Over at A Passion for Pipes Neill came up with a really cool way to examine your own pipe smoking. I took his test and had a lot of fun with this today.
He breaks everything down into four general categories. (Yeah, yeah, I know - none of them will perfectly fit you - we're all so unique.) I was surprised at how well the "Smoker" category fits me.
Go have a look and see where you fit in. I'm the type who is very serious about the hobby, but my focus is more on the smoking (I'd further stipulate the tobacco itself) than on the pipes.
I'm way up there in the red. In Neill's words:
"[I] like and admire a handsome pipe, but if it doesn’t deliver a good smoke then it is a door-stop, not a pipe. [My] passion is the tobaccos [I] love and [my] pipes are necessary for the smoking experience. When [I] think about buying a pipe, it is primarily because [my] rotation requires it, not because [I] want another bright and shiny object on [my] rack. [I] can’t understand buying a pipe and not smoking it. When somebody proudly shows you a new pipe, your first question is “How does it smoke?” ... [I] choose [my] pipes based on how comfortable they are in the hand and in the mouth. [I] like a nice rusticated or blast pipe and are not all that thrilled about paying high prices for smooth pipes."
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I am a Gourmand…I have smoker tendencies but lean heavily in the direction of the Gourmand. Only thing that is holding me back from full Gourmand is that I don’t have many pipes…oh well…something to strive for…a goal.(^_^)
i definately land in the snacker, but that just because i avent thad enough time in the hobby to fully explore it.
I’m more of a connoisseur im afraid, i love having pipes i think they’re beautiful things, but i only like smoking them on odd occasions, so mainly nights out, days out anywhere, ill be taking a couple of pipes to Cyprus with me next month.