Stopped quickly at a local cigar bar the other day and the owner said the next day would be his last. (Very sad.) Unfortunately I was close to flat broke and couldn't take advantage of his willingness to liquidate. But i did notice he had a few pipes that looked OK---not special mind you, but OK. They were marked between $30-$40, No brand name, but made in Italy. Well, maybe made in Italy. The word "Italy" is on the pipe. I picked the one I liked the best and asked "How much?" $10 was the reply. I had decided to delay returning to the pipe until 2014, but for $10 what the heck? Here it is:
Smoked it twice already and it's a fine pipe for me to re-start an old hobby/habit I really enjoyed so many years ago. This has convinced me to start again, and I will pick up a few more pipes early in the new year.
I'm breaking the pipe in with Lane Burley Light (BLWB), which while probably too mild for me to use in the long haul, was just about perfect to get back into things. Back when I smoked pipes (30 years ago?) I liked the milder tobacco. Lane 1-Q was the one I remember, but after smelling that and several more, it became clear THIS was the tobacco I liked most of all back then. While it still tastes fine, many years of smoking strong cigars has changed my taste. I'm guessing I will be looking for something different as I move forward. Still, I suspect I will save the really heavy smoking for cigars and use the pipe for a mellow relaxing smoke, with a pleasant room note. This really is an effortless smoke that could stick as an occasional fill for me.
Smoked it twice already and it's a fine pipe for me to re-start an old hobby/habit I really enjoyed so many years ago. This has convinced me to start again, and I will pick up a few more pipes early in the new year.
I'm breaking the pipe in with Lane Burley Light (BLWB), which while probably too mild for me to use in the long haul, was just about perfect to get back into things. Back when I smoked pipes (30 years ago?) I liked the milder tobacco. Lane 1-Q was the one I remember, but after smelling that and several more, it became clear THIS was the tobacco I liked most of all back then. While it still tastes fine, many years of smoking strong cigars has changed my taste. I'm guessing I will be looking for something different as I move forward. Still, I suspect I will save the really heavy smoking for cigars and use the pipe for a mellow relaxing smoke, with a pleasant room note. This really is an effortless smoke that could stick as an occasional fill for me.