Rolling back into Pipeland with some FVF...

[Andy Lowry]

I'd let my pipesmoking slack off for three or four months; was only smoking maybe once a week and not enjoying it all that much. A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to show the briars some affection instead of just brushing the dust off of them, so I started smoking every day after work. None of my old favorites seemed to suit me-- they were all sharp and bitey, even the formerly smooth laid-back ones like McC's Ringlow (I guess I lost some of the teflon from my tongue), so I thought I'd try building back up to it with some plain ol' Virginias I used to groove on. Got a box of FVF yesterday, and it's really hitting the spot-- enough so that I ordered another box of that and a box of BBF (which I remember as being similar) today. Looks like I'm back in the saddle, thanks to ol' Sam. Yay!

 

[Brewdude]

I'd let my pipesmoking slack off for three or four months; was only smoking maybe once a week and not enjoying it all that much. A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to show the briars some affection instead of just brushing the dust off of them, so I started smoking every day after work. None of my old favorites seemed to suit me-- they were all sharp and bitey, even the formerly smooth laid-back ones like McC's Ringlow (I guess I lost some of the teflon from my tongue), so I thought I'd try building back up to it with some plain ol' Virginias I used to groove on. Got a box of FVF yesterday, and it's really hitting the spot-- enough so that I ordered another box of that and a box of BBF (which I remember as being similar) today. Looks like I'm back in the saddle, thanks to ol' Sam. Yay!

Yup. Can't go far wrong with FVF or BBF.


Cheers,

RR

 

[Anonymous]

You can quibble over the evaluation process all day (and there are people who do). But in the end, the Classics are the classics for a reason. 

:face:

 

[Anonymous]

OK, it is all your fault.  Of course it was mine too a while back.  I came back to the pipe about a year ago to stop the cigarette hacking.  Same tobacco; burned like sin.

First, I figured out I was overpacking a bit.

Second, I was making longer draws like I did with cigarettes.

With pipe smoking, so much becomes automatic.  It becomes almost an autonomic response.  You've lost that temporarily.  Relax and let it all come back.

 

[Andy Lowry]

OK, it is all your fault.  Of course it was mine too a while back.  I came back to the pipe about a year ago to stop the cigarette hacking.  Same tobacco; burned like sin.

First, I figured out I was overpacking a bit.

Second, I was making longer draws like I did with cigarettes.

With pipe smoking, so much becomes automatic.  It becomes almost an autonomic response.  You've lost that temporarily.  Relax and let it all come back.

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Yep, my fault. Had 5 bowls yesterday evening, so I think I'm back in bidness. I'll crack open a tin of McC Scottish here in a couple of days and see how it goes.