Wafting in from California

[Man o' Beard]

Greetings, I'm from Los Angeles originally but I'm Studying blacksmithing in southern Illinois right now.
I got in to pipe smoking due to my interest in the mountain man / fur trade era of american history.
I have been smoking only about a month but so far my favorite tobacco is PUNCH
I have been struggling to taste much nuance so far but my interest is unwavering.
I have so much to learn and eagerly search for any advise.

 

[wordheavy]

Hello and welcome. You'll learn lots here.

 

[americaman]

Greetings from Los Angeles.

 

[lawdawg]

Welcome! Blacksmithing sounds cool. I also appreciate wilderness skills and (comparatively) primitive technologies. My skill set is just that of a general outdoorsman, probably par for the course for most country boys who grew up camping, fishing, hunting, shooting, etc., but I really enjoy watching survival expert TV shows where they demonstrate advanced understanding of traditional skills and technologies. "Alone" is definitely my favorite.

 

[JPremo]

Welcome and thank you for helping to keep a trade alive!

My favorite part of any renaissance festival is visiting the blacksmiths and craft shops. It's so cool watching and learning from a craft that was integral to civilization (and still is in some places) for millennia!

I don't know if you watch them at all, but there's a Colonial American themed YT channel called Townsends that has a bunch of videos I think you'd appreciate. In fact they just did an episode on building an old school forge!

 

[sandollars]

Welcome from a fellow SoCalimaniac!

Punch and nuance are words not often used in the same sentence. . You must like Latakia because in my experience, that is all one can taste in Punch.

Enjoy the ride! it's an incredible journey (so far)!

 

[happy_lunter]

Greetings from Ontario and welcome to the forums! I am a newb myself and find this to be a great community to learn about the hobby.

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome!!!

 

[crawdad]

Welcome! I used to do the Rendezvous thing when I was younger. I still keep up with my survival skills and head out to the mountains every year during bow season for a week, setting camp and roughing it.

 

[indoeuro]

Welcome to the hobby!

 

[Tommy Boy]

Welcome to the forum from southwest Michigan. Blacksmithing is a Manley skill for sure. Now you need a Manley beard and a pipe to round it out.

 

[mikethompson]

Sounds like an interesting trade to get into! Welcome to the forum, and be sure to ask any questions you have.

 

[lelik]

Welcome !

 

[Old School 3319]

WOW from one communist state to another. Is there much culture shock?

 

[Man o' Beard]

Just accents and food.

 

[Old School 3319]

At least you came to the southern part of the state you go up by Chicago its a whole different accent

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Be Welcome Sir, no more no less,You'll find here all You should know about pipe smoking

 

[Jacob74]

Well met and welcome! I love heading out to the trees and practicing bushcraft up here in the PNW. I'm always on the lookout for a good knife with a scandi grind, (just sayin').

 

[mso489]

I was home-ported long ago in Long Beach near L.A., and I grew up in Chicagoland. Welcome aboard. Is your interest in blacksmithing related to equines or other realms of metalwork? My stereotype for blacksmithing would be a good Missouri Meerschaum pipe, the kind that costs a little more but has an acrylic stem, and a tub of Granger, rough cut Kentucky burley flavored with molasses. A geographical note: Cairo, Illinois, at the southern tip of the state is further south than Richmond, Virginia.