That brings me back to the days when I first started smoking a pipe. It coincided, more or less, with the advent of Pipes & Tobacco magazine. Once Serad took over the reviews he was my guiding light. His word was gospel. I loved his writing style, and damned if he didn't nail the nature of the tobacco he reviewed perfectly, at least to me. I've got all the old magazines still, and in my hiatus from the weed tried to sell them for next to nothing. You wouldn't believe the chiselers who would respond. I mean, every issue (except the first) up until Spring of 2008 (since I subscribed, they kept coming a couple years after I stopped smoking), all in excellent condition. The last 2 years were still in their mailing bags! "Uh, would you take $50?" Preposterous! People. What a race. Glad I've still got them, now that I've returned.