It's a cool chunky thing. I do enjoy a good nose warmer. Who made it?
Your First Pipe & Tobacco
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It's a cool chunky thing. I do enjoy a good nose warmer. Who made it?
Big Ben makes them. It's called a pipo, that wasn't a typo ?
I didn't know you were such a piping veteran! ?
My first pipe:
And my first tobacco (extra points if you guess the blend):
First real time was about 6 years ago. Baby's Bottom in a Split-Beard bent Rhodesian.
I got a head start at 17. Although 'veteran' may be too strong of a designation.
How long ago was your first pipe smoking experience, Olkofri? I love that your fist pipe was a churchwarden. Fantastic!
I always liked the shape of those; never got around to buying one...
This GiGi/Mastercraft Seville & Torben Dansk are some shorter pipes that fit well and feel good in my hand though...
I always liked the shape of those; never got around to buying one...
This GiGi/Mastercraft Seville & Torben Dansk are some shorter pipes that fit well and feel good in my hand though...
Nice pipes. I have that lighter in red.
How about 'seasoned'? Seasoned Thyme? ?
(Don't mind me, I've an utterly arch and silly sense of humour [or lack thereof]).
I picked up the (that) pipe at the end of August AD 2017. Had been interested for quite some time before that, but I was hoping I could own my home first so as to not be constrained by apartment building regulations. When I saw that was just not happening, I said 'what the heck' and drove to the local tobacconist and bought that pipe and my first 25 grams.
I believe my first pipe was a Dr. Grabow, and a tin of Half & Half I bought at the BX when I was stationed at Mtn. Home AFB in 1981. That didn’t exactly go well since I didn’t know what the hell I was doing...
That rusticated Torben Dansk is incredibly charming. Nosewarmers are underrated.
Thank you for your service, Craig. I don't think anybody's first pipe smoking experience is flawless, especially without knowing how to pack, sip and tamp.
Someone had to be the first of the old guys...43 years ago SWRA in a Dr. Grabow Duke.
Hey, that's fitting. ? Your sense of humor doesn't go unappreciated.
You mentioned your outdoor smoking situation the other day. I'm glad it didn't dissuade you from picking up your first pipe. I'd ask about the tobacco, but I want to see if anybody's astute enough to guess correctly.
OMG my memory is hazy from that long ago. 69 0r 70 maybe. I vaguely remember a cob and a pocket pipe. Not sure which came first. Cob was for fishing, definitely. Tobacco was Half & Half for fishing and Velvet for civilization. At least that is how I remember it today. Tomorrow might be different.
Savinelli Roma 626 with either McClelland FM on the Bayou or McClelland 5100. Purchased 3 different tobaccos to start with. The year was 2014.
Frog Mortons Cellar in a Moonshine Pipe Co. rusticated canadian late December 2016
Captain Black Regular in a Dr. Grabow Lark circa 1994...?
(bought at the local Genovese drug store - long gone now)
(bought at the local Genovese drug store - long gone now)
Don't really remember. 10 or 12 years ago? I do know it was a no name basket pipe with Dunhill 3 year matured Virginia.
The stem eventually loosened up on the pipe and then one day whilst in mid-smoke the bowl rolled over and fell off the stem into my lap. That was the end of that pipe.
The stem eventually loosened up on the pipe and then one day whilst in mid-smoke the bowl rolled over and fell off the stem into my lap. That was the end of that pipe.
Middleton's Cherry Blend in an MM Legend Cob in 1967 while in the Air Force. Threw out the pipe and tobacco and didn't return to pipe smoking for a year.
Basket Italy pipe with either cafe supreme or captain spice. Pretty sure it was cafe supreme though. 1998 or 1999. A year later I was buying bulk 5100 ,pelican, and Penzance, long before the craze. Those were the days I guess.
Some sort of light aromatic in an MM cob, if you don't count grabbing a little straight dark-fired from the family tobacco barn. A little over a decade ago (maybe 2008?).
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