Greetings from Southern California

[sgh]

Born and raised in Southern California, I've been dabbling in pipe smoking off and on for 10 years now. My actual level of competency is quite low, because I haven't been smoking often enough to develop the proper habits. I'll be remedying that soon, with the $97 of tobacco I recently ordered from smokingpipes. I still get a lot of wet smokes, relights, etc, but I'm going to get that sorted out!

I've been smoking what I have open, which is Dunhill Aperitif, GLP Blackpoint, GLP Embarcadero, and SG Kendal Cream Flake. What I don't have open (the entire contents of my cellar) is Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique and GLP Robusto, and they're both nine going on ten years old. I suppose the cigar leaf in Robusto has lost its sharpness by now, but the other components should be quite tasty.

My favorite color is blue, and I haven't tried Mixture 79.

 

[Elric]

Welcome aboard from Florida. Great taste in tobacco! Happy puffing!

 

[diamondback]

Welcome! I’m sure we all went through the same things starting out. I’m surprised I still have a tongue - lol. Drying that tobacco is key; you’ll get there in no time!

Good to have you here.

 

[wordheavy]

Welcome, it gets better, perfect practice makes perfect. The great community here will be an enormous help, they have been for me.

 

[peregrinus]

Hello and welcome from Seattle.

 

[Humblepipe]

 

[jttnk]

Welcome from AZ, raised in Yorba Linda, high school in Fullerton.

 

[Humblepipe]

Born and raised in Southern California, I've been dabbling in pipe smoking off and on for 10 years now. My actual level of competency is quite low, because I haven't been smoking often enough to develop the proper habits. I'll be remedying that soon, with the $97 of tobacco I recently ordered from smokingpipes. I still get a lot of wet smokes, relights, etc, but I'm going to get that sorted out!

I've been smoking what I have open, which is Dunhill Aperitif, GLP Blackpoint, GLP Embarcadero, and SG Kendal Cream Flake. What I don't have open (the entire contents of my cellar) is Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique and GLP Robusto, and they're both nine going on ten years old. I suppose the cigar leaf in Robusto has lost its sharpness by now, but the other components should be quite tasty.

My favorite color is blue, and I haven't tried Mixture 79.

Where, exactly, in SoCal?

 

[sgh]

Thanks for the welcome, all

I just attempted drying out some GLP Blackpoint for 45 minutes before loading into a churchwarden. The tobacco felt dry and crunchy, I lost count of the relights, and somehow managed to coax a wet smoke out of it all. I think my loading might have been too loose, or maybe uneven.

7charb: San Bernardino

 

[Humblepipe]

Thanks for the welcome, all

I just attempted drying out some GLP Blackpoint for 45 minutes before loading into a churchwarden. The tobacco felt dry and crunchy, I lost count of the relights, and somehow managed to coax a wet smoke out of it all. I think my loading might have been too loose, or maybe uneven.

7charb: San Bernardino

Sweet! Lived in Huntington Beach, Stanton, and Garden Grove many years ago.

 

[hobie1dog]

Welcome to the forum from NC.

 

[derhammer]

Welcome aboard

 

[sablebrush52]

Welcome from the Center of the Known Universe, Burbank.

 

[redglow]

Welcome aboard from Detroit! 2,294 miles east of the Center of the Known Universe

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from the Colorado high country.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Welcome aboard from Finland-Eu, I wish I could be right now somewhere there in South CA.

 

[Pipe-Hound]

Welcome from Spokane, WA!

 

[kurtbob]

Welcome from SE Georgia!