Category: Smoking Pipe Tobacco

Blender’s description: “Larry Loerzel, one of our regular store customers, and connoisseur of English/Balkan blends had tried Ten to Midnight, and although he liked it, he was looking for something a little fuller and different. Based on his preference, we blended a full, traditional Balkan using Orientals that were more “buttery” and amped-up the Latakia. This blend is now a big hit among our full-bodied English fans; a cool-smoking, very rich mixture.”

I have some videos up on YouTube that are especially popular. Between the 40,000 or more views, a good chunk of those are the Pipe Smoking 101 Series.

To make them easier to find and link to I arranged each video on a separate page. See the navigation section above.

There are now two ways to subscribe to the email updates. You only need to subscribe to one, there is no need to subscribe to both.

I am curious to know how important the burning qualities of a blend are to you. Please head over to the Tamp and Puff pipe smoking forums and discuss your personal preferences.

Tamp and Puff Forums are UP

For real this time…

Simply put, DGT is just lighting a pipe, smoking some of it, and waiting until later to finish the rest. The twist is that with some tobaccos, most often Virginias and Virginia blends, this improves the flavor and behavior of the pipe.

As good as it smokes, this will also always be my “Iraq pipe.” That ended up being my last deployment. I never had the chance to treat myself to a better pipe at the end of a deployment because I never got to go back before I retired. If I had to thin the herd down to my favorite dozen, that pipe would remain in my collection and I’d say goodbye to pipes I’d spent much more on.

Please watch the video and discuss it in this thread on the forums.

Some good news about the comments/discussion features here on Smoking Pipe Tobacco.

Back in the day, I’m sure most people didn’t have to go far to buy pipes and pipe tobacco. More and more, for most of us, if we want to take advantage of any kind of selection we need to go online.

I am often asked to suggest online retailers. I’ve dealt with quite a few and had a lot of good experiences. There are plenty of reliable business people out there keeping our hobby alive.

Rather that go down a list and possibly forget someone, I think it better to offer a few guidelines I employ when buying online. If you have never purchased from a particular business before, here is what I suggest: