Captain_D
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I have always loved the smell of a pipe. I have never been a smoker and likely never will but on several occasions in my like I have picked up the pipe and I have always loved it. The issue I have always had is that it's not... well easy to do. Let me be a little more clear. I always had problems keeping my bowl lit, always had a singed (burnt) tongue when I was done and it's difficult to take a pipe and all the accessories with you and smoke (especially when you have to light the thing every other pull). So here I am... again... I keep getting drawn back to the pipe.
Right now I'm serving in Afghanistan and almost every evening most of the guys I work with sit outside and smoke cigars, talk, and generally forget about the day (it's a great way to just decompress). The issue is I absolutely hate the taste of cigars!!! So with that said I'm here and I need some help. Point me in the right direction, give me guidance, take me under your preverbal wing, and make me your grasshopper I'm ready to make this work (this time I know it will as long as I ask the stupid questions and trust me I will).
One thing in all my times of smoking a pipe I have always wanted a Meerschaum pipe but was always to scared to get one; I had heard over and over that you couldn't touch the bowl and they were hard to care for and so on and so on. Frankly I don't care!!! I know it's probably not the best first pipe in the world (lets just consider it the first) but it's what I want so my wife is buying me one. I have one of the local venders here trying to find me a pipe a well, which is really funny because the first pipe they brought me was for hashish... The second pipe (all be it closer) was made of plastic and had a metal insert... The third pipe the brought me looked the part but I'm not sure it was wood, if it was wood it was painted wood and I didn't think that was going to cut it. I'm going to give them one more chance (I'm curious to see what they come up with)... In the mean time I think I'm going to order a pipe offline (something decent). I know I said that my Meerschaum will be my "first" pipe but let's call that a technicality... I want to learn how to properly pack a cheaper (less delicate) pipe first, I want to lear to clean the cheaper pipe first, I want to learn how to keep the bowl lit in the cheaper pipe first... Basically I want a training wheels pipe first. What do you recommend and where should I get it?
Lastly, please recommend a good starting tobacco or a sampler to try at first... I don't remember what I used to like but I do know that I liked the stuff from the head shop way better then the crap in the bag from Wal-Mart... Also please let me know what additional "items" I will need (i.e. lighter, pipe cleaners, etc...). I think I'm going to order an IM Corona Old Boy, from what I have read they seem like the cat's meow and the one to go with. If this is overkill please tell me.
I look forward to becoming an active member of this forum and I look forward to and welcome all of your insight, knowledge, and experience.
Thank you,
Shane
Captain United States Army
Kabul Afghanistan
Right now I'm serving in Afghanistan and almost every evening most of the guys I work with sit outside and smoke cigars, talk, and generally forget about the day (it's a great way to just decompress). The issue is I absolutely hate the taste of cigars!!! So with that said I'm here and I need some help. Point me in the right direction, give me guidance, take me under your preverbal wing, and make me your grasshopper I'm ready to make this work (this time I know it will as long as I ask the stupid questions and trust me I will).
One thing in all my times of smoking a pipe I have always wanted a Meerschaum pipe but was always to scared to get one; I had heard over and over that you couldn't touch the bowl and they were hard to care for and so on and so on. Frankly I don't care!!! I know it's probably not the best first pipe in the world (lets just consider it the first) but it's what I want so my wife is buying me one. I have one of the local venders here trying to find me a pipe a well, which is really funny because the first pipe they brought me was for hashish... The second pipe (all be it closer) was made of plastic and had a metal insert... The third pipe the brought me looked the part but I'm not sure it was wood, if it was wood it was painted wood and I didn't think that was going to cut it. I'm going to give them one more chance (I'm curious to see what they come up with)... In the mean time I think I'm going to order a pipe offline (something decent). I know I said that my Meerschaum will be my "first" pipe but let's call that a technicality... I want to learn how to properly pack a cheaper (less delicate) pipe first, I want to lear to clean the cheaper pipe first, I want to learn how to keep the bowl lit in the cheaper pipe first... Basically I want a training wheels pipe first. What do you recommend and where should I get it?
Lastly, please recommend a good starting tobacco or a sampler to try at first... I don't remember what I used to like but I do know that I liked the stuff from the head shop way better then the crap in the bag from Wal-Mart... Also please let me know what additional "items" I will need (i.e. lighter, pipe cleaners, etc...). I think I'm going to order an IM Corona Old Boy, from what I have read they seem like the cat's meow and the one to go with. If this is overkill please tell me.
I look forward to becoming an active member of this forum and I look forward to and welcome all of your insight, knowledge, and experience.
Thank you,
Shane
Captain United States Army
Kabul Afghanistan