New Member Blakeb9

[weezell]

Welcome...

 

[blakeb9]

Thank you everywhere for the heartfelt welcome. I will hopefully be posting consistently on here.

 

[ejames]

Welcome Blake ! PA,cobs and A Grabow--I think we would get along great!

 

[newbroom]

Welcome BlakeB...you're off to a great start it seems. A codger/otc (over the counter/drugstore) blend and a MM cob make for some good smokes.

You started @ the age of 18 with a pipe!....How long ago was that?

I recommend you get a batch of MM seconds from the sponsor and enjoy an immediate and inexpensive 'rotation' of pipes.

Once you really have the pack, pace and puff technique 'down', join one of our PAX tobacco crawls and you'll get to try some new blends at a good price.

Must try blends are as varied and numbered as are those of us participating in the forum. Read and listen to everything you have time for on this site...the radio podcasts...old conversation threads, or start y'er own.

You lucky dog!

Mike

 

[darthcider]

Welcome..

 

[captpat]

Blake, welcome from Manassas.

 

[smeigs]

Welcome from New Mexico.

 

[brudnod]

Welcome fellow Virginian. At 18 we will all assume that you do not have an unlimited budget for pipes or tobacco which, if you start out like many of us, is likely not to change any time soon. Probably a good idea to have 3 pipes to keep the pipes on rotation and "rested" between uses. As you no doubt have already noticed, there are a dizzying number of tobacco blends out in brick and mortar (B&M) shops, and more so online. If I had one piece of advice to give it would be to shop at online stores where they list the tobaccos used in the blend, the relative strength of nicotine and the room note, OR if you live in one of the few regions in Virginia to be blessed with a B&M store get to know the proprietor and learn from him/her. That will keep you in the ballpark for experimentation. As many threads on this forum have noted, pipe tobacco is relatively cheap but that does not mean that you can't get into dept trying new stuff (pipes, tobacco and accessories). Good luck on your new journey! [I had more time to compose this one...]