JohnfromUK Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 17 hours ago, bruno22rf said: Quit smoking about 15 years ago (30-40/day) and used to smoke a pipe when out with my Black Powder Guns (always felt.....just right somehow) - I don't miss ciggies at all but I miss the smell of Balkan Sobranie terribly sometimes when out roost shooting with the smoke pole. I used to smoke Balkan Sobranie in a pipe ------- but you can't buy it any more. Still have the pipes, though not smoked for maybe 10 or 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Got a Dr Plumb pipe in the workshop.........put it down about 25 years ago, never picked it up to smoke again......it's still there!.....Clan was the tobacco of choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 You can still get the main ingredient of Sobranie,,,Latikia,,at several places. I had it as the main flavour of the mix I smoked. https://www.mysmokingshop.co.uk/index2.php?mod=mancats&man=326&sec=1656 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Velocette said: You can still get the main ingredient of Sobranie,,,Latikia,,at several places. I had it as the main flavour of the mix I smoked. https://www.mysmokingshop.co.uk/index2.php?mod=mancats&man=326&sec=1656 Thanks for the link! When I packed up smoking I had 14 out of a box of 25 Cohiba Esplendido Cuban cigars left in the humidor.....according to the source in your link, they are now £41.99 each or £992.99 per box of 25!.........might try smoking one on my 70th? Lol! Apparantly they were made exclusively for Fidel Castro at one time, and are reputed to improve with age? Edited January 26, 2019 by panoma1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Velocette said: You can still get the main ingredient of Sobranie,,,Latikia,,at several places. I had it as the main flavour of the mix I smoked. https://www.mysmokingshop.co.uk/index2.php?mod=mancats&man=326&sec=1656 I tried a number of others after Balkan Sobranie became unavailable. the nicest was 'Artisan mixture'. I haven't smoked in 10 years or more now, so won't be re-starting thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm in a teacup Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, panoma1 said: Thanks for the link! When I packed up smoking I had 14 out of a box of 25 Cohiba Esplendido Cuban cigars left in the humidor.....according to the source in your link, they are now £41.99 each or £992.99 per box of 25!.........might try smoking one on my 70th? Lol! Apparantly they were made exclusively for Fidel Castro at one time, and are reputed to improve with age? As long as they have been stored correctly they will be fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I've been thinking about starting pipe smoking but not sure as I've never smoked cigarettes, it's just it seems a relaxing thing to do and I love the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Nice to see a few aspiring Jack Hargreaves wannabees on here.😀 I have a meacham pipe somewhere in the house, I think I left it in the east wing a few years ago. Hope I dont find it to be honest, bad enough trying to quit the rollies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, washerboy said: I've been thinking about starting pipe smoking but not sure as I've never smoked cigarettes, it's just it seems a relaxing thing to do and I love the smell. The smell and the taste are quite different! Lol! 🤢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Yes I did think that, I will buy a £8 pipe and a fivers worth of tobacco to try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, panoma1 said: The smell and the taste are quite different! Lol! 🤢 That's an understatement, if you suck too hard it burns your tongue and then if suck up the liquid bite 😵 Edited January 28, 2019 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I used to smoke a pipe regularly. My every day tobacco was Gawith Hoggarths pensioners mixture which was a blend of all sorts. I did like to try a lot of others as well, with Peterson’s connoisseurs choice being a regular. I packed it in as I was smoking too much. Just a cigar smoker now with a couple of Cuban’s every weekend. Every now and then I do clip a bit of cigar off, slice it up finely, moisten it slightly with some whisky and the stick it in my pipe and smoke it, normally during late night conference calls for work. Figgy is right though, you really don’t want any of that liquid that builds up, so cleanliness is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, washerboy said: Yes I did think that, I will buy a £8 pipe and a fivers worth of tobacco to try Noooooòoo , don't start smoking !!!!!!. I'm a none smoking nicotine addict , starting smoking( when I was young and stupid)was the worst and most stupid mistake I ever made . Just be content to get the odd whiff of pipe or cigar smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I wouldn't start smoking as it is bad for you. If youike the smell burn a bit of pipe tobacco and enjoy the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 hello, i use to get my pipe baccy from an American in the USA Air Force that lived next door while he was stationed in Welford, many of the old fashioned tobacco shops have closed but there is one on Oxfords high street if anyone interested to visit, you walk in to a wiff of many brands and different mixtures and pipes galore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Smoked a pipe for 30 years St Bruno being the baccy of choice, but packed in in 1999 and after the first week have never had the desire to start again. Nice at the time though. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 There's an old fashioned tobacconist in Bristol that I like to go into, it smells so nice and is full of old, dark wood. I smoke the very occasional cigar, might try a pipe at some point. Would be nice to find a tobacco that smells nice and doesn't taste grim. Or hire someone else to smoke them for me, while I stand down wind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, sandspider said: There's an old fashioned tobacconist in Bristol that I like to go into, it smells so nice and is full of old, dark wood. I smoke the very occasional cigar, might try a pipe at some point. Would be nice to find a tobacco that smells nice and doesn't taste grim. Or hire someone else to smoke them for me, while I stand down wind! hello, i think a lot of grim taste is down to keeping a pipe clean, a decent filter in the pipe bowel helps like the Falcon range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 I've never actually tried a pipe, I just like the smell of tobacco more than the taste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Clan aromatic was my baccy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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