Re: Do some of your pipes have their own distinct flavors? How would you describe the flavors?

Thanks for the input, Irish Lefty. Yes, I probably should have
specified that I am referring to non-aromatic tobaccos. -- Tim

On Jul 31, 8:00 am, Irishlefty <TravDev...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 31, 7:25 am, Tim D <wh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know some smokers say that a pipe tastes only like the tobacco
that’s in it. But I smoke lots of 965 in my pipes, and my 965 tastes
different in each. Also, it seems to me that my different brands of
pipes share similarities in flavor. For example, my Petes all taste
low and earthy. The English vocabulary for describing flavors and
aromas is quite small, and most often familiar flavors are used to
describe other flavors (i.e. “tastes like chicken” or “a nutty
flavor”) Do some your pipes have their own unique flavor, or do some
of your pipes brands share a flavor? I would be interested to see the
words you could use to describe the flavors of some of your pipes or
pipe brands.

Tim, I’m going to be sacrilegious and scandalous here - IMHO as long
as a pipe is half-way decent, it doesn't matter nearly as much as the
quality of the tobacco.  Any well made mechanical or hand made pipe
will provide a decent smoke hence the long time popularity of the Dr.
Grabow, Medico and Kaywoodie brands.  To me its mostly in the tobacco.

I do notice some minor differences in pipes using the same tobacco but
unless I try to smoke a 'Capt Black' in a pipe previously used for
English blends, either it is very subtle or my taste buds are half
dead or a combination thereof.  Since I smoke English and Balkan
blends 95% of the time, I have reserved 2 of my Medico's for those few
times I want an aromatic blend.

.

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