Back in 2014-2015 I got into pipes & pipe tobacco a bit. I picked up a little bit here and there and did some trades for a couple pipes & some pipe tobacco to get started. Needless to say, I enjoyed it for 1 winter season and didn’t pick it back up (no particular reason). I’ve been scoping out some forums here on different pipes & tobacco blends you’ve all been putting together and it’s been in my radar to try out again. In addition to trying some small taste tests of some cigar blends I put together.
Today I was downstairs checking on the humidity packs & beads I have in my cabinet, humidors, coolerdors, and zip lock bags of overflow. It took me a few hours, but then got the inkling to want to find all of my pipes/pipe tobacco. I’m a newbie in this realm and wanted to take some pics and see what y’all think! I had a cigar box jam packed with various baggies of different varieties and then found a box in the garage that had my pipes, more tobacco and tools. Everything has been sitting since about 2015. Please feel feee to let me know if there is a better forum post to scope out here and not waste anyone’s time. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! I know I’ll have to reteach myself how to utilize all this stuff! Lol
A couple initial questions right out of the gate:
1. With pipes, do they need to be reseasoned if they haven’t been used in years?
2. Pipe tobacco- I’m guessing a lot of this stuff will be pretty dried out. I’m sure some will not taste the same as it was fresh. What’s the best way to humidify the tobacco up? Just some spritz’s of water?
3. Do casings “off gas” or disappear after some time?
Box #1 from an old buddy from Toronto:
Tobacco & tools:
Stanwell (made in Denmark) 188 Golden Danish (On top) & a clay pipe on the bottom:
Box #2 from my same buddy from Toronto:
Both of these pipes are unused yet. 1 says Missouri Meerschaum: Missouri Pride Straight & the other is Missouri Meerschaum: Legend Bent
Box #3:
I think I picked these up years ago at the local Cigar Lounge when I was first getting into Pipe tobacco. I’m pretty sure I tried out the Tabac Sherman, but don’t recall taste, flavors, or burn.
Box #4 (traded cigars for):
Tobacco:
-Drew Estate Meat Pie
-Cornell & Diehl Mixture Monster
-Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding 2013
-Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River 2013
-Russ’s Monthly Blend Yule Log 2013
-Esoterica Penzance 2012 (I remember liking)
Pipe: Savinelli 413 Punto Oro
Box #5 w/ Dates & traded cigars for:
-Drew Estates Toasted Black Cavendish (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Harvest on the Hudson (5/20/14)
-Drew Estates Meat Pie (12/2/15)
-Drew Estates Heirloom Cherry (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Grand Central (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Central Park Stroll (6/11/14)
-Sutliff Man’s Best Friend (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Alexander Bridge (6/1/14)
-Sutliff R-Blend Smoking Mixture (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Navigator Blend (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Maple Street (6/1/14)
-Dunhill Nightcap (7/21/14)
-1-Q (Lake Country Lounge blend) (2014)
-Mukwanago (Lake Country Lounge blend)(2014)
-State Street (Tasting Room Lounge blend)(2014)
Both Lake Country & Tasting Room lounges are in Wisconsin.
Today I was downstairs checking on the humidity packs & beads I have in my cabinet, humidors, coolerdors, and zip lock bags of overflow. It took me a few hours, but then got the inkling to want to find all of my pipes/pipe tobacco. I’m a newbie in this realm and wanted to take some pics and see what y’all think! I had a cigar box jam packed with various baggies of different varieties and then found a box in the garage that had my pipes, more tobacco and tools. Everything has been sitting since about 2015. Please feel feee to let me know if there is a better forum post to scope out here and not waste anyone’s time. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! I know I’ll have to reteach myself how to utilize all this stuff! Lol
A couple initial questions right out of the gate:
1. With pipes, do they need to be reseasoned if they haven’t been used in years?
2. Pipe tobacco- I’m guessing a lot of this stuff will be pretty dried out. I’m sure some will not taste the same as it was fresh. What’s the best way to humidify the tobacco up? Just some spritz’s of water?
3. Do casings “off gas” or disappear after some time?
Box #1 from an old buddy from Toronto:
Tobacco & tools:
Stanwell (made in Denmark) 188 Golden Danish (On top) & a clay pipe on the bottom:
Box #2 from my same buddy from Toronto:
Both of these pipes are unused yet. 1 says Missouri Meerschaum: Missouri Pride Straight & the other is Missouri Meerschaum: Legend Bent
Box #3:
I think I picked these up years ago at the local Cigar Lounge when I was first getting into Pipe tobacco. I’m pretty sure I tried out the Tabac Sherman, but don’t recall taste, flavors, or burn.
Box #4 (traded cigars for):
Tobacco:
-Drew Estate Meat Pie
-Cornell & Diehl Mixture Monster
-Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding 2013
-Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River 2013
-Russ’s Monthly Blend Yule Log 2013
-Esoterica Penzance 2012 (I remember liking)
Pipe: Savinelli 413 Punto Oro
Box #5 w/ Dates & traded cigars for:
-Drew Estates Toasted Black Cavendish (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Harvest on the Hudson (5/20/14)
-Drew Estates Meat Pie (12/2/15)
-Drew Estates Heirloom Cherry (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Grand Central (6/1/14)
-Drew Estates Central Park Stroll (6/11/14)
-Sutliff Man’s Best Friend (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Alexander Bridge (6/1/14)
-Sutliff R-Blend Smoking Mixture (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Navigator Blend (6/1/14)
-Sutliff Maple Street (6/1/14)
-Dunhill Nightcap (7/21/14)
-1-Q (Lake Country Lounge blend) (2014)
-Mukwanago (Lake Country Lounge blend)(2014)
-State Street (Tasting Room Lounge blend)(2014)
Both Lake Country & Tasting Room lounges are in Wisconsin.
