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Post by billyklubb on Aug 13, 2017 9:53:15 GMT -5
I started smoking a pipe on and off almost 10 years ago. I started off with Prince Albert and Captain Black. it's only been the last 3 years or so that I've been exploring different blends, which I find to be like craft beer. There are a bazillion varieties out there to be had. Some are great, some are good, and some are neither. While I enjoy VA/Pers, English, plugs, and twists, I still have a soft spot for that old favorite: Prince Albert. Same as I still have a soft spot for Arrogant Bastard Ale, one of the first real craft beers I had.
So, what blend did you start with? Do you still smoke it?
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Post by Stormy on Aug 13, 2017 10:00:55 GMT -5
Lane Q1, Carter Hall, Virginia spice come to mind.
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Post by profrmdover on Aug 13, 2017 10:09:46 GMT -5
Most of the drug store brands like Middleton's. I was 18 and going into a tobacco store was intimidating. I finally ventured in and bought some bulk tobacco that turned out to be Lane 1Q. Mostly stuck with Sugar Barrel, Captain Black ...
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Post by tedvig on Aug 13, 2017 10:24:53 GMT -5
I first started when I was 15 with a pipe from the hardware store... Yup, the hardware store. I smoked Argosy Black mostly. I remember getting some tobacco named after Old Grandad whiskey at one point.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 10:27:49 GMT -5
An aromatic from the shop I bought my first pipe at back in 1980. A peach blend if I recall. Always aromatics when I first started. Now maybe one pipe out of 20 is an aromatic.
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Post by danno44 on Aug 13, 2017 11:02:15 GMT -5
April 2015 is when I first smoked a pipe. A pouch of Captain Black Royal and Cherry bought at a "Tobacco Store" i.e discount cigarette store. Smoked the Royal first, then tried the cherry. The Royal is long gone, I still have the Cherry pouch less 2 bowls, but will never be smoked by me, not sure it even worth sending to someone to try, it certainly hasn't dried out being open in the pouch for over 2 years.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 12:41:57 GMT -5
Was 15 when I started. I kept trying different tins, Sail, Flying Dutchman, Amphora, M79, Midd Cherry, before settling in, late 70's on Tinderbox's Captain Spice, Lamplighter, and Philosopher. Another shop had some match blends I would buy as I liked his shop better.
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Post by haebar on Aug 13, 2017 13:12:14 GMT -5
Sir Walter Raleigh. My dad smoked it, so I started out with it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 13:17:01 GMT -5
Sir Walter Raleigh. My dad smoked it, so I started out with it. My dad, too! SWR and Muriel Coronas for stogies. |
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Post by peteguy on Aug 13, 2017 13:29:04 GMT -5
Way back in high school it was Captain Black. When I picked up the pipe years later it was 1Q.
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Post by beardedmi on Aug 13, 2017 13:41:08 GMT -5
Captain black white, prince albert, and sutliff bulk aromatics relabeled as store brand bulk.
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Post by mgtarheel on Aug 13, 2017 14:03:52 GMT -5
Started at 14 with something we call down here in the south "rabbit tobacco". Never was quite sure what it really was.
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Aug 13, 2017 14:10:16 GMT -5
Lane 1Q was my 1st pipe tobacco, at first I was mixing it with my cig tobacco in tubes.
Then I bought a MM Legend from Walgreens, the pipe journey began & the cigs went bye bye.
I still smoke 1Q, but not as much since I started to enjoy Va, Va/Pers & dark fired Kentucky blends.
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Post by JimInks on Aug 13, 2017 14:26:26 GMT -5
I started out with Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey. Tried all the BK blends at the tine, was not satisfied with any of them, so I branched out to other companies' blends. A lot of them. For a short time, I was smoking Skandinavik Regular until I found the Amphoras, and quickly settled on the Original. Then, I smoked a bunch of Tinderbox blends (repacked Lane and Stokebye products), had a personal blend made for me that I smoked for over thirty years (two-thirds Anniversary Cherry, one third latakia), and still experimented with other blends. When I started smoking Three Nuns (1982) and Balkan Sobranie (early'80s), it was hard to go back to most of that stuff, though I did smoke Dunhill English bulks.
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Post by crapgame on Aug 13, 2017 16:59:01 GMT -5
I started with lane 1Q. When I bought my first pipe, a Brebbia gala 986, my tobacconist put the paladin black cherry back on the shelf and and said he cant let me start with "Candy Tobacco" since I was buying a decent pipe to start my pipe smoking journey. He said many people start with this blend and it most likely will not turn me off of pipe tobacco and he was right.. I still smoke it and enjoy it usually in the fall outside with my wife on the porch.
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Post by profrmdover on Aug 13, 2017 17:01:06 GMT -5
Oh, and John Rolfe Peach Brandy!
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 13, 2017 21:09:10 GMT -5
Some cherry blend that was horrible. I finally went to a real pipe shop and the owner taught me a lot and moved me to Dunhill MM965 pretty quickly.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Aug 13, 2017 21:21:56 GMT -5
...first tobaccos in 1960 were Prince Albert, SWR, Granger, Mixture #79 & Carter Hall...a friend of my family travelled to Europe monthly and in '62 began my long affair with Lakelands and Matured Virginias...Oh what memories!
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Post by JimInks on Aug 13, 2017 21:37:15 GMT -5
...first tobaccos in 1960 were Prince Albert, SWR, Granger, Mixture #79 & Carter Hall...a friend of my family travelled to Europe monthly and in '62 began my long affair with Lakelands and Matured Virginias...Oh what memories! What were your initial reactions to Lakelands? I'd like to hear about about that. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 23:33:29 GMT -5
Captain Black
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Post by kraken on Aug 14, 2017 0:25:44 GMT -5
A vanilla flavored black Cavendish that was in the jar at the store. I ended up mixing in a bit of vanilla flavored yellow Virginia too. Smoked that for a while, but not anymore.
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Post by antb on Aug 14, 2017 1:50:23 GMT -5
All of the Borkum Riffs  Was so thankful to find Sturk's Tobacconist after that; their house blends opened a new world to me and through them I met Samuel Gawith  ....the rest is history. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 5:29:17 GMT -5
Mixture #79 believe it or not and didn't understand why anyone would smoke the stuff.
Now I enjoy War Horse Green which if you don't know is a Licorice and Anise flavored blend but, the ONLY aro I smoke.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Aug 14, 2017 6:19:49 GMT -5
...first tobaccos in 1960 were Prince Albert, SWR, Granger, Mixture #79 & Carter Hall...a friend of my family travelled to Europe monthly and in '62 began my long affair with Lakelands and Matured Virginias...Oh what memories! What were your initial reactions to Lakelands? I'd like to hear about about that. ...it was quite a change from the OTC's I had smoked...Condor, St. Bruno Flake, and several of the SG tobaccos...my first exposure to 1792 flake left me breathless...at first I disliked it but something kept pulling me back daily to the 1792...it was much more potent back then, than today...then it was Manchester Tobacco's Revor Plug...an 80 year old retired Lawyer, who I did yard work for led me on a exploration of pipe tobacco that allowed me to experience PM Revelation, Cope's Escudo, and a number of tobaccos that hadn't been around for years...in fact, when he passed away at 92, his wife gave me all his pipe tobacco which I smoked well into the mid 70's... ...at 12 I read "The Pipe Book" by A. Dunhill...then Compton Mackenzie's "Sublime Tobacco"...which continued to fuel my passion...so, a rather unique experience for a young piper! |
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Post by crapgame on Aug 14, 2017 6:38:03 GMT -5
What were your initial reactions to Lakelands? I'd like to hear about about that. ...it was quite a change from the OTC's I had smoked...Condor, St. Bruno Flake, and several of the SG tobaccos...my first exposure to 1792 flake left me breathless...at first I disliked it but something kept pulling me back daily to the 1792...it was much more potent back then, than today...then it was Manchester Tobacco's Revor Plug...an 80 year old retired Lawyer, who I did yard work for led me on a exploration of pipe tobacco that allowed me to experience PM Revelation, Cope's Escudo, and a number of tobaccos that hadn't been around for years...in fact, when he passed away at 92, his wife gave me all his pipe tobacco which I smoked well into the mid 70's... ...at 12 I read "The Pipe Book" by A. Dunhill...then Compton Mackenzie's "Sublime Tobacco"...which continued to fuel my passion...so, a rather unique experience for a young piper! What a journey you have had! I had a friend from Ireland send me some Condor about 15 years ago along with a half dozen pipes and some other tobaccos,all but 2 pipes I was able to smoke because of ghosting and the Condor was discarded right after trying it. |
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 14, 2017 6:55:05 GMT -5
Borkum Riff and Captain Black in 1972 when I first started smoking a pipe but tried a few of the OTCs like Carter Hall, Middleston's Cherry and even Mixture 79.
I was about to just quit when I found out about tobacconists.
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Post by Artistik on Aug 14, 2017 7:47:40 GMT -5
Flying Dutchman.
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Post by goose on Aug 14, 2017 8:02:41 GMT -5
Frog Morton Cellar
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Post by Lady Margaret on Aug 14, 2017 9:01:40 GMT -5
April 2015 is when I first smoked a pipe. A pouch of Captain Black Royal and Cherry bought at a "Tobacco Store" i.e discount cigarette store. Smoked the Royal first, then tried the cherry. The Royal is long gone, I still have the Cherry pouch less 2 bowls, but will never be smoked by me, not sure it even worth sending to someone to try, it certainly hasn't dried out being open in the pouch for over 2 years.....
I LOVE Captain Black Cherry!!! CB's Red Sky is also a cherry and very delightful 
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Post by Lady Margaret on Aug 14, 2017 9:04:48 GMT -5
I started out with Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey. Tried all the BK blends at the tine, was not satisfied with any of them, so I branched out to other companies' blends. A lot of them. For a short time, I was smoking Skandinavik Regular until I found the Amphoras, and quickly settled on the Original. Then, I smoked a bunch of Tinderbox blends (repacked Lane and Stokebye products), had a personal blend made for me that I smoked for over thirty years (two-thirds Anniversary Cherry, one third latakia), and still experimented with other blends. When I started smoking Three Nuns (1982) and Balkan Sobranie (early'80s), it was hard to go back to most of that stuff, though I did smoke Dunhill English bulks.
your personal blend sounds very interesting!
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Was so thankful to find Sturk's Tobacconist after that; their house blends opened a new world to me and through them I met Samuel Gawith 
....the rest is history.
