East Texas Newbie

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Howdy, y'all! So I'm new to both the smoking game and the pipe game. Have always loved the smell of pipe tobacco (wouldn't have picked it up otherwise). I'm also fascinated with all things of a refined/old school nature in general. So, when my buddy asked me to try a cigar recently and I discovered how similar it is to pipe smoking, I knew I wanted to give it a shot.

I picked up this country gentleman online (from reviews here) and grabbed the Capt Black from a local store (they didn't have much that looked better outside of bulk) and tried my first bowl today. I'm trying to dry it out better because I did get a bit of tongue bite, tho not terrible. I'm still trying to learn retrohaling, and I'm also looking for advice on any brands common to East Texas I can find OTC.

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[mso489]

Had a friend who grew up in and around Nacogdoches whose family lived on mineral rights money and she eventually relocated here with her young husband. Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I know a few tales from Eastern Texas. She met Elvis before his musical career. She saw a wild boar drink up a pot of hot grease. And much more.

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[Tar Wheel]

Welcome from another Tar Heel.

 

[MARC52]

Welcome from The Carolinas.

 

[pappymac]

Welcome from Slidell, LA.

East Texas is a bigger than some states. I was born and raised (mostly) in Southeast Texas (Beaumont, Port Arthur area).

How close are you to Houston? They have one or two decent pipe & cigar shops in that area. Otherwise, online retailers may be your best source.

 

[LotusEater]

Welcome from Kansas City!

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[Kal]

Welcome from Ohio.
I lived down at the border in Brownsville TX for 20 years. I loved the weather!
It even snowed once on Christmas day, but gone by afternoon and 70 degrees..

 

[Latakia Dave]

Welcome from Virginia!

 

[ChippewaAce]

Nice part of the country down there! Welcome from Nashville, Tennessee!

 

[Stompthroat]

Welcome from Maryland. I think your story is about the same as mine. Briar's are nice, but I'm glad I started with corncobs and capt. black/white. I used a rebate coupon to get my first pouch at a discount even!

 

[Dudditz]

Welcome from New Jersey!

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!!

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Welcome from Bonnie Scotland ???????
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[hawky454]

Welcome from Central Texas!

What part of east Texas are you in? I always think of this song when east Texas comes up. “I don’t know East Texas from Louisiana”. Was a coming of age band I listened to back in the day and that part of the song always comes back to me. Another line that comes to me from that song… “I don’t know Billy Ocean, and don’t know the ocean floor”. Deep thoughts.

Can anyone name the band? Haha.

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[JOHN72]

Welcome from Spain............

 

[pappymac]

Welcome from Central Texas!

What part of east Texas are you in? I always think of this song when east Texas comes up. “I don’t know East Texas from Louisiana”. Was a coming of age band I listened to back in the day and that part of the song always comes back to me. Another line that comes to me from that song… “I don’t know Billy Ocean, and don’t know the ocean floor”. Deep thoughts.

Can anyone name the band? Haha.

The band's name was The Promise Ring

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