I recently this year came back to smoking a pipe after a 15 year hiatus. I can only shudder at how many nice pipes I could have with the money I spent on cigarettes. I am a big fan of Charatan's and prefer Balkan blends / English. My new pursuit is chasing down older Kaywoodie's. Never realized how nice some of them could be. Glad to have found this forum and enjoying the heck out of the great reading.