Any pipe smokers here?

[Spartan19]

Some nice pipes there guys I used to smoke a pipe a little bit but have always been partial to cigars. I hadn't smoked stogies in a while, but got back into them after New year's when I quit dipping.

[Rapidray]

I quit smoking my pipe about 20 years ago...still miss it after a good steak dinner! 

[AimlessWanderer]

Placed my first tobacco order in quite a long time yesterday. I'm only an occasional smoker, and would grab a 25g pouch of loose/weighed out Gawith Hoggarth, once every couple of months or so. However, with the current social distancing, plus the residual distancing I'll most likely be doing afterwards till treatments/vaccines emerge, the occasional jaunt through town for a pouch is off the table for the foreseeable future.

I ordered a tin each of Best Brown Flake, Full Virginia Flake, Bob's Chocolate Flake, and Squadron Leader. I also ordered 100g of Virginia shag tobacco for when I want a quicker smoke. That should, if disciplined, last me the rest of the year.

I also stocked up on vape juice from the same place. My usual shop for that, is another trip I shouldn't be taking, whether they're open or not. However, I got stocked up at a price which was 25% less per bottle than I'd normally pay, and again, I got enough to last me several months.

The motivation for stocking up like this, was not just avoiding folks in town, but also minimising delivery charges. A £15 tin of tobacco, easily becomes a £20+ tin of tobacco if bought alone. As it turned out, the delivery actually qualified for free shipping, so there was a bigger saving than I expected.

The only challenge now, is staying disciplined, and not allowing my rate of consumption to suddenly increase. It's a lot easier to not walk a mile into to town to pick up a pouch, than it is to not pack a bowl with tobacco you already have.

[pomsbz]

Placed my first tobacco order in quite a long time yesterday. I'm only an occasional smoker, and would grab a 25g pouch of loose/weighed out Gawith Hoggarth, once every couple of months or so. However, with the current social distancing, plus the residual distancing I'll most likely be doing afterwards till treatments/vaccines emerge, the occasional jaunt through town for a pouch is off the table for the foreseeable future.

I ordered a tin each of Best Brown Flake, Full Virginia Flake, Bob's Chocolate Flake, and Squadron Leader. I also ordered 100g of Virginia shag tobacco for when I want a quicker smoke. That should, if disciplined, last me the rest of the year.

I also stocked up on vape juice from the same place. My usual shop for that, is another trip I shouldn't be taking, whether they're open or not. However, I got stocked up at a price which was 25% less per bottle than I'd normally pay, and again, I got enough to last me several months.

The motivation for stocking up like this, was not just avoiding folks in town, but also minimising delivery charges. A £15 tin of tobacco, easily becomes a £20+ tin of tobacco if bought alone. As it turned out, the delivery actually qualified for free shipping, so there was a bigger saving than I expected.

The only challenge now, is staying disciplined, and not allowing my rate of consumption to suddenly increase. It's a lot easier to not walk a mile into to town to pick up a pouch, than it is to not pack a bowl with tobacco you already have.

My first ever pipe tobacco was Squadron Leader. I learnt with my first ever bowl that I really didn't like Latakia . I'm running very low on tobacco here and it's a problem because neither the Davidoff Scottish Mixture, Peterson's Irish Flake or MacBarens Navy Flake that I smoke are available in this country. I usually source it from the US via work colleagues flying to the US but that isn't happening for a good long while. The only alternative I can source here is MacBarens Scottish Mixture which is rough, harsh and unrefined in comparison to what I'm used to. I don't smoke much though, a bowl or two a week.