I have been smoking a pipe for about a year and a half, this time. I had mentioned tone my sons that I was thinking about taking up pipes again, because cigarettes were getting too expensive for my retirement income. Both of my sons gave me a Meerschaum pipe a selection of tobaccos and a handmade, personalized box to store everything. I smoked pipes back in the 70's when I was in the Navy. I served on submarines and 3 months of pipe tobacco was a lot easier to stow than 3 months of cigarettes. I am still re-learning. I have a couple of more pipes and trying out different tobaccos. I look forward to learning more with BoB.