Boxerbuddy
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Ok I have a question that may be fairly obvious to some, but being a relative noob it isn't to me.
What really makes a pipe smoke well. By well I guess I mean cool and dry.
What I assume is that it's a combination of engineering and wood quality.....but it seems to me that since the engineering is not overly complicated, that all good makers probably engineer their pipes well....and that leaves us with wood quality.
The consensus seems to be that the more you age your wood the drier it becomes and the better it smokes.....of course there are variables like how your wood was aged.
Although I did speak to one famous maker who said he uses newer wood that isn't dried out completely and he finds that this is the best wood for smoking.
Bear in mind that these are assumptions on my part as to what makes a pipe smoke well...please tell me if I'm wrong or if there are ather variables.
With all that said...how do we know which manufacturers/makers use the best quality wood for their pipes....or is there a way to know at all?
What really makes a pipe smoke well. By well I guess I mean cool and dry.
What I assume is that it's a combination of engineering and wood quality.....but it seems to me that since the engineering is not overly complicated, that all good makers probably engineer their pipes well....and that leaves us with wood quality.
The consensus seems to be that the more you age your wood the drier it becomes and the better it smokes.....of course there are variables like how your wood was aged.
Although I did speak to one famous maker who said he uses newer wood that isn't dried out completely and he finds that this is the best wood for smoking.
Bear in mind that these are assumptions on my part as to what makes a pipe smoke well...please tell me if I'm wrong or if there are ather variables.
With all that said...how do we know which manufacturers/makers use the best quality wood for their pipes....or is there a way to know at all?