I have been interested in pipes and pipe smoking since I was a teenager, being an avid reader and thoroughly enjoying the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Tolkien), but when I finally got my first pipe and cheap bad tobacco, I couldn't get it to work. I set my brylon monster down for a few years, and it wasn't until I decided one day to search for handmade pipes on Instagram that I got wonderfully reacquainted with pipes and how to smoke successfully. It was there that i found the account of a wonderfully knowledgeable and friendly guy who went by the name of Flatticus. He got me into pipe history and fostered my interest in fine tobacco and Dunhill pipes. I always looked forward to his posts featuring great looking pipes and a lot of neat information. It wasn't until a year or two later that I found this forum and that was around the time he kind of disappeared from both Instagram and this forum. I've seen there was some sort of heated debate about the new versions of old classic tobacccos. Since there is an "anonymous" next to where his name should be on here, I figured things ended on unpleasant terms. I guess the historian interest in me was just wondering what exactly happened (if I'm allowed to ask without causing a stir?). I do miss his posting on Instagram as it was rather frequent and always great to read and interact with him.
Hope this isn't a sore subject?
Hope this isn't a sore subject?
