Greeting From Rural Nebraska

[Don Merrill]

New member and a fairly new pipe smoker here
My dad was a pipe smoker when I was growing up until I was in my early 20s, I know he had two Vikings but I don't really know what else he had in his rotation. Last year was the tenth anniversary of his passing away. For some reason at that time I got interested in refinishing estate pipes, and I a couple months ago ended up switching from my Sunday afternoon cigar to a pipe.
I have been restoring/refinishing furniture, rifle and shotgun stocks as well as clock cases for decades (mainly as a stay-busy hobby, though I do sometimes make a decent profit) but I definitely consider myself a novice when it comes to tobaccos and pipe collecting.
I currently have twelve briars of various brands, and for the moment I’ve been sticking to store-bought tobacco brands until I get some more knowledge of what I want to try.

 

[Trainpipeman]

Welcome, Don.

You are sure to find a good group of people on this site.

Part of the fun with pipe smoking is the ability to sample different blends to see what you like. Enjoy the journey!

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Hello and welcome from London

 

[Don Merrill]

Looking forward to the input! It ‘s unfortunate that interest in pipe smoking seems to be slowly fading; pipe smokers have become fewer and farther between around my area and the nearest “tobacco store” is 20 miles away - and doesn't really specialize in tobacco! . Once upon a time in our town, pipe tobacco was sold in every grocery store, convenience store and bar; right after the Gulf War there were still at least a dozen of the older veterans lighting up in the local VFW - our post used to sell some Dr. Grabows until around 2004-05.

 

[JOHN72]

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

 

[Don Merrill]

Hello and welcome from London

Thank you! Judging from some of your posts I may have quite a bit to learn from you and other members

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[Streeper541]

Howdy and welcome aboard from Ohio.

 

[reloader]

Welcome from New Mexico.

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central N.C. Fortunately, there are a number of tobacco retailers online with good inventories of well crafted blends, and of course you can mix your own, and some members grown their own. There's a great Nebraska poet of the late 19th and early 20th Century that both my wife and I got to meet at University of Missouri at Columbia, John Neihardt; my wife took a class with him. He was the poet laureate of Nebraska. He was close to the Oglala Sioux and a confident of Black Elk, the medicine man and sage.

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Es0teric]

Welcome aboard from Michigan!

 

[Tar Wheel]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[plains]

Hello from another Nebraskan!

 

[SBC]

Welcome to the forum, from NE Wisconsin!
Don't hesitate to ask lots of questions. There's a pipe and pipe tobacco universe for you to explore, and this is the place to get pointed in the right directions.

 

[jpmcwjr]

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!!

 

[Fralphog]

Howdy from Idaho-welcome to the forum!