Do you label your tobaccos with pipe-pairing?

That's something I haven't done

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I don't do anything that is so specific that it pairs a pipe with a tobacco. I follow some general rules, such as aromatics with meerschaum or cob, Virginias in smaller bowls, English in any pipe. Strong Nic blends or hot blends go in smaller pipes.

To a point I do and sometimes its how much better it smokes or just a thing my brain tells to to do. Examples...

The pipe I that Cramptholomew made for me is tall and for me dryer blends do well that also hold up to longer smokes so it has seen a few English/Balkan blends but mostly Virginia and VaPers.

My MM Country Gentleman became my pipe for Deertongue after I pared it with C&D's Gentleman Caller. My brain said "a gentleman pipe with a gentleman tobacco" and so I did and here we are.

Falcons I like with aromatics as they tend to be more wet and so I like a pipe that can capture that moisture. Its easy to take off the bowl, dump the moisture and keep a dry smoke going if too much pools up.

That's about the extent of it for me.

I'm awful about this. "Oh, is this a pipe? Ok, I'll use this one."

Except for deertongue and Lakelands. They have cobs. I'm going to make myself a Lakeland only briar.

Like my Churchwarden.... Shortcut to Mushrooms and Hobbits Weed belong in that one. Not for the quality of the smoke, but because my brain tells me it's the right thing to do. I get what you mean McWiggins

I have used the same Peterson XL23 pipe for Penzance since 2010, other than that, no.

I like pretty much everything in a cob. I like pretty much everything in briars, too...also meers...pretty simple for me. I've noticed the few times I reach for a Va or VaPer that I usually put into a wider bowl...maybe a Briar Spirit Pipe.

I have a MM Cob for Lakelands. I wrote LAKE on the bottom of it.

Everything else is any tobacco with any pipe that's clean.

...to follow up my above remarks...

I have a friend who spent a number of years in China. He became fascinated with the ritual of "Tea." He returned to the US with an impressive collection of tea pots.

He mentioned to me (I had never heard this before) that, after a certain point of use, it was no longer necessary to put tea in the pot... one would simply boil water and enjoy the essence of the "experience" of a particular tea pot.

I'm not sure it translates directly, but my feeling about my pipes is somewhat similar. I can pick one out at an odd moment, and get the sense of what was last smoked in it, and what was smoked in it before. It's a subtle thing, but is real to me.

Good man! Looks like you're well on your way in your avatar, Josh. Is the picture up to date?

I think my avatar pic is 4 or 5 months old. I'll update the pic sometime today. It has grown even more.

Great pairings imprint on me and I tend to remember them for the next time. I'm sure many of you are like me, in that you almost have a mental thumbprint of each of your frequently smoked pipes and can actually guess which will be best for a blend. I am often surprised though. haha

I was wondering if pipe material or shape makes a difference. This thread tells me that it's probably in my head and I should just learn how to adjust for moisture content. I'd like to post more questions, but you guys seem to have answers for all of my questions. LOL Great group here for sure.