My name is Pat and I live in a small town in southern New Mexico. I just recently began my serious foray into pipe smoking. I had dabbled with pipe as a young lad before joining the Navy. That was when a youngster could walk into a store and purchase tobacco without a second glance. In the past month or so I've acquired, to my wife's chagrin, a decent rotation of pipes to feed what may now be considered an obsession. I'm looking forward to obtaining the insights and wisdom from everyone here that has been enjoying this hobby far longer than I.
