New here but have smoked pipes since the 90's off and on. Just returning after a bit of time away from the pipe. Looking forward to participating in the discussions. One of the advantages of a hiatus is that I have a well stock cache of well aged tobaccos. Of course the downside is that I see that a lot of folks that I connected with on other forums are no longer with us. Indeed the number of artisan USA pipemakers seems to have decreased and some of the tobaccos I have enjoyed are no longer produced. Well change is inevitable. Looking forward to getting back up to snuff with what is going on in the pipe world.