Man, am I glad I found you guys!

OK, so I inherited my Father's pipe collection and it's been hanging around my garage for a couple of years. There are some sweetheart pipes and a "bucket" of tobaccos. Dad had little glass snap seal style jars for his tobacco. The problem is, how do I know if what is in them is aromatic or not? Dad had good tastes and I always remember tins of tobacco and hardly any pouches. Is this a good sign that, perhaps most would be non-aromatic? After reading about gurgle and bite, I think I'd like to avoid the aromatics from the start. Having fun and digging the whole accompanying squalor of the pipe biz! Happy new Year from Flagstaff,
John

Wow. Very cool. I should have found you all a long time ago. Ok, so now I think I'll go burn one and keep track of the jars of tobacco. I especially liked the "set it aside until you've had more pipe smoking experience. Then come back to it. Many a pipesmoker has changed his mind about a blend" I feel the same about whiskys. First impressions don't always last. I've never pitched a Scotch because I didn't like it first time around. I may not buy it again, but... Thanks again. This'll be fun.
John

Can't find the "Arizona Smokers" thread. Can you direct me?
Will get some pictures going. A little embarrassed about the piled up condition of the pipes right now.
Thanks again.

OK, you asked for it. Here are the first ten pipes that I cleaned enough to start my experimentation. Not as thoroughly as they probably should be, but a basic cleaning so that I can get going on the smoking! I made a list of the pipes and starting at the bottom right, moving left, then to the top row and back right, are engravings on each of the pipes. I just grabbed 10 with different shapes and bowl sizes out of what I estimate to be 70+ pipes. I also went and bought an ounce of Aromatic and an English for these trials. Here are the descriptions:
1) Wenhall - LAN (with several letters following that are not stamped deeply enough to read, and then slightly overlapped by FREEHAND - Made in Denmark

2) Charatan's Make - London England - Special

3) Comoy's - Sandblast - 331 - C - Made in England

4) Lorenzo - Matera - Studio Italy - 827

5) Savinelli - Autograph - 5 - Italy

6) Alberto (inside of an oval) - Hand Made - Italy - Special

7) Garrick (also inside of an oval) - 130

8) Ben Wade - Nobel Prize - 2000 - Made in Denmark

9) Bari - Special - Handcut - Danish Made - with the number 657 towards the stem

10) Jobey - Shellmoor - 200 with Jobey on the stem

After the cleaning session, which was very enjoyable in its self, I loaded pipe #7, the Garrick 130, (because my wife liked it) with the English (no namo from the shop's bulk bin), applying the wonderful techniques I learned from the forums, and "sipping" both the pipe and the Scotch (Ledaig 10 year), I had one of the most enjoyable smokes I've had in years. Slowly, slowly, slowly smoking and puttering with some old lighters, getting them ready for further experiments. Ahh. Thanks again. Will keep you updated as I get the pipes all cleaned and the cabinet I have planned built and stocked.
John