Cigar Public Welcomes Contributor and Pipe Specialist, Jay Furman

I may have smoked a few things in my time.

What’s intrigued me more, over the last few years is the resurgence of cigar brands and their blending processes and flavor profiles being incorporated into some truly wonderful pipe tobaccos. From brands like, Warped and Toscano… And then there’s the pipe tobaccos that incorporate cigar leaf which brings a familiar boldness to the smoke by G.L. Pease as well as some of the incredible offerings by Cornell & Diehl’s head blender Jeremy Reeves.  And since I’m sure, you the reader (if you’re reading this) are more cigar oriented… How about artisanal cigars with pipe tobacco. Like Dunbarton and Durango.

Now I consider “smoking” to be a lifestyle… more than a hobby. What you smoke, how you smoke it, and the way pipe or cigar accessories can define you. This pipe and cigar community is a combined neighborhood, with lots of overlap. It’s also the only place a neuro surgeon and a janitor can sit and conversate equally about this lifestyle while never snubbing there nose up at each other. The pleasure of the smoke creates a common ground.

I know if you’ve never smoked a pipe before or have been steered the wrong way when you tried earlier it can seem a little more intimidating than just cutting the cap of a cigar and lighting it.  Well, I’m here to not tell you, but hopefully teach and ease that mindset and let you know it is as simple as loading your pipe and lighting it. And you can start to enjoy the whole process for less than the cost “1” premium cigar.

So, like me, if you enjoy cigars which is why you’re even here. I think you’ll enjoy pipes and the 1000’s of tobaccos to choose from as well. So, in future writings and ramblings I’ll go over the basics to begin and explain the different pipe tobaccos you can enjoy and perhaps a cigar that equates to a similar flavor profile. But for now, here’s just a short list of blends and brands I mentioned above.