be super strong.

>>2830496
No, I am White.

I bought some stuff from Sutliff once they closed down. I don't really smoke but I like the name of Molto Dolce. I hope to smoke it once the weather cools down a bit where I am.

>we will never be able to import germains easily in north america ever again

We will also never have tudor castle or on the town again

feels bad man

and no more bold Kentucky

life hurts

>>2830704
>>2830707
>>2830708
qrd?

>>2830704
I hate those warning labels with all of my heart and soul.

>>2830708
My hatred for STG knows no bounds after this buyout.

>>2830711

>>2830742
Is that Mcclellands? That stuff is worth its weight in gold now.

>>2830742
You're a brave man leaving all that Gawith tobacco in those rectangular tins.

>>2830134
smoking is already acidic.........

>>2827112
9, but i really only use 4.
First one i got is some wood pipe. I think its pear or rose? I stopped using it just because i worried about burning through it.
My go to is a cob and a 2023 Christmas peterson i got as a gift.

>>2830972
it still produces a basic environment in the mouth, its the reason tongue bite is a problem
on blends i'd get heavy bite with, if i have a sparkling water (carbonic acid), i won't get bite - regular water doesn't work