Inducing Myself and Big Order!!!

Hi everybody so after doing some research and being a cigarette smoker for 8 years I decided to pick up the pipe! It caught my attention when I was walking through the park and I smelt someone smoking their pipe. It smelt delicious and even my feance who does not smoke and complains how my cigarettes smell when I smoke then said it smelt good. So we got to talking and I decided to do a little research on it. It seems like a way better way to go on the money aspect of things which is a big plus. But what got me the most was the experimenting with different blends and pipes. So I placed an order online at pipesandcigars.com. After doing research I was trying to decide on getting a claw meershuem and a brair pipe. I know you shouldn't smoke brair pipes from pipe after pipe after pipe so I was going to get the meershuem for in between and plus they look cool! But after debating I decided to go with the old trusty MM corn cob. I ordered two first one was a straight diplomat and the other a county gentalman. I got these because I didn't want to buy a 150 dollar pipe and somehow mess up with it and ruin it so I got a couple cheap corncobs but heard a lot of good things from MM. Plus I wanted to try a bunch of different tobacco. So this is what I ordered for tobacco. 4oz dunhil early morning, 4oz dunhil nightcap, 2 2oz tins of HH blockhouse, 2oz of eggnog, 2 2oz tins Boston 1776, 2oz SG full Virginia flake, 2 2oz tins frogmortin cellar, and a sampler from lane tobaccos of 5 2oz bags. My order will be hear tomorrow and I will post back then and let you know how it gos!!!!
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Yah I can't wait I've done a lot of looking around for different blends and the aromatics do seem good I waited some good Virginas to cellar for years to come. I've read that Virginas are one of the best to cellar. I really wanted to pick up some Christmas cheer 2015 but it seems to be out of stock everywhere. Next year I'm deff going to pick up some Christmas cheer 2016 though. But next thing on the list is either a stanwell or a Peterson. Both have great reviews will just have to see which company's had the right brair for me

Yah thanks for the advice that was one thing I was worried about was smoking the bowl to fast and biting the bowl making it taste gross or getting touge bite. I will just have to find that middle ground and enjoy my tobacco instead of needing to as I was with a cigarettes. But that was also another reason I wanted to switch. I didn't feel like I was enjoying my cigarette anymore and was more of a chore. I think this may change it.

Does anyone know where to find xmas cheer or is that out of season? I'll like to pick up a few tins to cellar and smoke one

Yah I thought that the flake may be a problem that's one of the reasons I got it in bulk form so that way I can practice. I did do some research on flake and found cutting it into cubes looked like the way to go. Also heard lots of good stuff about that blend. I'm a really fast learner because I do challenge myself when things like this. I need to do it to learn and that's why I ordered it

Just got my order in a couple hours ago. I must say that smoking a pipe is a lot more harsh then smoking a cig. I have only tried the lane iq so far and wasn't a big fan of that blend. It could have been I was packing right but I'd either get way to big of a hi of it would be out

Yah I haven't tried the SG yet I've tried a couple different blends though. I don't really like the early morning pipe. It may have been the way I packed it but it didn't stay lit and was really harsh.

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Yah it seemed like a really potent blend to. It was really strong. I liked most of the lane unlimited tobacco I have gotten this far though and all are aromatic. I haven't opened any of the tins yet. I plan on opened one of each eventually and saving one to age for a year or so or sell if I don't like them