Hello All. Rich Beaudet here. I'm 72 and still smoking a pipe but have to say I tend more towards cigars these days. I bought my first pipe at the age of 16 after pestering the people at the pipe shop across from my job at the drugstore in Attleboro, MA for a long time. They patiently taught me a lot about pipes, tobaccos, and how to smoke. I have a nice collection of briars, meerschaums, corncobs, and cherry wood in all maner of shapes. Some of my pipes are over 50 years old and I do enjoy just looking at them. I espcially enjoy smoking my Stanwell Danish bent, my Dr. Grabow Canadian, and a beauty of a carved meershaum with a large bowl with and egyptian princess with a crown of cobras. My tastes in tobacco tend toward Scottish blends and the like. Not fond of 'flavored' tobacco. Eager to greet you all and chew the fat.
