Ask a Pipe Guy

[DSturg369]

If you absolutely HAVE to use baggies, double bag and use good quality freezer baggies. This should stretch your temp storage time (and yes, baggies are still a temp solution) out to a couple of months. Ase for storing the various baggies, try a cooler. I still suggest the jars however. Also, empty Middleton tubs (like the type Prince Albert and Carter Hall come in) make for great storage containers and will keep your tobacco fresh for a year or longer.

[mojo]

Don't know if this is a good solution since I just started to do it myself, I'm using some of those surplus ammo cans to store some of the bulk stuff including flakes & twists. The lid on the can has a rubber strip around it so it should be kind of air tight. I'm hoping the cans will work out. I'm also using the mason jars to store some SL.

[Dzrtrat]

Originally Posted by DSturg369

Ziplocks are fine for short term storage, say a week or 2, but they do allow some moisture and aroma loss. Just smell one to see what I mean. And storing in your above described box will, and probably already has, ruined the box (especially the Spanish Cedar) from ever being used to store cigars as the cedar will absorb the aroma and impart it into anything else you may ever store in it. Even different blends of pipe tobaccos will cross aromas.

The main reason for most people (including myself) using jars for storage is that glass will never absorb or release a tobacco essence and is 100% moisture release proof.

Originally Posted by dmkerr

What he said. And also your pipe tobacco has probably absorbed some of the cedar scent as well as the cedar absorbing the 'baccy.

+1 On both accounts.....but I will add (if I may) just because its in a tin doesn't make it safe....My rule of thumb is if you are going to store a tin of tobacco that you have opened and it is a square tin with a tin lid....you need to seal it better because it will dry out......I don't smoke Dunhil so I'm no help with those. Plastic lids (in my experiance) are generaly safe.

[Hot Stuff x]

Thanks for the advice. I figured that ziplocks would be fairly airtight if properly sealed.

As far as the cigar box being a writeoff, I knew that when I started, no worries there. I won't be using it for cigars.

I live in Korea, don't think I can get Mason jars here. I did steal a nice canister set from my girlfriend that looks like it might work. glass containers, but the tops are wood with a rubber seal. They seem to seal really well. Not sure if the wood will be a problem.

I've got a lot to learn. That's part of the fun though!

[DSturg369]

Those canisters should work well.

[Senator]

Originally Posted by Hot Stuff x

Thanks for the advice. I figured that ziplocks would be fairly airtight if properly sealed.

As far as the cigar box being a writeoff, I knew that when I started, no worries there. I won't be using it for cigars.

I live in Korea, don't think I can get Mason jars here. I did steal a nice canister set from my girlfriend that looks like it might work. glass containers, but the tops are wood with a rubber seal. They seem to seal really well. Not sure if the wood will be a problem.

I've got a lot to learn. That's part of the fun though!

Prior to putting the top on, I would loosely place a large enough piece of plastic wrap over the opening. Close the top over the plastic wrap. This way, the wood top will not inherit the tobacco aroma and encourages a better seal.

[AcworthAl]

Ziplock bags do not work. I make a terrible mistake of storying several small Ziplocks in a large mason jar. One of the bags was a CHEAP Cherry Blend of crap, there was also a small bag of Sunzus Bitches, I had to toss all of the bags, the cherry crap messed up the entire batch of tobacco.

[RJpuffs]

Originally Posted by Hot Stuff x

Thanks for the advice. I figured that ziplocks would be fairly airtight if properly sealed.
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Note that ziplocks are NOT airtight. They are "water tight", not "air tight". The material is dense enough to block moisture (molecules) from passing, but they do allow air to seep in, however slowly. Hence the prior posting about cherry smell permeating into other ziplocks resident nearby.

Ziplocks will keep your baccy moist in the short term, but they are not useful for aging since air will be exchanged, preventing the microbe critter actions from fruitful completion.

[Hot Stuff x]

Ok fellas, I'm starting to get the picture here.

I have a bunch of extra tupperware sytle plastic containers. Would those be okay for storing tobacco?

[Dzrtrat]

Originally Posted by Hot Stuff x

Ok fellas, I'm starting to get the picture here.

I have a bunch of extra tupperware sytle plastic containers. Would those be okay for storing tobacco?

I have used tupperware with no ill effects. Did you say you were in Korea? Bill Clinton was just there you should have said something earlier.

[Hot Stuff x]

Originally Posted by Dzrtrat

I have used tupperware with no ill effects. Did you say you were in Korea? Bill Clinton was just there you should have said something earlier.

Pres. Clinton was in North Korea...I don't get up there too often

G.W. Bush was here in South Korea at the same time.

I'll bet that's the first time that's happened...two former U.S. presidents on the Korean peninsula at the same time.

[Speik]

Is it possible to buy a pipe that comes with two different mouth pieces, one churchwarden and one sherlock holmes-style?

Where can I buy this?

[AcworthAl]

Originally Posted by Speik

Is it possible to buy a pipe that comes with two different mouth pieces, one churchwarden and one sherlock holmes-style?

Where can I buy this?

Check this out
Butz-Choquin Amadeus Pipe with Long and Short Stem
Butz-Choquin Amadeus Pipe with Long and Short Stem

[Joshcertain]

Also Stanwell with their Hans Christian Anderson Series
Eric Nording also has some real cool dual stems also
I think that Vauen also does one

[Jack Straw]

Does a cleaned estate pipe have the same "un-broken-in" taste as a brand new pipe? I ask because I have one that adds a strong, somewhat bitter taste to the smoke, and I'm hoping for reassurance that this will pass.