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Post by olbluesmoke on Apr 26, 2024 14:24:47 GMT -5
What was the very first pipe tobacco you smoked?
Upon starting my pipe journey anew, after several years of discontinuance, I bought a new pipe and some tobacco at a store in the Springfield Mall, Northern Virginia. The tobacco was a bulk house blend called Checkmate and I believe it was Lane 1Q. Not the worst experience but definitely not the best. The next tobacco I purchased was one of those big ol' tins of Mac Baren Plumcake....man that tobacco bit the hell out of me. š Shortly thereafter, I graduated to McClelland blends...5100 Red Cake was nice.
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Post by turbocat on Apr 26, 2024 15:10:59 GMT -5
Kentucky Club Mixture. I only smoked a few bowls of the pouch though. Holiday was next if I remember correctly.
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Post by coalsmoke on Apr 26, 2024 15:15:43 GMT -5
Original Amphora in the red pouch back in '70 or '71. I knew an old guy that smoked it so I thought that I'd give it a try in my new brylon pipe. I didn't know anything about smoking a pipe then and I suffered front tongue bite constantly.
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Post by urbino on Apr 26, 2024 15:58:05 GMT -5
Some store blend from the pipe shop in Waco. (Most likely a Lane's blend.)
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Post by Silver on Apr 26, 2024 16:10:58 GMT -5
Some OTC cherry blend during my first, unsuccessful attempt at pipe smoking. For the second, and successful attempt, I upgraded (hahaha) to a bulk raspberry blend from the Tinderbox.
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Post by username on Apr 26, 2024 17:13:55 GMT -5
Murray's era dunhill nightcap. Then tinder box midnight aka lane bca.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 26, 2024 19:08:26 GMT -5
Mr Henry from the Pipe Pub in SW Houston. Pretty sure it was 1Q.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 26, 2024 20:10:35 GMT -5
Wish I could remember. It was a Navy flake in a neat white box with a flip-lid. Bought it in a shop in Ithaca, NY. Smoked it in a cob.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 26, 2024 22:12:52 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 26, 2024 22:29:31 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Apr 26, 2024 23:16:21 GMT -5
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jonmc75
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Post by jonmc75 on Apr 27, 2024 5:50:10 GMT -5
Gawith & Hoggarth 'American Sweet Peach', it's meant to be a close match for Lane1Q, but have never tried L1Q, so not sure.
The G&H offering is pretty darn good, a pleasant, well behaved aromatic.
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Post by NJDan on Apr 27, 2024 6:34:04 GMT -5
Officerās Club. I cracked the tin, and my dad was sitting next to me. He loved aromatics, and I enjoyed every gloopy burning minute of it.
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 29, 2024 5:25:21 GMT -5
Captain Black in a cob I picked up at the local native smoke shop
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Post by briarpipenyc on Apr 29, 2024 7:07:48 GMT -5
When I turned 16 years old....daddy-dearest said I could smoke a pipe.
Bought a pipe. Now, I was a man!
Loaded it with "Mixture No. 79".
I threw up.
"Troost" became my pipe's friend for a long time.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 29, 2024 11:22:07 GMT -5
When I turned 16 years old....daddy-dearest said I could smoke a pipe. Bought a pipe. Now, I was a man! Loaded it with "Mixture No. 79". I threw up. "Troost" became my pipe's friend for a long time. I was about 65 when I tried M79. I also threw up. |
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Post by johnlawitzke on May 1, 2024 22:57:36 GMT -5
š¤·āāļøš¤·āāļøš¤·āāļø Some pouch from the rack in the party store where I bought the pipe. It was just another way enjoy tobacco and not a "hobby" or "lifestyle". Not really a special event for me so I didnāt take note. Also, it was 1983 at Michigan State Univ. which was ranked one of the top ten party schools at the time. If you remember the 80s, you didnāt experience the 80sā¦
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rastewart
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First Name: Rich
Favorite Pipe: Freehands, bent bulldogs, and the incomparable Peterson 303
Favorite Tobacco: Mac Baren's Scottish Blend (Mixture), C&D Mountain Camp, C&D Bayou Morning
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Post by rastewart on May 6, 2024 17:07:43 GMT -5
First blend would have been a pouch from the old tobacco shop on University Avenue in Carbondale, Illinois, after I bought my first pipes (at a yard sale, as I've mentioned elsewhere). I don't really remember, but it was probably either Flying Dutchman or Borkum Riff. I was too shy to ask the proprietor for advice (a lost opportunity, as he must have had decades of experience and could have saved me lots of trial and error, and possibly steered me to some blends now gone) and went by the pictures and descriptions on the pouch.
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Post by urbino on May 6, 2024 18:29:45 GMT -5
First blend would have been a pouch from the old tobacco shop on University Avenue in Carbondale, Illinois, after I bought my first pipes (at a yard sale, as I've mentioned elsewhere). I don't really remember, but it was probably either Flying Dutchman or Borkum Riff. I was too shy to ask the proprietor for advice (a lost opportunity, as he must have had decades of experience and could have saved me lots of trial and error, and possibly steered me to some blends now gone) and went by the pictures and descriptions on the pouch. When in doubt, always go by the pictures. |
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Post by turbocat on May 6, 2024 21:31:03 GMT -5
When I turned 16 years old....daddy-dearest said I could smoke a pipe. Bought a pipe. Now, I was a man! Loaded it with "Mixture No. 79". I threw up. "Troost" became my pipe's friend for a long time. I was about 65 when I tried M79. I also threw up. I just contacted Hugh Hefner on an Ouija board and he says Mixture 79 is a great tobacco and heās pretty sure heās got better taste than you š¤Ŗ. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 6, 2024 21:47:49 GMT -5
I was about 65 when I tried M79. I also threw up. I just contacted Hugh Hefner on an Ouija board and he says Mixture 79 is a great tobacco and heās pretty sure heās got better taste than you š¤Ŗ. He certainly spread it around more than me. As for taste, he's like Charlie the Tuna. |
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