Is there a different time/place that dictates your choice of smoke?
Are your tastes in tobacco consistent between the two?
Which did you get into first?
Which do you turn to more often and is there something about either that makes it preferable?
I didn’t mention cigarettes but feel free to comment on that too.
I love both cigar and pipe smoking. But I’m more of a social cigar smoker. I mainly smoke cigars at work with the guys. Or at BBQs. I rarely smoke a cigar at home. Mostly because of the wifey, kids and the neighbors.
If I’m smoking alone it’s definitely a pipe. It’s a great accompaniment to reading or watching something on the screen. Pipe smoking is high maintenance. But, like traditional wet shaving, I appreciate the process.
I think my tastes in tobaccos between the two are different. In a pipe I prefer the aromatics and I love the smell that it creates in my home office. On the other hand, I definitely do not like flavored, sweet, or infused cigars. In cigars, I especially love the bold, rich flavors of maduros and the like.
I got into cigar smoking first because it was a ritual at work and I found that I actually love the flavor and the buzz. The pipe smoking followed. My grandpa was a pipe (and cigarette) smoker. I used to like the smell of the pipes. However, I do not like cigarettes at all. The flavor, the smell. My mom was a heavy chain smoker throughout my kid days and it drove me crazy.
Today’s lunchtime smoke. One day I’ll get me a proper pipe holder. Yes, my current pipe holder is an unused nato watch band:
Are your tastes in tobacco consistent between the two?
Which did you get into first?
Which do you turn to more often and is there something about either that makes it preferable?
I didn’t mention cigarettes but feel free to comment on that too.
I love both cigar and pipe smoking. But I’m more of a social cigar smoker. I mainly smoke cigars at work with the guys. Or at BBQs. I rarely smoke a cigar at home. Mostly because of the wifey, kids and the neighbors.
If I’m smoking alone it’s definitely a pipe. It’s a great accompaniment to reading or watching something on the screen. Pipe smoking is high maintenance. But, like traditional wet shaving, I appreciate the process.
I think my tastes in tobaccos between the two are different. In a pipe I prefer the aromatics and I love the smell that it creates in my home office. On the other hand, I definitely do not like flavored, sweet, or infused cigars. In cigars, I especially love the bold, rich flavors of maduros and the like.
I got into cigar smoking first because it was a ritual at work and I found that I actually love the flavor and the buzz. The pipe smoking followed. My grandpa was a pipe (and cigarette) smoker. I used to like the smell of the pipes. However, I do not like cigarettes at all. The flavor, the smell. My mom was a heavy chain smoker throughout my kid days and it drove me crazy.
Today’s lunchtime smoke. One day I’ll get me a proper pipe holder. Yes, my current pipe holder is an unused nato watch band: