Why are so few pipe smokers familiar with flake tobacco?
To find the answer to this question, we must look at how society has developed from the 1800s to the present day. In the last century, when pipe smoking was very common, a father would normally give his son a pipe on his confirmation. The son would draw on the father’s experience, ask questions and find out how the various tobaccos should be smoked in order to get the maximum pleasure out of this unique plant that is a product of nature. While pipe smoking is not difficult, good advice passed on by your own father nevertheless proved invaluable. I was such a son, who gained from the experiences of his father just as he had from his father before him. Today, to put it mildly, it is considered “politically incorrect” to give a pipe as a confirmation gift. The giver of such a gift would be the subject of much acrimony, with the result that the “father to son” tradition has all but disappeared. And with the disappearance of this tradition, the experiences gathered by pipe smokers for gener
