Welcome to BoB. Home of the pipe gods and goddesses. Lots of good people, ton of knowledge through experience, lotta love here too. Good to see the youth getting involved. Welcome brother.
Thank you all so much! I started lurking over at pipes magazine the first part of last December and finally joined mid way through the month. I picked up a MM Cob and Dr. Grabow rusticated Savoy. Later I picked up a Crown pipe as a "Christmas present" to myself. I was sorely disappointed with my new purchase. It took quite a bit of work to get that thing to smoke properly. Well while I was redoing that pipe it got me to thinking maybe I should start carving. I finally got around to it in march/april and have been making them ever since. During this time I have been gradually losing interest in PM forums and my friend Raphael told me about this one. So today I figured I would see whats going on over here. So far it seems like a great group of people! Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Welcome to the BoBerhood. You are correct in that this is a wonderful community, and all that it entails. You won't meet a finer group of people on the internet. I'm looking forward to seeing your pipes and seeing you around the forum.