Hey everyone,
I find myself coming to these forums more and more often lately so I figured I should actually register an account and introduce myself.
My pipe smoking hobby started about ten years ago when my friend got me a pipe for my birthday. I went out and bought a 2 oz pouch of Captain Black Original and that lasted me for about nine years, smoking once every year or two. This past Christmas I mentioned to my wife that I'd like to get more into it and she bought me some pipe stuff and since then I've been all in. I've bought about 20 pipes and around 30 blends but I feel like I'm finally, thankfully, getting an idea of the kinds of pipes and blends I enjoy smoking. At this point my favorites are King's Stride, War Horse Bar, and Sherlock Holmes. My favorite pipe is a Peterson 317 spigot, also a gift from my wife. [=
Other than pipe smoking I enjoy exploring New England (we moved from the south up to Rhode Island about three years ago) and tea - specifically puer - more specifically ripe puer - 2008 Mengku Wild Arbor King to be annoyingly specific.