I was never really one for smoking. I hate the smell of most cigarettes and try as I might….cigars just smell like lawn clippings to me.
However, the pipe has always had a mysterious alure to me. That vanilla-y smell, the look, memories of friends dad smoking in his den, lighting fireworks with the coal, etc.
I picked up an estate pipe a few years ago at an antique shop. No name Algerian briar made in France. I loaded it up a few times with something I bought from a jar at a tobacco shop. But, never really dug into the whole thing.
I moved to a Japan a few years ago and I find myself drawn back to it and recently bought some new pouches. Some Bok Riff and Tobacco Galleria. Pickings are pretty slim here…seems like they all buy the same “lot” from the same supplier.
However, I think I had the best session I’ve had today. I was out touring the countryside on my motorcycle and was cruising round a lake when the perfect spot with the perfect rock showed up. It screamed, stop here and take it in. Earlier I had read a few things, like “you don’t always have to pack it full or tight…just a quickie is fine too” and “try smoking slowly”. Well shiyoot…that works! Pulling lightly a “longly”, I actually had flavors that were enjoyable and less like a rubber band on the stove.
Like I said, never smoked, people around me died of lung cancer (cept grandma…she smoked cigs a looooong time, quit, very over weight, lived to 85 or so). However, I came to realize, I’m 41 this year….I don’t think a bowl once in a while is going to really negatively affect my life. In fact, perhaps the opposite.
And…my daughter just turned one yesterday. I want her to have smells and things that bring back memories. Unfortunately, my shave and hair care products are all homemade…so it’s not like a whiff of Aqua Velva will take her back.
Now the big trick…convincing the wife…who’s a nurse….who says she’s allergic to cigarette smoke.
I think I’ll be in the closet on this one a while.
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However, the pipe has always had a mysterious alure to me. That vanilla-y smell, the look, memories of friends dad smoking in his den, lighting fireworks with the coal, etc.
I picked up an estate pipe a few years ago at an antique shop. No name Algerian briar made in France. I loaded it up a few times with something I bought from a jar at a tobacco shop. But, never really dug into the whole thing.
I moved to a Japan a few years ago and I find myself drawn back to it and recently bought some new pouches. Some Bok Riff and Tobacco Galleria. Pickings are pretty slim here…seems like they all buy the same “lot” from the same supplier.
However, I think I had the best session I’ve had today. I was out touring the countryside on my motorcycle and was cruising round a lake when the perfect spot with the perfect rock showed up. It screamed, stop here and take it in. Earlier I had read a few things, like “you don’t always have to pack it full or tight…just a quickie is fine too” and “try smoking slowly”. Well shiyoot…that works! Pulling lightly a “longly”, I actually had flavors that were enjoyable and less like a rubber band on the stove.
Like I said, never smoked, people around me died of lung cancer (cept grandma…she smoked cigs a looooong time, quit, very over weight, lived to 85 or so). However, I came to realize, I’m 41 this year….I don’t think a bowl once in a while is going to really negatively affect my life. In fact, perhaps the opposite.
And…my daughter just turned one yesterday. I want her to have smells and things that bring back memories. Unfortunately, my shave and hair care products are all homemade…so it’s not like a whiff of Aqua Velva will take her back.
Now the big trick…convincing the wife…who’s a nurse….who says she’s allergic to cigarette smoke.
I think I’ll be in the closet on this one a while.
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