Newbie from the UK

[jaingorenard]

Welcome from Norwich. Plenty of advice here on the forum for someone getting started!

The secret though is just to practice, then you learn what works for you. And don't trust everything you watch on YouTube (or indeed everything you read on the forum!).

 

[RandyMcgrabb]

Welcome from Durham in the UK. If you want flavour aromatics are not the way to go!

Yeah, I'm going to try some samples of other types to see the difference.

Welcome from Norwich. Plenty of advice here on the forum for someone getting started!

The secret though is just to practice, then you learn what works for you. And don't trust everything you watch on YouTube (or indeed everything you read on the forum!).

Thank you for the advice. I watched the videos primarily to get acquainted with the process, the types of pipes, tobaccos, cleaning, maintenance, etc. The fun part starts now

 

[Lees65GTO]

Welcome from SE Texas.

 

[kcghost]

Welcome to the forum from Kansas in the USA!!

 

[Home Brewing Piper]

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Welcome from Athens, Greece!

 

[simong]

Hello & a welcome from Hereford.

 

[warren99]

Welcome from California, USA.

 

[jpmcwjr]

You anywhere near Bodmin? Good friends live near there. And not far from the late Ken Barnes.

You mentioned bowling. I bowl when I can't play golf. We just put in an artificial rink/pitch.

 

[yanoJL]

Hello and another welcome from California Happy to have you here, friend!

 

[RandyMcgrabb]

You anywhere near Bodmin? Good friends live near there. And not far from the late Ken Barnes.

You mentioned bowling. I bowl when I can't play golf. We just put in an artificial rink/pitch.

I'm in a small town called Saltash, on the border of Cornwall and Devon. Bodmin is just a few miles down the road from me. I like watching Bowling very calming.

 

[jpmcwjr]

A friend and I spent a day in Port Wenn— Isaac, that is. It was lovely.

 

[RandyMcgrabb]

I flew over Port Isaac in a Cessna when I was learning to fly, it looks even better from the air.

 

[kbussell]

Welcome! From Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

 

[Mortamyhr]

Hello from Nashville!

 

[telescopes]

Looks like you are well underway. Greetings from SoCal.

 

[MRW]

Greetings from the UK,

I'm a newbie to the world of Pipes and smoking in general, this is my second week. My itch for piping came from watching lots of YouTube videos and thinking why the hell not. I'm more aligned to flavour so I chose aromatic as my tobacco preference.

My first pipe came from Amazon, a cheap Chinese pipe and kit, a bad choice. But learning from that experience I got several pipes to see which one would be suitable for me. So I have now a clay pipe, corncobs, Erikson Keystone, and arriving very soon a meer and falcon with a meer lined bowl.

I'm probably going to settle for the meers to get me started.
Cheers
RM

Hello and welcome to the Forum from Deep in the Heart of Texas. You will find this site to be informative and the members insightful (and at times, most entertaining). Enjoy your stay!

 

[The Clay King]

Welcome from California!

I like the idea of sticking to one type of pipe- it'll make it easier to judge what tobaccos you like. I have mostly briars and a dozen or so meers- like them equally.

PS Footie fan?

@jpmcwjr You said it; clays all the way for me

 

[kbussell]

Welcome! From, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.