I just saw that a pipe shop is selling something new to me, a briar cigar. I don't know if you guys are familiar. Actually they call it something like "pigar". I searched it through google and saw that it was designed by Morgan Pipes.
http://www.alpascia.com/pipes/d/The-Briar-Cigar-014-i23281x2.html
Using a fine cut tobacco is advised in the web page. As said in the page, owing to "reverse calabash system" they (may) smoke cooler but I think tobacco chamber may get really hot. Also it's advised to rotate "the cigar" while smoking (like a real cigar) to avoid burnts.
Actually, the so-called "reverse calabash system" is not something new. It was first used by Peterson and named as "dry system".
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For a bigger image: http://www.pipedia.org/images/0/0d/System2.jpg
They also mention about the "crust" in the tobacco chamber. I don't know if it's not absolutely necessary.
It looks good for short time smoking.
Well, has anybody smoked a briar cigar ? What do you think ?
I guess it may be easier to make when compared to the regular pipes, except the bit because it looks different than regular pipe bits .
Actually when I saw this, I suddenly thought about a "corncob cigar" or a "meerschaum cigar".
http://www.alpascia.com/pipes/d/The-Briar-Cigar-014-i23281x2.html
Using a fine cut tobacco is advised in the web page. As said in the page, owing to "reverse calabash system" they (may) smoke cooler but I think tobacco chamber may get really hot. Also it's advised to rotate "the cigar" while smoking (like a real cigar) to avoid burnts.
Actually, the so-called "reverse calabash system" is not something new. It was first used by Peterson and named as "dry system".
..........
For a bigger image: http://www.pipedia.org/images/0/0d/System2.jpg
They also mention about the "crust" in the tobacco chamber. I don't know if it's not absolutely necessary.
It looks good for short time smoking.
Well, has anybody smoked a briar cigar ? What do you think ?
I guess it may be easier to make when compared to the regular pipes, except the bit because it looks different than regular pipe bits .
Actually when I saw this, I suddenly thought about a "corncob cigar" or a "meerschaum cigar".
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