Pipe Smokers?

**Derek Conley** · 18th November 08, 08:40 AM

I wasn't aware the price difference in pipe tobacco was so pronounced! How much, on average, does it differ?

**Arlen** · 18th November 08, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Derek Conley

I wasn't aware the price difference in pipe tobacco was so pronounced! How much, on average, does it differ?

Well, I bought a 12oz bag of Black cavendish and a 12oz bag of Cherry Cavendish for $24. The same amount in a similar U.K. brand would have cost me about £30 in any of my local tobacconists in Scotland.
Now, that's about $50 so that's $26 saved!

**ScottEPooh** · 18th November 08, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Arlen

My favourite pipe was broken in the move over here (Darn Heathrow baggage handlers!) but my other two came through just fine.

If it wasn't completely smashed, the pipe might be able to be repaired fairly easily. I know I have had a few of my pipes re-stemmed, and they generally cost me $8-14 at my local tobacconist, depending on the stem and materials used. Ask around and see if you can find someone that can repair it, I know how sad it is to be without your favorite pipe!

**starbkjrus** · 18th November 08, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Arlen

snip...

and musing about how nice and mild Idaho winters are compared to Scotland.

Either there is a lot of sarcasm dripping through here or Arlen is in some alternate reality and needs Mr. Dove's team to come to the rescue.

**beloitpiper** · 18th November 08, 12:34 PM

Now that the weather is cold, I like to pull out the pipe. In fact, the time it takes me to walk to my favorite bar is the exact time it takes to finish a pipe of Black Cavendish! Once there, I order a Hot Toddie (or a Tom and Jerry now) and the cold weather is nullified!

**Arlen** · 18th November 08, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

Either there is a lot of sarcasm dripping through here or Arlen is in some alternate reality and needs Mr. Dove's team to come to the rescue.

Here's the thing...Idaho gets a lot of snow. Fine. And it gets cold. Fine.
But Scotland is cold too and it is really wet and a martyr to the North wind as well.
So while Scotland's temperatures might not get quite as low as those in Idaho it FEELS about a billion degrees colder.
I still haven't found an occasion where I needed to wear a coat and it's already getting below freezing here.
So, all in, it seems really mild to me.

That said, I'm not sure I'd mind Dave's ladies coming to check on me.

**Spc. Scott** · 18th November 08, 01:21 PM

I have only smoked a pipe a few times. I picked up a Dr. Grabow on a whim before heading out on a 30 day training mission for the Army. I, of course, had no clue what I was doing but it was nice to have at the end of the day. Unfortunately, somewhere between the end of the mission at Ft. Polk and getting back to Ft. Bragg the pipe up and grew legs.

Funny to come across this today. I have recently been thinking (I know, dangerous) about talking with my Grandmother about my Grandfathers pipe collection. He had about a six or so that are in a little holder on his desk.

He died back in 1985 and I was only 7 at the time. The smell of a pipe is one of those things you never forget.

**KiltedSurveyor** · 18th November 08, 01:59 PM

I've smoked a pipe since I was 18 (am 46 now). It truly is one of the great small pleasures in life. It gives me time to relax, think, regroup, recover etc... I'm not sure how many pipes I own at the moment, but for the most part they are english made/styled straight stem pipes. I also own meerschaums and cobs, which are a fine inexpensive smoke. If you are going to smoke a cob (great when fly-fishing for keep back the bugs), take the bloody filter out and throw it away. I smoke english style blends with latakia mostly, and never any with flavorings (just my preference). I'm old enough to pine for many blends you can't get anymore, like Elephant and Castle Stout, John Cotton's Latakia AND (sound of angels singing) the old made in England Bengal Slices. Today I mostly go for blends by McClelland's, which is some of the highest quality tobacco readily available in most smokeshops. I once read a quote that has served me well over the years - "A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to put in his mouth!" Not being sure where I stand, I'm playing it safe!