Morleys is very good. Have you tried Byzantium? Or Epiphany? Both good too.
I'm amazed how C&D can make so many very different blends with the same components.

Today I enjoyed my first bowl of the Friboug & Treyer Virginia Plug, and it was wonderful. Smooth and tasty.

The Days Work plug is so saturated in molasses that it will take some extensive drying to make it work. I would try putting it in the oven at a low temp, maybe 150F for a few hours. That should get it plenty toasty.

I've never heard of anyone smoking chewing tobacco, so that's new to me.

I've got some Redman I've been drying out for a while now that I'll try to smoke. I stuck it in a food processor with some water to try and draw out some of the molasses. I'll try it tomorrow.

You learn something everyday.

I did think that the ropes that Snuff Store sells were for chewing at first, then I read it was for a pipe. It's pretty cool that you can use something for 2 methods.

I wonder if Days Work would work in a hookah. Hey it's got molasses. %-)
It's been a while since I smoked some rope. I've got a bit of SG #4. I like the SG, but I prefer the GH ropes, but GH is considerably more expensive. Figures eh. The twists fascinated me when I first started the pipe. Never saw pipe tobacco formed like that. They certainly pack a nico punch. I got some American twists, Cotton Boll and Stokers, to try in a pipe, wooooo now that's some strong smoke. Reminds me of smoking straight Perique. OoOf

sprangalang - I smoked some cottonboll the other day. Very strong. It smokes for a long time too.

Just finishing a long long smoke of Samuel Gawith Commonwealth. Alternating between that and Squadron Leader in the pipe I use for English's. I've been experimenting with the Full Virginia Flake in my other pipe.
Does anybody agree with me that F&T High Dry Toast goes well with pretty much any pipe tobacco?

o.k. any one have good sugestions for cigar like pipe tobaccos since they seem to be my favorites.

Bob, have a look at GLP's Robusto (haven't smoked it myself) and C&D's Big & Burley and Old Joe Krantz. OJK is a cult fave and has very cigar like base notes with a fairly heavy head-butt of Perique. B&B is even more cigar like, bordering on harsh but dancing around the edge that it never actually goes to the dark side.

But, I really believe for people who love a good cigar, the best thing to smoke is a good cigar.

Gilgawulf, if it has Cuban tobacco, then you will not see it for sale in America. Note that they can say "Havana seed tobacco" because when Castro's buddies took off in the fifties and sixties they took their seed with them and went to Honduras and the Dominican Republic and other points unknown. They planted the seed and sell non-Cuban grown leaf as "havana seed".

Or, there could be two versions of Fox's Mixture. The domestic one could well have Cuban leaf, the one sold in America certainly will not. It's been embargoed since the Bay of Pigs under JFK.

Mine are:
Forrestal Black Cherry
Condor aromatic
Erinmore
Gold Block
Clan

I don't do it that often but really enjoy it when I do.

I quit pipe smoking about 4 years ago but I always believed that, if you want to enjoy it, don't be stingy when you buy a pipe. A good smoke needs a good pipe. Good tobacco in a cheap pipe tastes cheap. I adored Petersen Pipes (the thinking man smokes a Petersen). A corncob pipe can be great fun but if you are serious about smoking a pipe, buy a something decent. I kept a pipe for everyday of the week plus a few spares. In fact, I still have them, my wifes has hidden them away so as not to temp me to start using them again. There must be at least 12 of them somewhere in the house.
The tobacco I loved most was Three Nuns, can't remember anymore who made it.

@gilgawolf. Foxs bankers is one of my favorites. It says it's havana seed but it taste pretty darn havana grown to my tongue. Plus the tin I have just has a sticker over the word cuban. It's the first cigar leaf type of pipe tobacco I've tried and I have to say it's more like somewhere between cigar and pipe and is something I want to explore much more deeply.
@ snuffbox I'll have to give these blends a spin for sure. Mucho Gracias.

A nice pipe is also a thing of visual beauty. I'am glad I have my one cheap pipe. It's my woods pipe (if I went fishing it would be the one). It smokes o.k. the thing is if it gets damaged or lost I won't cry (I'd cry if anything happened to my brebbia or meerschaum or my falcon). I broke it in and now save it for camping trips and things like that. By the way I know some repectable pipe smokers who love corn cobs (not really my favorite) and consider them to be good pipes. Cobs do not interfere with the smoke and are sometimes called missisipi meerschaum because they smoke cool and sweet. I say if you like the cob they are actualy quite perfectly acceptable (they don't compare to a high end brair) but they are definatly comprably in smoking quality to a middle of the road brair (diffrent beasts of course but I'am speaking of enjoyment). In fact I used to buy cobs for camping and things like that and often would keep them untill they got broken (never treated them well). Don't forget that certain famous people who smoked corn cobs could have afforded what ever pipes they wanted but that they prefered corn cobs over brair. I guess I'am saying do not knock the cob.

"@Snuffbox: Quite possible, as I was sort of in a hurry when I was looking at the tin. Are the restrictions so tight that a few flakes of Havana can't sneak in in a tobacco blended in continental Europe for a British company which then ships it to a few stores in the US? Well, either way, judging from what I read in the news today we won't have to worry about it for too much longer."

Yes, the embargo is well known since the mid 1960s. The British and Canadian shops always have customers trying to order Cuban cigars and they don't ship them. So they're on to the whole idea of not shipping anything with Cuban tobacco to America.

The cobs they make pipes from are not waste corn. They worked with a university nearby and actually developed a hybridized strain of corn- the cob is the product. They have about 150 acres under corn and contract out some more. Still, they strengthen their big ones with wooden dowel bottoms and it does seem to help. The bigger ones weigh a ton, they are not hangers. You won't want to clench a Diplomat, Great Dane, or General in your teeth unless your name is Jaws.

I have a great Dane and it is very nice. Still, the General is the biggest I have an it is the best of the bunch. Get the straight stems, they enter at a better angle and don't weaken the bases like the so-called bent stems do. The only bigger cob is the Freehand, just too ugly/expensive for my taste. Actually the McA is bigger, I just remembered. Wouldn't mind trying one, but you need a nice flamethrower to get to the bottom of one.

Go direct to the manufacturer for the best selection and great service: http://corncobpipe.com/

MacBaren Dark Twist

I'm actually adept at this than I expected coming into it. Except for the attempt with the Days Work. Sorry if that made some cringe.

PREP+LIGHT+BURN - simple

I was smoking Commonwealth and Squadron Leader out of a pipe I had devoted to them exclusively, and now that pipe has taken on a briney taste that has made everything I smoke afterwards have taste like copper and seawater. So I'm smoking Rattrays Brown Clunee and Gawith Full Virginia flake to try and clear that pipe out. Anybody else have that problem, where a pipe accentuates the latakia to such a degree as to make it unpleasant? Anybody find a type of pipe that works well at not doing that?

cstokes4 - It's like a monkey on my back from my intention of drying it out, I look at it everyday, but I happened upon a couple more tobacconist shops and am busy with what they sold me.

McClelland Dark Star.
Just got it in the mail and it smokes great~

In my Dr.Grabow, a Cavendish I picked up in a Waikiki novelty/tobacco shop some years ago. It was labeled "Tropical". The Korean store owner discouraged me from getting it, saying that the "cappuccino" was better and that I should get that. I insisted on getting it anyway as well as some other very old tins of Peterson tobacco ( a couple of Irish Oaks and a Sherlock Holmes I think they were). Anyway, he ended up giving me 1/2 pound bag of "cappuccino" as a gift. He said that no one buys pipe tobacco anymore and that cigars are more popular. I'm glad I have the "Tropical" to smoke as it's quite nice. I used a filter and sucked down the whole bowl relatively quickly. I don't really smoke Cavendish too often so it was a great change of pace for me.

BTW when you are cleaning a pipe, unless it has gone disastrously sour (not likely from what you described) the main area to clean is the shank. That is where a pipe sours, the bowl is almost never the culprit. Give the shank a good scrubbing with everclear (don't use rubbing alcohol on pipes!) or high-proof vodka until the pipe cleaners come out without any discoloration. Then let the pipe sit preferably bowl-down, for a week or whatever is necessary according to your location.

The next smoke should be remarkably improved.

I haven't used the store bought kind, I think you could use either or. Depends on how much you have to pay which one to choose.

I don't know that you want to use Bee every day, I would think once a month would be enough. Ask around on that one.

Bee has water. I use rubbing alcohol - Get the loose stuff out with a bristle cleaner, then just one alcohol wet cleaner through the shank followed by a few dry ones. Then let it sit for at least a few days.

I've heard vinegar works well for chasing ghosts.