I've been an on-and-off pipe smoker since my college days ('80s), and am taking it up yet again after about a 5 year hiatus. On most days I smoke cigars. Looking forward to learning more about blends from this forum and mixing things up a bit more this time around - my past forays have mostly involved just buying a blend randomly and, if I liked it, smoking it exclusively until it ran out. In recent years it's been Balkan Sasieni. I only have 3 pipes presently - a Kaywoodie prince, and two Savinelli billiards (both 128 bowls). Will probably acquire more and look forward to learning about different brands, shapes, etc...