When I first started smoking a pipe (3 or 4 years ago, it seems longer), it was with an old Dr. Grabow that I inherited from my grandfather and some cheap OTC aro's, smoking way to fast, getting way to much tongue burn and not nearly enough flavor.
Then I joined this forum and progressed to some aro's that I ordered online and new Stanwell pipe.
I began reading on this forum a lot, slowly learning more everyday and adjusting my smoking habits, slowing down my cadence, drying my tobacco and I actually started tasting the tobacco flavors.
From there I went through an English and Latakia phase, only to move through that and on to VaPer's, where I stayed for a while (I still enjoy smoking VaPer's).
By this time, I'm starting to acquire a pretty good stable of pipes and a decent size cellar of tobacco.
I then got into VaBur's and VaBurPer's, and then I started a love affair with DFK, which eventually led me right back to aro's somehow, even the cheap OTC blends that I started smoking in the beginning.
So it seems I have come full circle and now I tend to smoke a little bit of everything and I have learned to enjoy all of it, and I now have enough tobacco and pipes to smoke whatever takes my fancy at the moment, and satisfy whatever phase I happen to momentarily be in.
I love this hobby/habit, whatever it is, and have stuck with it longer than I ever thought I would have.
I think at this point that I will likely always smoke a pipe to some degree or other, because I enjoy it that much.
What a strange and wonderous journey it has been, thank you all for your part in it!
Then I joined this forum and progressed to some aro's that I ordered online and new Stanwell pipe.
I began reading on this forum a lot, slowly learning more everyday and adjusting my smoking habits, slowing down my cadence, drying my tobacco and I actually started tasting the tobacco flavors.
From there I went through an English and Latakia phase, only to move through that and on to VaPer's, where I stayed for a while (I still enjoy smoking VaPer's).
By this time, I'm starting to acquire a pretty good stable of pipes and a decent size cellar of tobacco.
I then got into VaBur's and VaBurPer's, and then I started a love affair with DFK, which eventually led me right back to aro's somehow, even the cheap OTC blends that I started smoking in the beginning.
So it seems I have come full circle and now I tend to smoke a little bit of everything and I have learned to enjoy all of it, and I now have enough tobacco and pipes to smoke whatever takes my fancy at the moment, and satisfy whatever phase I happen to momentarily be in.
I love this hobby/habit, whatever it is, and have stuck with it longer than I ever thought I would have.
I think at this point that I will likely always smoke a pipe to some degree or other, because I enjoy it that much.
What a strange and wonderous journey it has been, thank you all for your part in it!
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