Great to be here. I am a novice when it comes to pipe smoking with hopes to learn from you all and enjoy my small set of pipes. Growing up around pipe smokers and their homes, everything about tobacco, pipes, cigars, and the smell of tobacco in smoking rooms makes me nostalgic. My first pipe was a gift from an uncle. A Kiko with a meerschaum lining that he bought for himself when he lived in Africa. I also have a Radice and a W. O. Larsen that I bought from my dear friends at Edward's Pipe and Tobacco, a decades old local institution, that it saddens me write, closed for good yesterday. The camaraderie that friends of Edward's brought to their afternoon smoking sessions was quite wonderful to experience. I wouldn't be surprised to find a similar camaraderie any place that pipe smokers gather, be it in-person or online in forums such as this!
I look forward to reading posts, learning from you all, and contributing to the extent I can. Thank you all and best wishes.
I look forward to reading posts, learning from you all, and contributing to the extent I can. Thank you all and best wishes.
