Hi guys,
I’ve been lurking on this forum for a while and finally found a time to introduce myself. My name is Mark Koziol and I live in Woodstock, Illinois (home of Bill Murray’s groundhog day).
I had my first Pipe experience about thirty years ago. It was quite enjoyable, but I was never really able to duplicate that enjoyment until recently. When I stumbled on your forum it kicked off a new round of exploration with the hobby. I realized after reading all your posts that pipe enjoyment wasn’t just a matter of liking it or not, having it grow on your or not, but rather it’s a hobby with a ton of variables in the materials and processes that are just waiting to be harnessed for my personal taste enjoyment.
This process of attempting to master variables (I’m an Engineer) has driven me to many a hobby obsessions. When I took up shooting, I was obsessed with seeing bugholes on each group of shots. I eventually started reloading my own ammunition to shake out every last bit of accuracy from my guns. When I started brewing beer, I brewed obsessively trying to get to a point of being able to construct any given beer taste profile just on descriptors alone. In fact my beer obsession lead me to opening a brewpub in Woodstock so I can share my love for brewing with others. I enjoy welding, sausage making, coffee roasting along with my other past times described above. All share the traits of understanding the variables and controlling them to my satisfaction.
You guys have a wealth of knowledge on the subject of pipe smoking and I appreciate having this forum as a resource as I learn about this most enjoyable past time.
Cheers,
Mark
I’ve been lurking on this forum for a while and finally found a time to introduce myself. My name is Mark Koziol and I live in Woodstock, Illinois (home of Bill Murray’s groundhog day).
I had my first Pipe experience about thirty years ago. It was quite enjoyable, but I was never really able to duplicate that enjoyment until recently. When I stumbled on your forum it kicked off a new round of exploration with the hobby. I realized after reading all your posts that pipe enjoyment wasn’t just a matter of liking it or not, having it grow on your or not, but rather it’s a hobby with a ton of variables in the materials and processes that are just waiting to be harnessed for my personal taste enjoyment.
This process of attempting to master variables (I’m an Engineer) has driven me to many a hobby obsessions. When I took up shooting, I was obsessed with seeing bugholes on each group of shots. I eventually started reloading my own ammunition to shake out every last bit of accuracy from my guns. When I started brewing beer, I brewed obsessively trying to get to a point of being able to construct any given beer taste profile just on descriptors alone. In fact my beer obsession lead me to opening a brewpub in Woodstock so I can share my love for brewing with others. I enjoy welding, sausage making, coffee roasting along with my other past times described above. All share the traits of understanding the variables and controlling them to my satisfaction.
You guys have a wealth of knowledge on the subject of pipe smoking and I appreciate having this forum as a resource as I learn about this most enjoyable past time.
Cheers,
Mark
