I often listen to Brian on the podcast and am entertained on how various people got started smoking a pipe. I would like you to share your first pipe and tobacco combo in hopes some of the new faces around here wouldn't lose faith.
I smoked cigars for about 10 years when out of the blue I told my mother (of all people) that I wanted to smoke a pipe. She presented me next visit with a plastic pipe she bought at a local gas station. Points to Mom by the way. To make matters worse I went to the local tobacco outlet and bought a pouch of Sir Walter Raleigh. So I smoked SWR that smoked hotter than the face of Mercury and burned my tongue for a week but there was some redeeming quality I loved. I was hooked.
It took a few months but one day on a bowl of Dunhill 965 the flavor exploded on my palate. Pure bliss. I could taste all the intricacies of the blend and I understood what the veterans were taking about.
I say this for the various threads of pipe smokers that aren't happy with their first go round. Pipe smoking is like any other hobby that requires experience. Give it time and you will open up the gates of bliss. Believe me, I'm currently on a bowl of Penzance and wouldn't trade it for the world.
So all in all I started with Sir Walter on a plastic gas station pipe from Mom. Your first?
I smoked cigars for about 10 years when out of the blue I told my mother (of all people) that I wanted to smoke a pipe. She presented me next visit with a plastic pipe she bought at a local gas station. Points to Mom by the way. To make matters worse I went to the local tobacco outlet and bought a pouch of Sir Walter Raleigh. So I smoked SWR that smoked hotter than the face of Mercury and burned my tongue for a week but there was some redeeming quality I loved. I was hooked.
It took a few months but one day on a bowl of Dunhill 965 the flavor exploded on my palate. Pure bliss. I could taste all the intricacies of the blend and I understood what the veterans were taking about.
I say this for the various threads of pipe smokers that aren't happy with their first go round. Pipe smoking is like any other hobby that requires experience. Give it time and you will open up the gates of bliss. Believe me, I'm currently on a bowl of Penzance and wouldn't trade it for the world.
So all in all I started with Sir Walter on a plastic gas station pipe from Mom. Your first?