Newbie from the UK

[RandyMcgrabb]

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

 

[PaulRVA]

Welcome from Virginia US

 

[Flatfish]

Greetings from Costa Del Ceredigion.

 

[AroEnglish]

Welcome! Sounds like you’ve got a good plan for getting started. There’s some good online retailers there in the UK so you should be able to get what you’re looking for.

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[proteus]

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

Welcome from London.

 

[jpmcwjr]

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?

 

[tobakenist]

Hi and welcome from Northamptonshire.

 

[RandyMcgrabb]

Thank you all for the welcome

Welcome! Sounds like you’ve got a good plan for getting started. There’s some good online retailers there in the UK so you should be able to get what you’re looking for.

Thanks, after watching 40+ hours of pipe videos, hints, and tips I kind of knew what direction to go for. I've used a couple of retailers in the UK so far and very good, nice selection of pipes and tobacco.

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?

The more info I find out about pipes and the pros and cons I've settled on sticking to meers to smoke. I'm probably in the small percentage of men who don't like football, I do like bowling though

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia. You would be wise to learn from your own experience and not bother with Youtube videos.

 

[Bbailey324]

Welcome from Texas. Sounds like you are getting a handle on things.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Welcome from PA, USA.

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Alabama, USA.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Welcome & enjoy. ️

 

[JOHN72]

Welcome from Spain.

 

[dPero]

Hello

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Sgetz]

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