re: Can anyone suggest a good pipe and good smelling tobacco

Start off with a cheap corncob pipe from Missouri Meerschaum.

As for tobacco, I’m not really a fan of aromatic blends, but two of the best selling blends all time are Lane 1Q & Captain Black Original. Those two blends are probably what you think of when you think of the smell of pipe tobacco. There’s other “codger” blends you could try:
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Carter Hall
- Granger
- half & half
- Prince Albert

I was like you when I first got into it I loved the smell of aromatic pipe tobacco. However, I never got anything other than hot air from it while smoking. I now basically only smoke non aromatic tobacco.

I’d suggest going to smokingpipes.com, adding a MM corn cob pipe that looks good to you, and then select a few 1oz bulk samples, recs:

- Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake (Virginia & perique aka VaPer blend)
- Cornell & Diehl’s Autumn Evening (an aromatic that still retains some tobacco flavor)
- Lane 1Q (quintessential aromatic)
- Cornell & Diehl’s Haunted Bookshop (Burley forward blend with Virginia and a touch of perique)
- Kramer’s Father Dempsey (English blend)

Those 5 blends & the country gentleman corn cob pipe would cost you just under $40 on smokingpipes.com right now. I think those 5 tobaccos would give you a selection that covers your bases, and can help you figure out what you might like, and where you might like to go moving forward without spending a ton of money.

I am a former cigarette smoker and frequently smoke a cigar. A friend gave me a pipe a few years ago with some tobacco, I enjoyed smoking it but I can't find a tobacco that I like. I've never tried any that you mentioned. I tend to always gravitate to the more expensive items but I haven't been able to make myself order expensive stuff without trying first. Where could I order samples?

Also, if it's a good quality pipe tobacco, especially if it's in cake form like Plum Pudding is t crumble it and spread it to dry for a bit before smoking.

The problem with aromatics is that it's black Cavendish with a food grade flavoring and surfactant. It's naturally going to burn hot. Really any type of Virginia is going to burn hotter than à latakia blend, but aromatics are the biggest culprit.

Also, I've noticed a lot of former cigar smokers tend to gravitate more to the Burley blends like Old Dark Fired. A very good, but stronger flavored tobacco. Cornell & Diehl make some good Burley blends like Hainted Bookshop. Another one I like to smoke.

I think i have some of dang near about every pipe tobacco made in the last 75 years.

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I can't remember the blend I used to get at the Lakeside smoke shop that was my favorite.

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Same here. I would head to "The Tinder Box" in Lakeside Mall and buy a great tasting and smelling tobacco for my pipes and loved smoking them.

I quit all forms of smoking almost 23 years now and miss my pipe more than cigarettes by a country mile.

For the life of me I can't remember the name of the pipe tobacco blend I used back then.

To the OP, a good burl pipe is a great choice and I still have 2 of them that I kept after giving a few of them away to one of my brother-in-law's who was also a pipe smoker.

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Can anyone suggest a good pipe

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euphemism?

I forgot The Tinderbox.

This thread has me intrigued. I'd love to give pipe smoking a try in lieu of the occasional cigar I smoke. However, the number of pipe variations is overwhelming. What corn cob pipe is best to start with?

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Am I to break this up by hand?

Yeah you can “rub it out” or “fold & stuff.” Just do a YouTube search on how to prepare flake pipe tobacco. There’s no shortage of videos explaining the different methods.