Hi Everyone,
New member here checking in. I've recently picked up the pipe again after quitting it a few years ago (2010) in a misguided attempt to lead a more healthy lifestyle which resulted only in my gaining an extra 30 pounds that I need to lose. I've really missed the pipe for the past almost 5 years.
I first picked up a pipe in 1993 while trying to quit cigarettes (a cheap Sasieni second purchased from the Tinder Box in Winston-Salem, NC that had a sandpit that was a pinhole all the way through the bowl). The pipe was such a terrible smoker, along with the aromatic tobaccos I was smoking (moisture would actually leak out of the sandpit/pinhole in the bottom of the bowl and the tongue bite was unbearable) that I gave up on it though I did succeed in quitting cigarettes a few years later in 1997.
I had always enjoyed cigars but by the late 90s the prices had become so ridiculous that I decided to give the pipe another try. I bought a nice little Barling at a tobacco shop here in the Atlanta area and on the advice of the tobacconist tried non-aromatic blends for the first time and was hooked. Around that same time I discovered the old Lioncrest website and bought two nice customs, a Randy Wiley and a Tim West, and also became acquainted with Craig Tarler. I bought my tobacco from Craig and Patty for many years and was saddened to learn after getting back into pipes that Craig had passed on, he was a great guy. While searching for the Cornell and Diehl website so I could order some tobacco I discovered that Craig had passed and the business had been sold to the Smoking Pipes folks. I have placed a few orders with Smoking Pipes and their service has been outstanding, I received a Peterson Dracula from them last week that I am smoking as I type this. I am now getting into tinned tobaccos for the first time and am really enjoying them, in the past I only smoked bulk blends from C&D, so I have a lot of catching up to do. :D
Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy
New member here checking in. I've recently picked up the pipe again after quitting it a few years ago (2010) in a misguided attempt to lead a more healthy lifestyle which resulted only in my gaining an extra 30 pounds that I need to lose. I've really missed the pipe for the past almost 5 years.
I first picked up a pipe in 1993 while trying to quit cigarettes (a cheap Sasieni second purchased from the Tinder Box in Winston-Salem, NC that had a sandpit that was a pinhole all the way through the bowl). The pipe was such a terrible smoker, along with the aromatic tobaccos I was smoking (moisture would actually leak out of the sandpit/pinhole in the bottom of the bowl and the tongue bite was unbearable) that I gave up on it though I did succeed in quitting cigarettes a few years later in 1997.
I had always enjoyed cigars but by the late 90s the prices had become so ridiculous that I decided to give the pipe another try. I bought a nice little Barling at a tobacco shop here in the Atlanta area and on the advice of the tobacconist tried non-aromatic blends for the first time and was hooked. Around that same time I discovered the old Lioncrest website and bought two nice customs, a Randy Wiley and a Tim West, and also became acquainted with Craig Tarler. I bought my tobacco from Craig and Patty for many years and was saddened to learn after getting back into pipes that Craig had passed on, he was a great guy. While searching for the Cornell and Diehl website so I could order some tobacco I discovered that Craig had passed and the business had been sold to the Smoking Pipes folks. I have placed a few orders with Smoking Pipes and their service has been outstanding, I received a Peterson Dracula from them last week that I am smoking as I type this. I am now getting into tinned tobaccos for the first time and am really enjoying them, in the past I only smoked bulk blends from C&D, so I have a lot of catching up to do. :D
Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy
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