Pipe tips for Cigar People, what we've learned...

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  • Stubble
    Stubble Posts: 10,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Less moist tobacco is not always a bad thing. I prefer mine a tad on the dryer side than most.

    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Also, when it comes to jars, it’s good to flip them over every so often during long term storage. Gravity eventually plays a part and the moisture will seep to the bottom making what’s on top be much dryer.

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FWIW….anything I open gets jarred. All extras stay in original unopened packaging. I made the mistake of starting with 4 oz jars…way too small. 8 oz is as small as I go. Get plenty, more than you need, of jars in case you go on a buying spree.

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • Cheapsmoke
    Cheapsmoke Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Bump for @CheapSmoke

    Take a look through this thread. I've modified some of my positions since I started this, but nothing major. Others have contributed as well. Might help with perspective.

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    Appreciated. I will look..

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm looking for tips for prepping and smoking twists. Whenever I slice them up, it's like smoking whole leaf. Even though I thought I dried this enough in the sun, it's still requiring a lot of relights. How do you prep your twists?

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  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I use my chaveta and chop it up. An ulu would work well too.

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice, I'll have to break out my ulu next time.

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  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I use a rounded cleaver and then I use my newly founded method of flake packing. I think most of you may remember my previous battles with flake and coin trying to maintain a consistent burn.

    Well….i have employed a, new to me, method for flake, coin and twist plug.

    Depending on the depth of the bowl, I cut, twist or break the flake to match bowl depth and then place the flake grain vertically through out the bowl. Haven’t had a burn issue since.

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,603 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I used to use an ulu to cut quite thin coins, grab a bunch.and stuff them in a cob, but I am a heathen in most things.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am happy to hear you have found the way of the Flake, Jeff, that's pretty much how I roll. With flakes it's important to leave a bit of room in the bowl because the tobacco swells up when you light and smoke it and can choke the bowl if it is too tight a fit.

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  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:
    I am happy to hear you have found the way of the Flake, Jeff, that's pretty much how I roll. With flakes it's important to leave a bit of room in the bowl because the tobacco swells up when you light and smoke it and can choke the bowl if it is too tight a fit.

    @Yakster absolutely my experience. I think, well I’m sure, all the previous methods I’ve employed did not account for the expansion and was simply too tight. However, not being the brightest star in the sky, my new method, for me, does not allow me to over pack and leave enough room for expansion. It’s a whole New World for me… Flake is amazing and I enjoy it very much… Especially now that I have figured out how to smoke it LMFAO.

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve also found that the shape of the bowl seems to affect flake more than other cuts.

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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just as you can't judge a cigar after 1 stick, you gotta have at least 2, maybe 3 bowls to form an accurate opinion of a pipe blend.

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  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Just as you can't judge a cigar after 1 stick, you gotta have at least 2, maybe 3 bowls to form an accurate opinion of a pipe blend.

    Sometimes less and sometimes more 😎

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    I just ordered my first pipe and a few tins to go with it. Nice to see this discussion and all the tips pop up.

    Post a pic of your pipe and tins when they arrive. We're all together on this ride.

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    I just ordered my first pipe and a few tins to go with it. Nice to see this discussion and all the tips pop up.

    Post a pic of your pipe and tins when they arrive. We're all together on this ride.

    Will do. The pipe should arrive tomorrow I think but the tins are a few weeks out....stupid Utah.

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pm me your address. I'll send you some stuff to try.

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Pm me your address. I'll send you some stuff to try.

    PM'd. I appreciate it man thats awesome! I'll send you a couple sticks in return after they arrive.

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No need. Give me a few days. Probably won't ship until monday.

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  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OmgFrigginMike In my limited learning, I would say that as long as the cob stays dry, all good.

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hawks do the pipe itself can withstand being stored in heat and/or cold(carport) when not in use but what about the tobacco? Does it need to be stored in a more stable environment like the cigars?

    I probably could have just googled this but maybe it’ll help the next guy.

  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,306 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 7

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    @Hawks do the pipe itself can withstand being stored in heat and/or cold(carport) when not in use but what about the tobacco? Does it need to be stored in a more stable environment like the cigars?

    I probably could have just googled this but maybe it’ll help the next guy.

    A good mason jar has never let me down.
    Edit: I've been keeping my go-to cob in the garage where I smoke all summer.

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 7

    @Hawks said:

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    @Hawks do the pipe itself can withstand being stored in heat and/or cold(carport) when not in use but what about the tobacco? Does it need to be stored in a more stable environment like the cigars?

    I probably could have just googled this but maybe it’ll help the next guy.

    A good mason jar has never let me down.
    Edit: I've been keeping my go-to cob in the garage where I smoke all summer.

    But is it fine to keep the mason jar out in the car port with the pipe or should I bring that in the house where it stays more stable?

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