Jim Knowlton here struggling to get through a winter of mid 80s temps. Newly retired library administator and part-time professor but life-long pipe tobacco lover since a toddler playing in my Mennonite grandfather's pouches and cans. Only a practitioner for this most graceful art and pastime for 16 years, I started smoking a pipe back up in Massachusetts at the suggestion of a doctor as a cure for migraines, and the Old Firehouse Smoke Shop in Fall River was my home base with L.J. Peretti in Boston as my "temple." Was a member of the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club until I moved to Vermont in 2009 eventually exiled in 2012 to Florida - where I can't find many pipe smokers, clubs, etc. in my area (I'm four hours from Tampa). I have a lousy palate and I love reading tobcco reviews and, yes, Jiminks is my hero. Tobacco-wise I love Virginias (Rattray, SG), the occasional English and Balkan, and well-done aromatics (Reiner, Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream). Pipes? Well, the club got me collecting when I started smoking but I stopped 11 years ago and sold off almost everything (17 Dunhills, S. Bang, etc. - just what a guy with no palate should smoke). I have been down these last years to 2 Autographs (1 with busted tenon), 1 Giubileo d'oro, 5 Nachwalters, and for garage/yard pipes a Burak tankard size 2, a Wilke long stem billiard size 3 (busted tenon), and a Charatan poker size 4. That is until two months ago when I found a shoe box misplaced in 2006 and assumed lost over several interstate moves - with 15 Upshalls/Tilsheads (many with Otto Braun wood) of all sizes/shapes which were the pipes I like most. Anyway, now that I've found Pipes Magazine I feel like I'm reconnected with the pipe congregation. Peace to All.
Greetings and Good Health from Palm Coast Florida
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Welcome, from Southern California. VAs are fast becoming my favorite these days. Less aggressive on my tongue than burleys, I find. JimInks is everyone's hero, don't ya know!
Welcome aboard from Ocoee, Florida. We have an informal pipe meet-up at Edward’s Pipe and Tobacco in Tampa, around the 20th of each month. Keep your eye out for the next meeting post.
Congratulations on your retirement! I'm glad you've been able to rediscover your pipes, and to welcome you to the forums!
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