
I thought I could start with a presentation here on this blog. I guess it won’t be updated at all, but at least I can use it as a presentation.
I have never smoked anything in my life and I never thought I would either, but in januari 2009 my son was born and my wife said something like “-Shouldn’t you have bought a cigar to celebrate?”. Well, when I get interrested in something special I always get into it to 100%. So, after a while I have a few humidours and a lot of different cigars. Trying out all the different types and reading everything about it as well.
A few months later I thought I could give smoking a pipe a try. I started out reading a lot about it and I bought my first estate pipe. A Ratos City that I got really cheap. I started out trying a few tobaccotypes and really liked it. At first I saw it as a compliment for the cigars, but lately the pipe have been more frequent than the cigars.
And as I wrote earlier I do everything to 100%. So, now a few months later I have about 15 different pipes in different shapes and sizes. I guess I am a bit of a collector as well.
The winter is here now in sweden and I have found out that I like the pipe more when it is cold outside. There have been a lot of walks with our dogs with the company of a pipe and some good tobacco.
So as a quite new pipesmoker I just wanted to say hi and tell you a bit about myself and why I stumbled upon this hobby.
Bob said:
Pipe smoking is great, especially in the winter!
December 6th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Kevin said:
Welcome to the world of pipe smoking Dernebo. I started smoking cigars and pipes at the same time back in 1998. For a long time I smoked way more cigars than pipes.
Now I smoke pipes every day and hardly ever smoke cigars. I’ve smoked about 6 cigars this whole year and about 480 pipes.
I have heard from many people that a pipe is even more enjoyable in the cooler weather.
December 6th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
dernebo said:
Nice to meet fellow cigarists here as well…
I haven’t given up completely on the cigars, but at the moment only the pipe is smoking in my mouth.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
sinistertopiary said:
Welcome, and congrats on your son!
I quit cigarettes the day mine was born 9.5 years ago, and I haven’t had one since.
But I decided to pick up the pipe again after 30 years away from it, and I’m glad I did. It’s a great hobby.
And, like you, when I start a new interest I do it maybe not 100%, but still to excess. I, too, purchased over a dozen pipes in a few months, and dozens of tins of different tobaccos.
I’d be curious to know which paths your tastes naturally follow at some point.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm