Pipe Tobacco Leaves - Craft Your Own Custom Pipe Blends
Smoking pipes, much like cigars, is really all about relaxation. Since tobacco was discovered it has been a favorite pastime of people around the world, including many celebrities and historical figures.Many experienced pipe smokers agree - smoking a pipe is both a science, and an art form. The first thing to learn is packing your pipe. Once it is packed with the tobacco of choice, lighting it evenly is the next challenge. Learning to actually smoke your pipe will take some time, but don’t be afraid! Learning these skills is not particularly difficult, it just takes some understanding and patience. The rewards of properly smoking a pipe are a wonderful aroma, a great taste, and an overall enjoyable experience.
Historically speaking, a number of Native American cultures had pipe-smoking traditions long before the arrival of Europeans. Tobacco was often smoked, generally for ceremonial purposes, though other mixtures of sacred herbs were also common. The narrow calumet (called a "peace pipe" by Europeans), was smoked in ceremony to seal covenants and treaties. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly.
Blending and Smoking Whole Leaf Pipe Tobacco
- Step 1: Start by sampling each type of tobacco you plan on blending individually to get a thorough idea of what they taste and burn like. Recommended beginner tobaccos are Virginia flue cured, burley, and oriental.
- Step 2: After you learn the qualities of individual tobacco varieties, start making blends that you think you will enjoy the most. Take careful notes of your blending ratios.
- Step 3: After discovering what blend(s) are most enjoyable to you, consider flavoring and/or toasting to further modify and combine your blends.
- Step 4: Don't be afraid to mix your whole leaf tobaccos and blends with conventional blends that you already enjoy! You may discover a unique blend that is both more affordable, AND enjoyable than anything commercially available on its own.
To get started, browse our catalog of leaves below and start experimenting! Use the categories sidebar to narrow your results.
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This Organic American Virginia Flue Cured leaf has a darker, more reddish/orange color, and packs a bit more of a full flavor that most American tobacco blends are famous for. This leaf carries a more robust yet still unmistakably fresh smell.
This Organic Canadian Virginia Flue Cured leaf typically has a yellow color, but can look very similar in color to the Organic American. It arrives with a heavenly fresh, unmistakable aroma - bringing back memories of the tobacco leaf before the mainstream commercial usage of today.
This Organic Burley leaf has an even darker, more red/brown color, and packs a more of a robust flavor that many American tobacco blends are famous for. This leaf carries an incredibly distinct scent, unique to American grown Burley leaves.
Our 2019 USA Virginia Flue Cured Tobacco is a more robust, full flavored tobacco leaf. This leaf arrives with your standard cigarette tobacco smell and produces a smoke similar to a Red Marlboro. This crop is similar to our American Virginia Flue Cured 2018 crop in body and flavor.
The Canadian Virginia Flue Cured Tobacco Leaf is commonly used in cigarette and pipe tobacco blends. It has a wonderful smooth smoke with a mild flavor. For a similar leaf grown in the USA, be sure to check out our American Virginia Flue Cured (B).
Mainly used to make cigarette tobacco leaf blends a bit stronger, the Burley Whole Leaf Tobacco is also used for cigar filler, pipe blends, and chewing tobacco leaf. These tobacco leaves arrive with an amazingly fresh, but chocolatey aroma.
Mainly used to make cigarette tobacco leaf blends a bit stronger and smoother, Maryland 609 is also used for cigar filler, pipe blends, and chewing tobacco leaf. Maryland 609 is a “light air cured” type of tobacco similar to Burley but lighter in body and more neutral in flavor.
Exceptionally rare, 100% genuine whole leaf Saint James perique tobacco. Grown and cured by a small farm in rural Saint James Parish that has been producing high quality barrel-cured perique tobacco for generations.
This tobacco, very similar to Basma, is a golden yellow / brown Oriental type tobacco leaf that is grown in Bulgaria, a country with a tradition in production of high quality tobacco. This is a quick growing, shorter and smaller leafed tobacco that provides a sweet, pleasant flavor and smooth burn that Oriental tobacco is known for.
The Izmir Turkish Oriental Tobacco Leaf (as well as more popular oriental tobaccos) are used in just about all "Turkish" cigarette blends.
This delicate golden brown tobacco is grown in Turkey, along the Black Sea and is named after the province in this region. This specific variety of Samsun is known for its taste and aroma, as it is considered by many to one of the top quality pipe tobaccos in the world.
An aromatic leaf that can be used to add uniqueness to any mild-medium blend. It has a wonderfully smooth smoke, and adds a slight spice and floral flavor to your blend.
These leaves are very small and compact.
Our Smooth Brightleaf Virginia Flue Cured Tobacco is a easy smoking, mild tasting leaf. The Brightleaf Flue Cured are some of the best Virginia tobaccos we've tried and they come carrying a wonderful flue cured aroma.
Our Sweet Brightleaf Virginia Flue Cured Tobacco is a mild, slightly sweet tobacco leaf. The Brightleaf Flue Cured leaves are some of the best Virginia tobaccos we've tried and they come carrying a wonderful flue cured aroma.
Fronto tobacco leaf, sometimes known as grabba leaf, or fanta leaf, is a tobacco wrapper leaf sold by the individual leaf or by the pound. The leaf should be in good condition, and enjoyed by its users.
The QB-52 Fronto Leaf Wrapper is yet another extremely popular variety of fronto leaf that is primarily sold by the leaf at city convenience stores and specialty shops. This variety of fronto leaf is of high, wrapper leaf quality, with a slightly lighter color and thickness compared to our Fronto / Dark Air Cured Tobacco Leaf. This leaf has been aged longer than the regular QB-52 Fronto Wrapper, to make it darker. This can cause parts of the leaf to be black from the process. This is something special we have been doing at Leaf Only to give our customers even more options.
The Fronto / Dark Air Cured (ALO) is a dark, thick air cured tobacco leaf. The ALO Grade name signifies that it was grown in-between Tennessee and Kentucky, USA. This leaf is large, and carries a medium-dark chocolate brown color, only to continue to darken with age.
Our Dark Air Cured Tobacco Leaf (LL) is a 2LS grade, which means it is a binder leaf. For wraps and grabba, there is still plenty of leaf to use; but, overall most leaves will have at least one hole making it a binder grade.
Our Dark Fire Cured Tobacco Leaf is one of the darkest tobacco leaves offered at Leaf Only. The use of large fires to cure the tobacco leaves it with a pungent smoke-like smell and flavor. Although this leaf is traditionally used to make chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and in pipe blends; some of our customers have enjoyed this leaf in a hookah blend, or as a roll-your-own fronto leaf, comparable to our Dark Air Cured Tobacco Leaf, despite it's strong smell and flavor.
Our Light Fire Cured (R) Tobacco Leaf can be described as a wonderful middle ground between the Dark Air Cured and Dark Fire Cured.
Nicotiana Rustica, sometimes known as Wild Tobacco, thuoc lao, mapacho and other regional names, is an incredibly strong variety of whole leaf tobacco with up to 9x more nicotine then other varieties of whole leaf tobacco.
Lower quality consistency version of our Organic American Virginia Flue Cured.
Low grade tobacco by definition is tobacco of inferior quality that is not fit to be sold as a regular grade. This can happen for a variety of reasons, including tobacco that has been dropped on the floor, broken up into small pieces, discolored, dirty, tobacco dust, stems, etc. Most customers who purchase scrap tobacco use it for ceremonial purposes, to practice rolling cigars, use as a natural insecticide and/or purchased by industrial companies. There are no refunds or exchanges on low grade tobaccos.
A mix of our American Virginia Flue Cured low grade consistency leaves.
A mix of low grade consitency Virginia Flue Cured leaves including Canadian, American, Brightleaf and more!
A mix of our low grade consitency Fronto and Grabba leaves including QB-52, Dark Air Cured, and others!
A mix of all low grade consitency leaves. Can contain low grades from all leaf varieties.
Affordable manual whole leaf tobacco shredder. Features stainless steel construction and table clamp.
The Tabletop Fine Cut Shredder - Plus edition is an ehanced version of the Tabletop Fine Cut Shredder with added features to increase ease of use and longevity of the machine.
This machine offers an easy and affordable way to break down whole tobacco leaves into roll your own tobacco. No more hand cranking shredders or cutting leaves with scissors. This Machine is built to last through many pounds of your favorite unprocessed tobacco leaf from Leaf Only!
The largest and most powerful shredder we carry. Great for shisha, but can be used for all purposes.
Replacement Bearing for the Tabletop Fine Cut Shredder Plus
The Ozark Miniature Hardwood Pipe is the mini version of the Ozark Mountain Hardwood Pipe, and is available in either a Maple or Cherry finish with a black or amber bit.
The non-filtered Huck Finn Corn Cob Pipe sports a short stem and a long black or amber bit. The barrel-shaped bowl has a light coat of soft yellow varnish. Ideal for taking a break for a 10-minute smoke.
The Tom Sawyer Corn Cob Pipe is a nose warmer style pipe featuring a short stem and a short black bit. It is non-filtered and has a slim, barrel-shaped bowl with a light coating of soft yellow varnish. It's ideal for taking a break for a 10-minute smoke.
The Ozark Mountain hardwood pipe has been a very popular option in our series of mid-sized pipes. It comes in 2 colors and shapes: Maple Oval straight and Cherry Rob Roy bent. Both pipes come with a black bit. The Ozark Mountain is a super value for a genuine, hardwood pipe!
The forward cant of the bowl imparts a bold profile that is highlighted by the dark stain applied. The bowl has a flat, hardwood bottom with a Missouri Meerschaum label design that was first used over 100 years ago.
The Country Gentleman Corn Cob Pipe from Missouri Meerschaum is the most popular design in there series of larger, filtered pipes. It has a large, barrel-shaped bowl with a dark stain added to the coating, giving this pipe a unique and distinctive appearance. The pipe has a genuine, hardwood insert in the bottom of the bowl.
The MacArthur Classic Polished Corn Cob Pipe from Missouri Meerschaum is a large pipe similar to the iconic pipe smoked by General Douglas MacArthur himself. Based on an old design from the late 1800s, this pipe has a very deep bowl and a long stem for an extended, cool smoking experience.
The MacArthur 5-Star Polished Bent Corn Cob Pipe from Missouri Meerschaum has a more finished appearance version of the 5-Star Natural. Consequently, it is not historically accurate (but we like it anyway). Its shortened tobacco chamber and extended shank lend itself to an easy smoke, and the bowl extension makes for a great grip! Perfect for armchairs and leisurely afternoons. It comes unfiltered with a bent black bit only.
The MacArthur Classic Natural Corn Cob Pipe from Missouri Meerschaum is a large pipe similar to the iconic pipe smoked by General Douglas MacArthur himself. Based on an old design from the late 1800s, this pipe has a very deep bowl and a long stem for an extended, cool smoking experience.
Being a longtime fan of our Corn Cob Pipes, General MacArthur sent schematics to Missouri Meerschaum for a custom pipe. Of course we obliged! The MacArthur 5-Star Corn Cob Pipe features a shortened tobacco chamber allowed for an easy smoke, the extended bowl made the pipe easy for the General to use as a pointer, and the long shank provides a cool smoking experience. When we sent him his creation, he was delighted and would rarely be seen in a photograph without it.
Designed for a hands-free smoking experience, its short round bowl holds just the right amount of tobacco for tackling projects or spending a day on the patio.
The Miniature Corn Cob Pipe is a small, pocket-sized pipe. Ideal for a very short smoke, for party favors, or as a novelty. This pipe is non-filtered and comes with an amber or a black bit.
The Missouri Pride is a natural , classic Corn Cob Pipe at its simplest and finest. It has an all natural, medium-sized bowl in a classic 5th Avenue shape.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
The Triton T3R is one of the strongest digital scales on the market, as well as one of the best selling models made by MyWeigh. This upgraded version features a rechargeale battery that provides 40 hours of continuous use when charged.
The Maple Hardwood Apple Diplomat is made out of Maple, a durable, yet lightweight wood. This classicly shaped pipe is ergonomic, and durable, for long, continued use with your favorite whole leaf tobacco blend.
The Diplomat 5th Avenue is made out of Maple, a durable, yet lightweight wood. This classicly shaped pipe is ergonomic, and durable, for long, continued use with your favorite whole leaf tobacco blend.
Extremely Potent half hardy annual that grows to about 3 ft. and is cultivated worldwide for smoking and nicotine production, but also works great for pesticides. This plant has many green to yellow flowers that remain open during the day and be can raised as far north as Maine. It is a fast grower and is so potent that it has been used as an arrow poison in Mexico!
An upright variety with more leaves than most varieties. Is taller than most varieties on the market and cures a golden color. Great for cigarettes, and one of the largest producers.
This variety originated in Kentucky. It has relatively large leaves of medium body that cures out a deep, rich brown color. Can be fire cured or air cured depending on application.
Medium, smooth leaf that cures to a dark brown. Can be used as a chew, binder, filler or wrapper or even in cigarette/pipe blends. It grows 5' to 6' tall with blooming occurring at 55-65 days. It produces 16-18 harvestable leaves averaging 14"-16" wide and 24" long which ripen 2-3 weeks after booming begins. Can be fire cured or air cured depending on application.
A fast growing, high yielding tobacco with large leaves that cure to a deep red color, excellent cigarette and pipe blend, but suitable for other applications as well.
A fine commercial strain that is used for its hardiness and smooth flavor. A must for cigarette making. This plant grows fast and is a high yield producer. It is recommended to leave 14 leaves on the plant while pruning.
A very light gold leaf when curing, it makes an excellent smoking tobacco. It grows to a height of 6-7 feet tall. The light green leaves are from 14" to 18" wide and 24" to 30" long, and turn a light yellow when ripe. The plants produce an average of 18 leaves per plant, with yields averaging 3 oz of dried leaf per plant. Matures in 55 days.
This is a deep dark tobacco that gives good weight and supports itself very well. This is a tobacco prized by specialty growers because it provides a great wrapper tobacco or a premium snuff tobacco when ripe. A good tobacco for beginners learning to roll their own cigars or for first time snuff makers.
This Turkish tobacco is among the best money can buy. Originating in the Samsun region of Turkey, along the Black Sea, this tobacco is renowned for its unique rich flavor. This plant has smaller leaves than other strains, but a very distinctive aroma. An excellent Turkish blend or unique by itself.
A very mild tobacco leaf for cigarettes and pipes. It averages 6' in height with 18-20 leaves per plant. It reaches maturity when blooms appear at 55 days. The light green leaves average 12" wide by 24" long and become a light yellow/green when ripe. Leaves began to ripen as the plant reaches bloom. Air cures easily to a light golden brown with yields averaging 3 oz of dried leaf per plant.
Rare and famous Louisiana tobacco known for its dark, black color and unique flavor when cured. Perique is a spice tobacco, usually used in Virginia blends. It has a dark, oily appearance, when cured and a taste of pepper and figs. Its flavor is a little strong, so it is usually found mostly in blends. It can be smoked straight, but isn't intended to be. Being acidic, it tends to alleviate alkaline tongue bite, which is so often a problem with Virginia tobacco, so it is recommend to blend this with your cigarette blends.
Cuban Criollo 98 is one of the most valued strains for Cuban cigars. It originated from a crossing between the varieties ' Havana 92' and `Habana P.R'. Cultivated in the sun it produces from 14 to 16 useful leaves per plant and makes an excellent binder. It reaches an average height of 6 feet. Leaves average 24 inches in length and 12 inches wide.
Habano 2000 is derived from a crossing between the variety Corojo and a non commercial variety of Cuban dark tobacco, the Habano 2.1.1. Grown in direct sun it reaches an average height of 6 feet with 14-16 leaves per plant. In very rich soils it can develop up to 18 leaves per plant. Sun grown plants are often used as a binder or filler. Grown under a shade cloths, Habano 2000 makes an excellent wrapper.
Small 8 gram Humidification packs, perfect for herbal medicine or small homerolled cigars.
Basma tobacco originated in Greece. It is known for its sweet and aromatic taste. Leaves have a sugar content of 10-12%. It is a tall columnar plant reaching 6" in height. Leaves are sharply pointed averaging 9" to 10" in width and up to 20" in length. Plants produce an average of 20 leaves per plant with a nicotine content of 1%. Matures in 60 days
This heirloom is an all around good tobacco. Makes a somewhat sweet chew, and is also good for making cigarette and pipe tobacco blends. Large plants with heavy crops, should be staked or tied off to something for support, or it will blow over in heavy storms.
This dark Virginian type tobacco air cures to a deep reddish brown color and makes an excellent pipe or full flavored cigarette blend. It has a silky feel, which means that your highest quality leaf could even be used as a wrapper for cigars. Grows to about 6 feet in height and matures in 65 days.
A Flue-cured Tobacco, Bright Tobacco. A leading commercial variety in Ontario. But it grows very well across the USA too. These plants are known to get as big as 12ft. This plant was developed by crossing Canadian and American varieties to improve quality and disease resistance and to lower nicotine. Its slightly heavier, thicker leaves cure nicely with a high percentage of mahogany and orange leaves. The flavor is said to be somewhat bolder than other varieties, but not too strong, with a rich tobacco flavor and a very heavy yield.
A Flue-cured Tobacco, Bright Tobacco. A leading commercial variety in Ontario. Commercial variety grown in Ontario, developed by crossing Delgold, the longtime industry standard, with an American variety. Improvements include lower nicotine content and better resistance to disease. Its slightly thinner and lighter leaves cure well, producing a high quality tobacco with a light flavor. Like the Canadian Virginia Flue Cured Bold, grows well in every state in the USA.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Small 8 gram Humidification packs, perfect for travel humidors or fronto packs.
Large 67 gram Humidification packs, perfect for herbal medicine or tobacco.
Large 60 gram Humidification packs, perfect for full size humidors and small-medium whole leaf bags.
Cyprian Latakia is a Yenidje like leaf that goes through a smoke curing similar to the Dark Fire Cured that gives this leaf its dark color and smoky taste.
This tobacco leaf is commonly used as a spice in oriental cigarette tobacco blends. It has a wonderful smooth smoke with a nice slightly spicy flavor, almost a hybrid of Oriental Tobaccos and Burley.
The Aged Dark Air Cured is a dark, thick air cured tobacco leaf. This leaf has a medium to dark chocolate brown color on top with a somewhat lighter color on the underside. This leaf is very similar to the Dark Air Cured (J1), but an older crop year. Due to this time given to age, you might find that this leaf has a slightly more mellow taste.
Our Light Fire Cured Tobacco Leaf can be described as a wonderful middle ground between the Dark Air Cured and Dark Fire Cured.
Lower quality consistency version of our Organic Canadian Virginia Flue Cured.
Low grade tobacco by definition is tobacco of inferior quality that is not fit to be sold as a regular grade. This can happen for a variety of reasons, including tobacco that has been dropped on the floor, broken up into small pieces, discolored, dirty, tobacco dust, stems, etc. Most customers who purchase scrap tobacco use it for ceremonial purposes, to practice rolling cigars, use as a natural insecticide and/or purchased by industrial companies. There are no refunds or exchanges on low grade tobaccos.
Lower quality consistency version of our Organic Burley.
Low grade tobacco by definition is tobacco of inferior quality that is not fit to be sold as a regular grade. This can happen for a variety of reasons, including tobacco that has been dropped on the floor, broken up into small pieces, discolored, dirty, tobacco dust, stems, etc. Most customers who purchase scrap tobacco use it for ceremonial purposes, to practice rolling cigars, use as a natural insecticide and/or purchased by industrial companies. There are no refunds or exchanges on low grade tobaccos.
This purpose built tobacco shredding machine is built out of solid steel, and cuts to a 0.8mm strand thickness. Built with brass bushings designed to have increased resistance to wear, as well as adjustable stainless steel combs. This machine can operated manually, or automatically with the use of a 6mm socket.
Only a handful of machines left. No longer in production.
Powermatic S electric tobacco shredding machine. Designed for personal use, this machine will provide many pounds of fine roll your own made from whole leaf tobacco if taken care of properly.
The largest and most powerful shredder we carry. Great for cigarettes, but can be used for all purposes.
Replacement rollers for the Table Top Fine Cut Tobacco Shredder
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Made from natural Kiln Baked Terracotta. After moisturized, this leaf shaped Hydrostone will keep your tobacco fresh for weeks.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Flavor your own tobacco leaf blend with custom tobacco flavorings to give them a unique, and personalized taste.
Dual Action Spray Bottle - Stream or Spray to moisten and hydrate your favorite whole leaf tobacco with ease.
Dr. Grabow Pipe Filters are made of paper and can provide a cleaner, smoother pipe smoking experience.