Hello fellow briar lovers! I'm a veteran cigar smoker but only recently uncovered the world of pipes and pipe tobaccos. I held off for so long, because I had assumed -- wrongly -- that pipe tobaccos weren't that interesting, by comparison, to cigars. I'd imagined that they all smelled like cherry and would irritate my non-existent sweet tooth. I couldn't have been more wrong.
So, I'm about 3 weeks into this new addiction -- I mean hobby -- and like a lot of interests, I don't do much half arsed. I started with a couple of new Savinellis and a Peterson; in the last week, I've scored a couple of vintage Stanwells and a Kaywoodie at a decent price. What confounds me isn't the selection of available pipes but the range of tobacco products. It seems like we're living in the golden age of pipe tobaccos. Cigars were simpler by comparison: find a few reliable brands and stick with them. Aside from the range of flavors (I'm won over by English blends), I'm attracted to the procedural aspect of pipe smoking. Fits with the rest of my hobbies. I look forward to learning more about pipes, their history and various tobacco blends.
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