Hello one and all.
I've been wandering around the forums here for a few weeks, but I've been smoking pipes on and off for decades. I've enjoyed them daily at times, a few times a week and then for any number of life reasons, might go months without (and there have been years-long hiatus).
I first picked up a pipe on a trip to Europe the summer after high school graduation; it is far from anything special (and probably that's being kind), and I've lost track of it -- it is somewhere, but so far the first searches have been fruitless -- but it gave me a taste. My grandfather, who passed before I was born, "always had a pipe in his mouth," according to family tales. So I see it as an inheritance from him.
I haven't bought a new pipe in a while -- but expect to during this current run -- but am happy that the main pipes I am smoking aren't too bad: a Viking Tor sandblast and Savinelli rusticated Punto Oro. Plus there are a few meerschaum and a couple of small "travel" pipes. I'm thinking of adding a Peterson, in honor of my County Cork-born grandfather. (And I welcome other suggestions.)
For almost a decade, I was lucky enough to work within walking distance of Kramer's in Beverly Hills; it was as terrific as you may have heard, and when it closed, my smoking fell way back. After finding it online, I've been going back and forth between its Fr. Dempsey and Cary Grant (I prefer the Father's English blend). I welcome suggestions on this front, too. Much further back, I used to get tobacco from Draper's in DC and Tobacco Barn in Orange County.
SJC
I've been wandering around the forums here for a few weeks, but I've been smoking pipes on and off for decades. I've enjoyed them daily at times, a few times a week and then for any number of life reasons, might go months without (and there have been years-long hiatus).
I first picked up a pipe on a trip to Europe the summer after high school graduation; it is far from anything special (and probably that's being kind), and I've lost track of it -- it is somewhere, but so far the first searches have been fruitless -- but it gave me a taste. My grandfather, who passed before I was born, "always had a pipe in his mouth," according to family tales. So I see it as an inheritance from him.
I haven't bought a new pipe in a while -- but expect to during this current run -- but am happy that the main pipes I am smoking aren't too bad: a Viking Tor sandblast and Savinelli rusticated Punto Oro. Plus there are a few meerschaum and a couple of small "travel" pipes. I'm thinking of adding a Peterson, in honor of my County Cork-born grandfather. (And I welcome other suggestions.)
For almost a decade, I was lucky enough to work within walking distance of Kramer's in Beverly Hills; it was as terrific as you may have heard, and when it closed, my smoking fell way back. After finding it online, I've been going back and forth between its Fr. Dempsey and Cary Grant (I prefer the Father's English blend). I welcome suggestions on this front, too. Much further back, I used to get tobacco from Draper's in DC and Tobacco Barn in Orange County.
SJC
