Hello from the Niagara Frontier

[f(x)]

Howdy!!! I started smoking a pipe in 1973. I was a devote cigarette smoker, but I met a girl that I wanted to impress. I wanted to be suave and debonaire! In retrospect, I was just a horny, stoopid 19-year-old kid, LOL! So, I bought a Dr. Grabow, a pouch of Borkum Riff, and commenced to destroying my tongue. I didn't know anything about pipe smoking either, but I slowly and painfully figured it out. Well, she's distant history, but the pipe and I had become very good friends, and we've been together ever since! Yes, I still have and smoke that Dr. Grabow, and I still smoke Borkum Riff, but I also have a deep love for PS Luxury Navy Flake, PS Luxury Bullseye Flake, and Mac Barren HH Bold Kentucky.

I have been lurking in this forum for some time and have at times wanted to ask questions, but I don't normally partake in forums. Everybody here seems to be knowledgeable and friendly. Also, I purchase from some of the forum's sponsors. So, here I am...

 

[dPero]

Hello from croatia

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Welcome from Pennsylvania and New York.

My father smoked Borkum Riff (probably around the time when you discovered it), so I have a fondness for it. I sort of remember it being the cherry blend, but, the black and white tin I think of suggests it was the Bourbon Whiskey version.

 

[BCF]

Welcome from Pennsylvania!

 

[reloader]

Welcome from New Mexico.

 

[Elric]

Welcome aboard from Mid-Michigan! I remember my own Borkum-Riff era with similar results but it's what the PX sold. Sounds like you kept the valuable part of the endeavor too!

 

[yanoJL]

Welcome from California

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Alabama.

 

[MtnGeo]

Hello and welcome f(x) from northern Colorado.

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Pipeoff]

Welcome from W NY. May I suggest you visit the shop located in W Seneca NY, one of the best in the state. They also host a pipe club.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia. I also purchased a Dr. Grabow and some Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey. 43 years later it is the only pipe tobacco I have thrown in the trash can.

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[dunnyboy]

Welcome from NYC.

 

[verporchting]

Hello and welcome from Montana! Glad to have you here.

 

[Sgetz]

Welcome from Durham in the UK

 

[jpmcwjr]

Welcome from the Central Coast of California!

 

[tklee]

Hello and welcome from Malaysia!

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!!