What shape for what type of tobacco?

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by boom

I am new to pipe smoking and wanted to know how to choose a pipe for the type of tobacco .... Do flake smoke better in tall narrow chamber? Aromatics? Virginians?

So far I have been using the following...

Bent Dublin- aromatic
Apple - Virginians

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Hi Troy! Happy Turkey Day!

I'm a fan of flakes, Sam Gawith Full Virginia Flake, in particular, so I tend to smoke that in any number types of pipes. I've noticed that flakes tend to burn slower, so they don't seem to heat the pipe bowl up as cut type of tobacco.

I'm just starting back into this after a long hiatus from pipe smoking. I've been trying different styles of pipes, and if the chamber is small or short, I tend to break the flake up. For tall chambers, I've learned (after a lot of trial and error) how to fold a flake up, and just load it into the chamber.

This also seems to depend on a person's smoking syle also.

I hope that helps a little.

Charlie